[HTML][HTML] Determinants of adoption of multiple sustainable agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Nigeria

Z Oyetunde-Usman, KO Olagunju… - International Soil and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the important roles of Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAPs) in improving
productivity, welfare, and food security of farming households, the adoption rates of SAPs …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of transformation of the maize sector in Nigeria

T Wossen, A Menkir, A Alene, T Abdoulaye, S Ajala… - Global Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Maize is widely used for food, animal feed, and industrial raw material in Nigeria. This paper
documents the important changes that characterize Nigeria's maize production and area …

Breeding maize (Zea mays) for Striga resistance: Past, current and prospects in sub‐saharan africa

AM Yacoubou, N Zoumarou Wallis, A Menkir… - Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Striga hermonthica, causes up to 100% yield loss in maize production in Sub‐Saharan
Africa. Develo** Striga‐resistant maize cultivars could be a major component of integrated …

Does agricultural cooperative membership impact technical efficiency of maize production in Nigeria: An analysis correcting for biases from observed and unobserved …

KO Olagunju, AI Ogunniyi, Z Oyetunde-Usman… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The formation of agricultural cooperatives has been widely promoted as an agricultural
development policy initiative to help smallholder farmers cope with multiple production and …

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] Scale-appropriate mechanization impacts on productivity among smallholders: Evidence from rice systems in the mid-hills of Nepal

GP Paudel, DB Kc, SE Justice, AJ McDonald - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Smallholder farmers in the mid-hills of Nepal are facing an acute labor shortage due to out-
migration which, in general, has affected the capacity to achieve timely crop establishment …

The simultaneous impact of access to credit and cooperative services on cocoa productivity in South-western Nigeria

AD Kehinde, AA Ogundeji - Agriculture & Food Security, 2022 - Springer
Background Cocoa contributes immensely to Nigeria's economy; it is about 40% of
agricultural exports and it is the main source of livelihood for over 200,000 rural households …

Cross-national analysis of food security drivers: comparing results based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale and Global Food Security Index

A Allee, LR Lynd, V Vaze - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The second UN Sustainable Development Goal establishes food security as a
priority for governments, multilateral organizations, and NGOs. These institutions track …

Welfare impacts of smallholder farmers' participation in multiple output markets: Empirical evidence from Tanzania

J Manda, C Azzarri, S Feleke, B Kotu, L Claessens… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
A relatively large body of literature has documented the welfare effects of smallholder
farmers' participation in single-commodity output markets. However, limited empirical …

Poverty reduction effects of agricultural technology adoption: The case of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria

T Wossen, A Alene, T Abdoulaye… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We use DNA‐fingerprinting to estimate the poverty reduction effect of adoption of improved
cassava varieties in Nigeria. We estimate the counterfactual household income distribution …