This book investigates youth employment programmes across nine African countries, providing important insights into the world’s youngest continent by population, in which 60% of people are aged under…

The study examined the effect of weed control practices and different fertilizer sources for the optimum growth and yield of bell pepper. The study was conducted at the teaching farm of the Department…

Sweet potato as a food crop that is grown for both its tuberous roots and vegetative parts, the latter of which also serves as animal feed. Its production in the savanna regions can be limited by high…

Abstract Deforestation has persistently undermined forests' critical role in providing environmental services and livelihood support. In developing countries like Nigeria, small-scale agriculture…

Abstract Introduction Poor living conditions and poverty in urban slums mean that informal health providers (IHPs) often dominate health service provision in such settings. We explored the capacity of…

Abstract The underrepresentation of women in Nigeria’s formal small and medium food enterprise (SMEs) sector, despite their vital role in subsistence farming and household food production, presents a…

Access to contraceptives in South Africa has been hindered by a number of multifaceted challenges, encompassing disruptions in supply chains, healthcare system strain, and shifts in policy priorities…

Abstract We investigate how a group of women smallholder farmers built a food system alongside the industrial and the corporate-state-led global agri-food system. The paper shows how the adoption of…

Key Messages It is painted that product innovation has a positive effect on energy efficiency Energy efficiency in the case studies has a positive effect on TFP, capital productivity, and labour…

Abstract This study conducted a spatial analysis of the healthcare seeking behaviors of people with chronic health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic across the nine provinces of South Africa…