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Cassava is a dominant component in crop mixtures in South-Eastern Nigeria. It is a preferred food security crop among smallholder farmers, because it can tolerate drought, low soil fertility and its production requires minimum external inputs. Various constraints have been shown to affect the wid...


Udensi, U.E.Tarawali, G.Favour, E.U.Asumugha, G.N.Ezedinma, C.Okoye, B.C.Okarter, C.Ilona, P.Okechukwu, R.U.Dixon, A.[Adoption of selected improved cassava varieties among smallholder farmers in SouthEastern Nigeria]Adoption of selected improved cassava varieties among smallholder farmers in SouthEastern Nigeria

Understanding the resource allocation and use efficiency is essential considering the supportive role of agriculture in the advancement of other productive sectors of the economy. Technical efficiency and its determinants were investigated among smallholder cassava-farming and decision-taking uni...


Ojiako, I.A.Tarawali, G.Okechukwu, R.U.Chianu, J.Ezedinma, C.Edet, M.[Efficiency and its determinants among smallholder farming units supplying cassava to commercial starch processors in Nigeria: data envelopment analysis approach]Efficiency and its determinants among smallholder farming units supplying cassava to commercial starch processors in Nigeria: data envelopment analysis approach

An analysis was conducted of the productivity of smallholder farmers enrolled into an out-growers’ scheme to supply cassava to commercial starch processors under the Nestlé-IITA cassava starch value chain project. Under the project, improved cassava varieties–cloned to be high-yielding, early mat...


Ojiako, I.A.Tarawali, G.Okechukwu, R.U.Chianu, J.Ezedinma, C.Edet, M.[Profitability of cassava production: comparing the actual and potential returns on investment among smallholders in southern Nigeria]Profitability of cassava production: comparing the actual and potential returns on investment among smallholders in southern Nigeria

Nigeria is presently the largest cassava producing country in the world. Cassava production is primarily at the smallholder level relying heavily on the hoe and cutlass and driven by human physical effort. Agricultural farm labour is a critical factor as Nigeria strives to utilise cassava as an i...


Ezedinma, C.Okarter, C.Asumugha, G.N.Nweke, F.[Trends in farm labour productivity and implications for cassava industrialisation in Nigeria]Trends in farm labour productivity and implications for cassava industrialisation in Nigeria

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