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    Assessment of Constraints in Technology Transfer System and Policies which Limit the Realisation of High Green Leaf Production in the Smallholder Tea Sector of the Kenya Tea Industry: An Empirical Analysis of Economic Efficiency and Supply of Tea Part II

    Tea productivity in the smallholder sub sector has been relatively lower than in the estates sub sector over the years and the yields are still well below potential. This study investigated the efficiency of adoption of tea production technologies a…

    Philip Okinda Owuor

    • Tea Production
    • Smallholder Farmers
    • Technology Transfer
    • Agricultural Productivity
    • Agricultural resources
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    80 pages

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    Socio-Economic Consequences of Technological Change on the Rural Non-Farm Igbo Women Entrepreneurs of South-Eastern Nigeria: Implications for Farm and Non-Farm Linkages

    "Technological change has affected many aspects of rural women’s non-farm enterprises with many positive and negative socio-economic consequences on the women enterpreneurs and their households. This study investigated the extent of this change, an…

    Jonathan Okechukwu Alimba

    Justina Uzoma Mgbada

    • Women Entrepreneurs
    • Socio-economic Impacts
    • Rural Livelihoods
    • Technological Change
    • Sustainable development--Developing countries
    • Labour market
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    75 pages

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    Gender Variable in Agricultural Technology: A Case Of Rural Farmers in Machakos District - Eastern Kenya

    Gender differentiated technology is not a new phenomenon. Indeed, most technologies are developed and tailored according to the stereotyped roles of men and women in society. In Africa, technological development has been modelled on western pre-sele…

    Esther Njiro

    • Agricultural Technology
    • Gender
    • Rural Farmers
    • Food Security
    • Agricultural Production
    • Agricultural resources
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    58 pages

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    The role of Development Financial Institutions in the Acquisition of Technological Capabilities by Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya

    "The research examines the role of Development Financial Institutions in the Acquisition of Technological Capabilities in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya. Empirical research has shown that technological capabilities hold the key to comp…

    G. S. Namusonge

    • Small and Medium Enterprises
    • Technological Capabilities
    • Competitive Advantage
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Financial institutions
    65 pages

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    Emerging Technologies for Building Resilience to Climate Change Effect: A Case Study in Dangbe East District of the Republic of Ghana

    "The conversion of the kinetic energy in wind into electrical energy offers unique solution to the overall energy supply where resource exists as well as partial solution to the world’s over dependence on exhaustible primary energy sources such as …

    Mahu Seth Agbeve

    Atsu Titiati

    Wilhemina Quaye

    • Climate Change Adaptation
    • Farmers
    • Energy Supply
    • Climatic changes
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Renewable energy sources--Technological innovations
    • Wind power
    28 pages

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    Enhancing Agricultural Yields by Small-holder Farmers through Integrated Climate Change Adaptation in Sierra Leone

    Response to climate change impacts in Sierra Leone is too low, despite the emerging evidence in recent years. Climatic variables such as rainfall and temperature which have shown normal routine of occurrence now give a different picture. There has b…

    Teddy Amara Morlai

    Chris Bobo Squire

    Kelleh Gbawuru Mansaray

    Gibril Vandy

    • Climate Change Adaptation
    • Smallholder Farmers
    • Agricultural Yield
    • Agro-Climatic Regions
    • Agricultural resources
    • Climatic changes
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    68 pages

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    An Assessment of the Effects of Technology Transfer on Gender Roles within a Community: The Development of Tea and Coffee Production among Smallholder Farmers in Kiambu District, Central Province Kenya

    "The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of the adoption of an entire package of technology on gender roles within the farming communities, with the intent of determining any imbalances that need to be addressed. In this case, the …

    Winifred N. Karugu

    • Small-Scale Farmers
    • Tea Production
    • Coffee Production
    • Technology Transfer
    • Gender
    • Agricultural resources
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    81 pages

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    Socio-Economic and Environmental Consequences of Agricultural Technology: A Comparative Study of Small Scale Surface Irrigation Technology in Nigeria and Swaziland

    "This study compares the socio-economic and environmental consequences of small scale surface irrigation (SSSI) technology in Nigeria and Swaziland. Its major thrust is to identify and compare the economic and environmental externalities of the tech…

    Kevin Chika Urama

    Emmanuel Mwendera

    • Small Scale Surface Irrigation
    • Socio-economic Impacts
    • Agricultural Technology
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Agriculture--Environmental aspects
    69 pages

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    From Inventors to Innovators: An Investigation into Individual Inventors in Tanzania

    "Although technological innovation has lately been accepted as a key aspect in socio and economic development and therefore poverty reduction, poor countries such as Tanzania have largely been left out of the process. One major reason for this has b…

    Bitrina D. Diyamett

    Richard Mabala

    • Inventors
    • Skills
    • Innovators
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Education
    34 pages

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    The Biotechnology Revolution and its Implications for Food Security in Africa

    "Agricultural biotechnology presents many opportunities and challenges to Africa. Biotechnology promises to help meet food security needs, reverse declining per capita food production and improve the incomes and lives of farmers in Africa. However, …

    Victor Konde

    • Food Security
    • Biotechnology
    • Food Production
    • Agricultural resources
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    34 pages

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