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The study compares and contrasts crop residue uses in 3 case study sites along an agricultural intensification gradient in the Sahel-Sudano zone of Niger and Nigeria. It draws on data collected from 24 vii/ages involving 480 households and employs a Tobit model to analyse the determinants of crop...


Akinola, Adebayo A.Abdoulaye, TahirouValbuena, DiegoErenstein, OlafHaileslasie, A.Germaine, I.Shehu, M.Ayedun, B.[Determinants of crop residue use along an intensification gradient in West Africa's Savannah zones]Determinants of crop residue use along an intensification gradient in West Africa's Savannah zones

This paper assesses the potential economic impacts of balanced nutrient management systemstechnology options: BNMS-manure, which combines inorganic fertilizer and organic manure,and BNMS-rotation, which is maize–soybean rotation, in maize-based systems in the northernGuinea savanna areas of Niger...


Akinola, Adebayo A.Alene, Arega D.Adeyemo, R.Sanogo, D.Olanrewaju, A.S.[Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa]Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa

As part of a major effort to address soil fertility decline in West Africa, a project on balanced nutrient management systems (BNMS) has been implemented in the northern Guinea savanna (NGS) of Nigeria. The project tested and promoted two major technology packages: a combinedapplication of inorga...


Akinola, Adebayo A.Alene, Arega D.Adeyemo, R.Sanogo, D.Olanrewaju, A.S.[Impacts of balanced nutrient management systems technologies in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria]Impacts of balanced nutrient management systems technologies in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria

In order to facilitate a scientific assessment of the viability of the IAR4D concept, this paper analyzed the factors affecting adoption of agricultural technologies as well as determined the profitability of cereals and legumes in the Sudan savanna of Nigeria. Data were obtained from the baselin...


Ayanwale, A.B.Abdoulaye, TahirouKamara, A.Adekunle, A.A.Fatunbi, O.Ayedun, B.Akinola, Adebayo A.[Determinants of adoption of agricultural innovations and profitability of cereals and legumes in the Sudan savanna of Nigeria]Determinants of adoption of agricultural innovations and profitability of cereals and legumes in the Sudan savanna of Nigeria

Maize, soybean and cowpea are important staple food items in Ghana. However, there is paucity of information on the economics of the processingsector in the three northern regions of Ghana. Using survey data and applying budgetary technique, Foster-Greer-Thorbecke measures of poverty andStochasti...


Akinola, Adebayo A.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Ayedun, B.Abdoulaye, Tahirou[Economics of maize, soybean and cowpea processing in the northern regions of Ghana]Economics of maize, soybean and cowpea processing in the northern regions of Ghana

In Nigeria, Aflasafe is a registered biological product for reducing aflatoxin infestation of crops from the field to storage, making the crops safer for consumption. The important questions are whether farmers will purchase and apply this product to reduce aflatoxin contamination of crops, and i...


Ayedun, B.Okpachu, G.Manyong, Victor M.Atehnkeng, J.Akinola, Adebayo A.Abu, G.A.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitAbdoulaye, Tahirou[An assessment of willingness to pay by maize and groundnut farmers for aflatoxin biocontrol product in northern Nigeria]An assessment of willingness to pay by maize and groundnut farmers for aflatoxin biocontrol product in northern Nigeria

Farmers in western Kenya are still facing the problem of Striga, the major constraint to cereal production threatening food security of thousands of poor farming households. Some Striga species also attack tropical legumes hence further augmenting protein malnutrition of vulnerable younger childr...


Mignouna, Djana B.Manyong, Victor M.Mutabazi, K.D.Senkondo, E.Madulu, R.B.Labintan, C.A.Akinola, Adebayo A.[Economic analysis of Imazapyrresistant maize technology for small farm households in western Kenya]Economic analysis of Imazapyrresistant maize technology for small farm households in western Kenya
Mignouna, Djana B.Abdoulaye, TahirouAkinola, Adebayo A.Alene, A.Nweke, F.[Factors influencing the use of selected inputs in yam production in Nigeria and Ghana]Factors influencing the use of selected inputs in yam production in Nigeria and Ghana

Akinola, Adebayo A.Ayedun, B.Abubakar, M.Sheu, M.Abdoulaye, Tahirou[Crop residue usage and its determinants in Kano State, Nigeria]Crop residue usage and its determinants in Kano State, Nigeria

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

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