The Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment (JSAE) has been in publication since 1999. All articles published in the first nine (9) years (1999-2007) of JSAE were reviewed, assessed and content-analyzed. The objectives were to, determine the subject matter diversification in terms of disciplines/fields published; frequency/regularity of publication; spatial diversification of authors/contributors; publishing trend; as well as problems militating against effective publication and distribution of JSAE. A total of 18 issues of JSAE constituted the sample size and these were content-analyzed to obtain data for the study. Simple descriptive statistical tools including frequency counts, percentages, and bar charts used for data presentation and analysis.

The study determined the effect of Green River Project (GRP) on rural poverty alleviation in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were, first, to determine the differences in welfare indicators achieved by beneficiaries before and within participation in the GRP and secondly, to determine the problems encountered by beneficiaries in the Project. Data were elicited with the interview schedule which was randomly distributed to 90 direct beneficiaries of the Project. Analysis of data were achieved with frequencies, means, percentages, modified impact evaluation measuring model and Wilcoxon signed – rank test. Results revealed that out of the 26 poverty alleviation indicators studied, the Project performance was effective in 19.