[HTML][HTML] An assessment of potential resources for biomass energy in Nigeria

SO Jekayinfa, JI Orisaleye, R Pecenka - Resources, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nigeria is a develo** country with an insufficient supply of energy to meet the continuously
growing demand. However, there are several biomass resources available within the …

A review of varietal change in roots, tubers and bananas: consumer preferences and other drivers of adoption and implications for breeding

G Thiele, D Dufour, P Vernier… - … Journal of Food …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This review of the literature on varietal change in sub-Saharan Africa looks in detail at
adoption of new varieties of bananas in Uganda, cassava in Nigeria, potato in Kenya …

[HTML][HTML] Factors determining farmers' access to and sources of credit: evidence from the rain-fed zone of Pakistan

A Ullah, N Mahmood, A Zeb, H Kächele - Agriculture, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the factors that affect farmers' access to agricultural credit and its role
in adopting improved agricultural technologies in the rain-fed zone of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa …

Geographic information systems (GIS) approach for assessing the biomass energy potential and identification of appropriate biomass conversion technologies in …

MO Ukoba, EO Diemuodeke, TA Briggs, M Imran… - Biomass and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy is a vital component of Nigeria's socio-economic development. However, the supply
of clean energy in the country has been a great challenge, especially in driving the …

Impact of climate-smart agricultural technology on multidimensional poverty in rural Ethiopia

TM Habtewold - Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2021 - Elsevier
A large body of empirical literature showed that the adoption of agricultural technologies
reduces poverty. However, dominants of those studies so far used one-dimensional income …

[HTML][HTML] The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: A counterfactual analysis

J Manda, AD Alene, AH Tufa, T Abdoulaye, T Wossen… - World Development, 2019 - Elsevier
Adoption of improved agricultural technologies has long been recognized as critical for
reducing poverty through increased productivity, incomes, and asset accumulation. Using a …

Politics, policies and rural poverty alleviation outcomes: Evidence from Lankao County, China

Q Deng, E Li, Y Yang - Habitat International, 2022 - Elsevier
China's anti-poverty approach featuring a targeted poverty alleviation strategy has provided
a model for global poverty reduction governance. This paper builds a conceptual framework …

[HTML][HTML] Purchased agricultural input quality and small farms

H Michelson, S Gourlay, T Lybbert, P Wollburg - Food Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Adoption of non-labor agricultural inputs remains low among small-scale farmers in many
low-income countries. Accurate measurement of the quality of these inputs and quantities …

Does smallholder maize intensification reduce deforestation? Evidence from Zambia

J Pelletier, H Ngoma, NM Mason, CB Barrett - Global Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing food production to meet growing demand while reducing tropical deforestation is
a critical sustainability challenge. This is especially true in sub-Saharan Africa, which faces …

Sustainable smart industry: A secure and energy efficient consensus mechanism for artificial intelligence enabled industrial internet of things

A Sasikumar, L Ravi, K Kotecha… - Computational …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been industrializing in various real‐world
applications, including smart industry and smart grids, to make human existence more …