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Based on the premise that smallholders often get excludedas markets become more commercial, this paper draws lessons from the Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (C:AVA) Project by exploring the main issues and challenges facing extension service partners in five African cou...


Adebayo, K.Abayomi, L.Abass, A.Dziedzoave, N.T.Forsythe, L.Hillocks, R.J.Gensi, R.Gibson, R.Graffham, A.J.Ilona, P.Kleih, U.K.Lamboll, R.I.Mahende, G.Martin, A.M.Onumah, G.E.Orr, A.W.Posthumus, H.Sanni, L.O.Sandifolo, V.Westby, Andrew[Sustainable inclusion of smallholders in the emerging high quality cassava flour value chains in Africa: challenges for agricultural extension services]Sustainable inclusion of smallholders in the emerging high quality cassava flour value chains in Africa: challenges for agricultural extension services

High transaction costs deter entry of small farmers into the market. With the data from 240 smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar, this study identified strategies to promote successful smallholder commercialization. The coefficients for membership of cooperatives, native of community...


Okoye, B.C.Abass, A.Bachwenkizi, B.Asumugha, G.N.Alenkhe, B.Ranaivoson, R.Randrianarivelo, R.Rabemanantsoa, N.Ralimanana, I.[Effect of transaction costs on market participation among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar]Effect of transaction costs on market participation among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar

he paradigm shift from value chains to value webs in the emerging bioeconomy has necessitated a review on how agricultural systems transit to value web production systems. This study examines how smallholders in the cassava system in Nigeria have been able to increase utilization of biomass in th...


Adeyemo, T.Amaza, P.Okoruwa, V.Akinyosoye, V.Salman, K.Abass, A.[Determinants of intensity of biomass utilization: evidence from cassava smallholders in Nigeria]Determinants of intensity of biomass utilization: evidence from cassava smallholders in Nigeria

Résumé La plupart des politiques agricoles au Nigeria ont pour objectif d’intégrer les petits agriculteurs dans l'économie de marché. Au cours de la dernière décennie, le Nigéria a connu un important apport de capitaux privés et publics dans la promotion des unités de transformation du manioc de ...


Abass, A.Olarinde, L.Okoruwa, V.Amaza, P.Awoyale, W.Alabi, T.Ndavi, M.[Drivers of technical efficiency in cassava processing in Nigeria: implications for a commercializing food sector]Drivers of technical efficiency in cassava processing in Nigeria: implications for a commercializing food sector

The paper examined the willingness of smallholder cassava processors to pay for value-added solid wastes management solutions in Nigeria. We employed a multistage sampling procedure to obtain primary data from 403 cassava processors from the forest and Guinea savannah zones of Nigeria. Contingent...


Omilani, O.Abass, A.Okoruwa, V.O.[Smallholder agroprocessors' willingness to pay for value-added solid-waste management solutions]Smallholder agroprocessors' willingness to pay for value-added solid-waste management solutions

This study employed the Cobb–Douglas stochastic frontier production function to measure the level of technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 180 cassava farmers in the region and from this sample, inp...


Okoye, B.C.Abass, A.Bachwenkizi, B.Asumugha, G.N.Alenkhe, B.Ranaivoson, R.Randrianarivelo, R.Rabemanantso, N.Ralimanana, I.[Differentials in technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar: a Cobb Douglas stochastic frontier production approach]Differentials in technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar: a Cobb Douglas stochastic frontier production approach

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

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