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This paper investigates the determinants of adoption of improved cassava varieties in south-western Nigeria. The data come from a farm household survey of 841 households selected using a three-stage stratified random sampiling procedure. The data collection was conducted in 2011 by the Internatio...


Awotide, B.Abdoulaye, TahirouAlene, A.Manyong, Victor M.[Assessing the extent and determinants of adoption of improved cassava varieties in southwestern Nigeria]Assessing the extent and determinants of adoption of improved cassava varieties in southwestern Nigeria

Ainembabazi, John H.Tripathi, L.Rusike, J.Abdoulaye, TahirouManyong, Victor M.[Exante economic impact assessment of genetically modified banana resistant to Xanthomonas wilt in the great lakes region of Africa]Exante economic impact assessment of genetically modified banana resistant to Xanthomonas wilt in the great lakes region of Africa

Abdoulaye, TahirouAbass, A.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Tarawali, G.Okechukwu, R.U.Rusike, J.Alene, A.Manyong, Victor M.Ayedun, B.[Awareness and adoption of improved cassava varieties and processing technologies in Nigeria]Awareness and adoption of improved cassava varieties and processing technologies in Nigeria

The IITA in its research for sustainable soil fertility management has passed through several stages during which legume-based systems were always at the forefront. Alley cropping has N yields of more than 200 kg ha-1 with 50% N2 fixation. In the case of Mucuna cover cropping, the ecological bene...


Carsky, R.Sanginga, N.Schulz, S.Douthwaite, BoruManyong, Victor M.Diels, J.Vanlauwe, BernardKeatinge, J.D.H.[The ability to fix N is not the only key to delivery of the benefits of BNF to farmers: experience of IITA in the savannas of Africa]The ability to fix N is not the only key to delivery of the benefits of BNF to farmers: experience of IITA in the savannas of Africa
Manyong, Victor M.Smith, J.Weber, S.S.Jagtap, S.S.Oyewole, B.[Macrocharacterization of agricultural systems in Central Africa: an overview]Macrocharacterization of agricultural systems in Central Africa: an overview

Previous studies on the adoption and impacts of improved crop varieties have relied on self-reported adoption status of the surveyed households. However, in the presence of weak variety maintenance and poorly functioning seed certification system, measurement errors in self-reported adoption stat...


Assfaw Wossen, TesfamichealAlene, A.Abdoulaye, TahirouFeleke, S.Manyong, Victor M.[Agricultural technology adoption and household welfare: measurement and evidence]Agricultural technology adoption and household welfare: measurement and evidence

The agriculture and health program of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is one of the eight research for development (R4D) programs implemented by IITA in the humid and sub-humid tropics of sub Saharan Africa. The overall goal of this program is to improve diets, health, ...


Manyong, Victor M.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitMaziya-Dixon, B.B.Djouaka, R.[The agriculture and health program of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), a CGIAR institution in Africa]The agriculture and health program of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), a CGIAR institution in Africa

This study measures the efficiency of intercropping systems of annual and perennial crops production in southern Ethiopia using the stochastic frontier production function (SFP), parametric distance functions (PDF), and data envelopment analysis (DEA), and compares the empirical performances of t...


Alene, A.Manyong, Victor M.Gockowski, J.[The production efficiency of intercropping systems annual and perennial crops in southern Ethiopia: a comparison of distance functions and production frontiers]The production efficiency of intercropping systems annual and perennial crops in southern Ethiopia: a comparison of distance functions and production frontiers

This study links participatory research methods, geographic information systems (GIS) techniques, village and household-level surveys, and a tobit analysis to examine the adoption and impact issues related to a new technology, improved varieties of dual-purpose cowpea (IDPC), developed by Interna...


Kristjanson, Patricia M.Okike, I.Tarawali, Shirley A.Singh, B.Manyong, Victor M.[Farmers perceptions of benefits and factors affecting the adoption of improved dualpurpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria]Farmers perceptions of benefits and factors affecting the adoption of improved dualpurpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria

The changes in household income result in a rapid shift in composition of food demanded by the food-secure and food-insecure households. In this paper, we applied popular AIDS model to estimate the budget shares and determinant factors of demand for different food groups. The analysis of food sec...


Ogundapo, A.T.Manyong, Victor M.Kormawa, P.M.Fabiyi, Y.[Household expenditure patterns in the rural areas of Oyo State, Nigeria: evidence of rural households vulnerability to food insecurity]Household expenditure patterns in the rural areas of Oyo State, Nigeria: evidence of rural households vulnerability to food insecurity

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