IOSR-JAVS   Volume-13 ~ Issue-5 ~ May 2020

ABSTRACT:Different economic sectors have certain economic characteristics. Accordingly, they provide distinct effects on economic growth or gross domestic product (GDP). In this paper we attempt to find optimum allocations of limited budget in order to optimize the GDP. Through regression model we calculated the expected contribution of each sector to the GDP and, then, we got the proportion of each sector to allocate. Accordingly, the amount of budget to spend in each economic sector is based on these proportions. The results have shown that,by applying these proportions to dictate the allocation of government spending, the GDP would have beenseven times of the current actual GDP.

Keywords: economic growth, gross domestic product (GDP), optimum proportion, budget allocations, regression model.

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ABSTRACT: Excessive use of pesticides constitutes public health concern due to its accumulation over long period of time and poses significant health risk to humans. This study was carried out among vegetable farmers in parts of Lagos and Ogun States to ascertain pesticide usage, class of pesticide, and awareness on the danger of using banned pesticides among others; structured questionnaires were administered to the farmers. The survey revealed that 96% of respondents applied pesticides, combination of pesticides for killing pests during the dry and rainy seasons. A banned organochlorine pesticide well known for acute toxicity, Gammalin 20 is being used by respondents. Sniper was applied in some farms visited. 100% of respondents applied them on their cultivars. Over 80% of respondents do not have agricultural training or formal education. There is an urgent need by relevant bodies to....

Keywords: Leafy vegetables, Pesticides, Questionnaire, Respondents, Good Agricultural Practices

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ABSTRACT: Ethiopian economy is highly depending on agriculture, which is characterized by low production and productivity. The country holds the largest livestock population in Africa whereas; the output of the livestock (milk and meat) is the lowest, which shows low productivity of dairy sub-sector. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the determinant of the adoption of dairy technologies in Woliso Districts of South West Shoa Zone. The study uses data from a random sample of 288 households of which, 144 were IDT adopters and 144 were non-adopters. The study tests the hypothesis that the factors affecting farmers' decision to adopt IDT are not necessarily the same as those affecting their extent of adoption. Results from the double hurdle model indicates that age of the household......

Key words: Adoption, double-hurdle model, improved dairy technology (IDT), Woliso.

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