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Emerging climate-smart-agriculture strategies: Determinants to adoption by Nigerian arable crop farmers
No full textClimate change is a major threat to Nigeria’s food security because of its human population. This research assessed the determinants of Nigerian arable crop farmers adopting emerging climate-smart agriculture strategies. Specifically, it investigated the respondents\u27 awareness of signs of climate change, identified the human contributions to climate change, its effect on agricultural production, and the determinants of respondents\u27 adoption of emerging climate-smart agricultural strategies. Respondents were 120 arable crop farmers randomly selected from 4 communities in Akinyele LGA, Oyo State, Nigeria. Primary data collected with a structured questionnaire was analysed using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression. Findings indicate respondents had experienced signs of climate change, notably poorer yield (mean=4.15), unpredictable weather patterns (mean=3.95), and intense heat (mean=3.88). Respondents strongly agreed on human contributions to climate change such as deforestation, agrochemical use, continuous cropping, and overgrazing. Challenges posed by climate change to production identified by respondents were reduced yield, erosion, pest infestation, poor soil moisture, and decreased work hours. The most significant determinant of the adoption of the emerging climate-smart agricultural strategies was agronomic strategies (p = 0.008), while environmental strategies were marginal determinants (p = 0.072). The research concluded that the respondents recognized signs of climate change and were aware of humans’ contributions to it and its consequences on their production. Their choice of strategy was significantly determined by the agronomic strategy. The research recommends integrating indigenous and modern emerging climate-smart agricultural strategies and bolstering farmers’ awareness, technological expertise, and financial resources through comprehensive awareness and training programs
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Analysis of the profitability and credit accessibility among Garri processors in Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria
Full text linkThis study examined profitability and credit accessibility among garri processors in Epe, Lagos State. Nigeria. It examined the profitability of garri processing enterprise and determined factors militating against credit access by garri processors in Epe. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the study area, first stage was the purposive selection of Epe, second stage was the random selection of two communities from each of the three zones in Epe LGA while the third stage involved random selection of 20garri processors from each community, totalling 120 processors. Ten (10) improperly filled question naires reduced the total to 110 Respondents sampled. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics, profitability analysis and Logit model. The study revealed that more females (89.1%) than male (10.9%) were garri processors, as many as 68.2% married and 4.5% unmarried Respondents, and average household size of 6.The mean year of experience in garri processing is16. The average weekly total cost incurred by the Respondents was ₦33,531.39 while total revenue was ₦51,211.82. The Rate of Return on Investment (RRI) of 53% showed an earning of 53% profit on every naira invested. About 68.2% of Respondents did not belong to cooperative society. There was a low probability of credit acquisition to increase the production level of garri in the study area. The problems militating against credit accessibility in the study area include high interest rate, low income, no savings, non-membership in cooperative groups, and lack of information on credit availability. It is recommended that government should subsidize the cost of inputs for garri processors. The local government through Extension agents should embark on enlightenment programmes to educate the processors on modalities for credit accessibility and modern processing methods. There is also need for financial institutions to look into the conditions for obtaining credit by processors. Key words: Garri, Garri processors, Credit access, Profitabilit
Exploring the Nexus of Agripreneurial Mindset, Education, and Passion in Nigerian Agricultural Science Students
Full text linkAddressing the food crises, stagflation, and criminality in Nigeria lies in adopting an agripreneurial mindset within the agribusiness sector, especially among unemployed tertiary institution graduates. This research assessed the agripreneurial mindset, education, and passion of final-year undergraduates in various agricultural disciplines, analyzed association between agripreneurial education, passion, and mindset, examined effects of education and passion on mindset, and described barriers to agripreneurial mindset. Data collected using structured questionnaire from 155 final-year students of Faculties of Agriculture at Lagos State University, Yaba College of Technology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, and Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, were analyzed with descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression analyses. Respondents strongly preferred self-employment in the agriculture and food industry, with concerns about rural living. Respondents exhibited strong positive attitude towards agripreneurial education, with consensus on its benefits for business start-ups, strategic thinking, and social networking. They displayed high level of agripreneurial passion, reflected in affinity for hands-on agriculture, confidence in potential success, and proactive planning. Correlation analysis revealed significant weak positive correlations between agripreneurial mindset and education (r = 0.361, p < 0.01), mindset and passion (r = 0.306, p < 0.01), and education and passion (r = 0.243, p < 0.01). Multiple regression analysis indicated that education and passion significantly predicted agripreneurial mindset, with education having a stronger effect. The primary barriers were limited practical training and start-up capital. The research recommends enhancing rural infrastructure, integrating practical learning in curricula, establishing financial support mechanisms, and promoting agripreneurial passion through workshops, seminars, and networking events.
 
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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