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Maize is one of the worlds’ three primary cereal crops, sustainable increasing production of this crop is important to farmers to be able to meet the ever increasing consumption of maize which is one of the major reasons for the development of Drought tolerant maize variety (DTMA). The study anal...


Ayinde, O.E.Abdoulaye, TahirouOlaoye, G.Akangbe, J.[Gender and innovation in agriculture: a case study of farmers varietal preference of drought tolerant maize in southern Guinea Savannah region of Nigeria]Gender and innovation in agriculture: a case study of farmers varietal preference of drought tolerant maize in southern Guinea Savannah region of Nigeria

Maize is a major staple food crop in southern Africa and stress tolerant improved varieties have the potential to increase productivity, enhance livelihoods and reduce food insecurity. This study uses big data in refining the geospatial targeting of new drought-tolerant (DT) maize varieties in Ma...


Tesfaye, K.Sonder, KaiCaims, J.Magorokosho, C.Tarekegn, A.Kassie, Girma T.Getaneh, F.Abdoulaye, TahirouAbate, T.Erenstein, Olaf[Targeting drought-tolerant maize varieties in southern Africa: a geospatial crop modeling approach using big data]Targeting drought-tolerant maize varieties in southern Africa: a geospatial crop modeling approach using big data

This study was initiated to contribute to the debate on the relationship between gender and adoption of innovations. It aims, under a participatory varietal selection, to identify the preferences of men and women farmers on maize varieties tolerant to drought in northern Benin. The methodology us...


Baco, M.N.Affoukouk, T.Moumouni, I.Abdoulaye, Tahirou[Is taking gender into account for development and diffusion of agricultural innovations justified? The case of drought tolerant maize in Northern Benin]Is taking gender into account for development and diffusion of agricultural innovations justified? The case of drought tolerant maize in Northern Benin

Alleviating poverty and reducing food insecurity have received close critical attention from many researchers in sub-Saharan Africa. Farmers' participation in agricultural markets has been seen as a potent strategy for improving their livelihoods. This paper applies econometrics to farm survey da...


Mignouna, Djana B.Abdoulaye, TahirouAkinola, Adebayo A.Kamara, A.Oluoch, M.[Understanding market participation choices and decisions of maize and cowpea farmers in northern Nigeria]Understanding market participation choices and decisions of maize and cowpea farmers in northern Nigeria

In Africa, there have been successes in cassava research in terms of the development of production technologies, particularly improved varieties with high yield potential. The study addresses the question of whether and to what extent adoption of improved cassava varieties has led to rural povert...


Feleke, S.Manyong, Victor M.Abdoulaye, TahirouAlene, A.[Assessing the impacts of cassava technology on poverty reduction in Africa]Assessing the impacts of cassava technology on poverty reduction in Africa

Non-farm activities have been generally considered as important strategy for overcoming credit constraints faced by rural households as well as for reducing poverty through income effect. This paper employs binary probit and average treatment effect to estimate the impact of participation in non-...


Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M.Manyong, Victor M.Abdoulaye, TahirouAlene, A.Amato, M.S.Ainembabazi, John H.Mignouna, Djana B.Okafor, C.[Non-farm activities and adoption of improved cassava and beans varieties in South-Kivu, DR Congo]Non-farm activities and adoption of improved cassava and beans varieties in South-Kivu, DR Congo

Boukar, O.Abdoulaye, TahirouTamo, M.Agrama, H.Tefera, H.Fatokun, C.A.Boahen, S.[A success tale on improving two legume crops in Africa]A success tale on improving two legume crops in Africa

This paper comprehensively examines price transmission from world, neighbour country, and internal commercial hub markets to Nigerian urban markets, as well as from urban to rural markets within the country, for seven key food security crops (maize, millet, sorghum, rice, cassava, yams and cowpea...


Hatzenbuehler, P.L.Abbott, Philip C.Abdoulaye, Tahirou[Price transmission in Nigerian food security crop markets]Price transmission in Nigerian food security crop markets

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and collaborating partners have been introducing and disseminating short season soybean varieties among farm households in the Sudan savannas of Northern Nigeria since 2008. Yet, there is no empirical information on the profitability and technic...


Ugbabe, O.O.Abdoulaye, TahirouKamara, A.Mbaval, J.Oyinbo, O.[Profitability and technical efficiency of soybean production in northern Nigeria]Profitability and technical efficiency of soybean production in northern Nigeria

The study examined the socio-economic characteristics of participating seed farmers in a community-based seed production scheme organized by the project, Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in Borno State (PROSAB). In addition, it determined the technical efficiency of resource use in PROSAB seed f...


Amaza, P.S.Udoh, E.J.Abdoulaye, TahirouKamara, A.Y.[Analysis of technical efficiency among community-based seed producers in the savannas of Borno State, Nigeria]Analysis of technical efficiency among community-based seed producers in the savannas of Borno State, Nigeria

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