The nature and trends of agricultural research development in Africa : an informetric study

Ocholla, Dennis; Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire

dc.contributor.author	Ocholla, Dennis
dc.contributor.author	Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-20T07:26:30Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-20T07:26:30Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.identifier.citation	Ocholla, D.N. & Onyancha, O.B. 2006,'The nature and trends of agricultural research development in Africa : an informetric study', South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 226-235.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0256-8861
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5233
dc.description.abstract	The study recognizes agriculture as the rriainstay activity of most economies in Africa and analyses research nature and trends in the discipline by using descriptive informetrics and focusing or) seven indicators, by using the ACRICOLA and ISIE databases from 1991 to 2005. We observed that research output in the discipline is much higher in South Africa and Kenya, and research collaboration is greater than non-colloborative research output and collaboration is less among African countries. The most popular research domains were found to exist in environmental science, soil science, plonti crop production and [agricultural] economics. Helpful conclusions and recommendations for an agricultural policy, capacity and research orientation have been made.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	LIASA	en
dc.subject	Agricultural Research	en
dc.subject	Informetrics
dc.subject	Research
dc.title	The nature and trends of agricultural research development in Africa : an informetric study	en
dc.type	Article	en