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Effectiveness Of Agricultural Extension Human Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Strategies Among Small-Scale Maize (Zea Mays) Farmers In Laikipia West Sub County, Kenya, R. O. Nyamwamu, J. M. Ombati
Effectiveness Of Agricultural Extension Human Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Strategies Among Small-Scale Maize (Zea Mays) Farmers In Laikipia West Sub County, Kenya, R. O. Nyamwamu, J. M. Ombati
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
Agriculture is critical in the achievement of food security, creation of employment opportunities, steering economic growth, and also a source of raw materials for agricultural industries in many Sub-Saharan countries. However, the small-scale farmers face various challenges which negatively affect farm productivity and production. Human-wildlife conflict is one of the most pressing challenges that small-scale maize farmers experience in some parts of Kenya. It arises from either people’s encroachment on wildlife habitats or the movement of wildlife from their natural habitat into the neighbouring farmland. The smallscale farmers use various agricultural extension strategies to mitigate the conflict. However, the effectiveness …
Some Statistical Considerations To On-Farm Trials In Kenya, Peter M. Njuho
Some Statistical Considerations To On-Farm Trials In Kenya, Peter M. Njuho
Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture
The issue of design and analysis of on-farm trials is not clearly understood by agricultural researcher in Kenya. Since on-farm trials require participation and co-operation of the farmers who often differ in education level, chances of collecting unreliable and quite variable data are high. This paper highlights the importance of collecting quality data from on-farm trials, and in particular from the researcher designed and farmer managed trial type. Some complexities associated with the implementation, application of basic statistical principles, and analysis of on-farm trials are discussed. Questions that need to be considered priori to the implementation of any trial implementation …