The question of whether the intended gains in food production from new varieties have actually been realized by poor farmers has received little or no attention in the literature. This paper used a stochastic frontier efficiency decomposition methodology to derive the technical, allocative and ec...
Alene, A.
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[Unexploited food production potentials of new varieties: evidence from hybrid maize production in western Ethiopia]
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Unexploited food production potentials of new varieties: evidence from hybrid maize production in western Ethiopia
This article examines the magnitude and sources of yield variation among adopters of improved cowpea varieties in northern Nigeria promoted through farmer-to-farmer diffusion. The results reveal important efficiency differences between the lead farmers who have contacts with breeders and the foll...
Alene, A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Farmer-to-farmer technology diffusion and yield variation among adopters: the case of improved cowpea in northern Nigeria]
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Farmer-to-farmer technology diffusion and yield variation among adopters: the case of improved cowpea in northern Nigeria
Partnerships involving national agricultural research systems (NARS), the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), universities, advanced research institutes, the private sector, civil society, non-governmental organizations, farmer organizations and international invest...
Alene, A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Coulibaly, O.
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[Responding to food supply shocks through global partnerships in technology development and transfer: the case of the IITAled biological control of cassava mealybug in subSaharan Africa]
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Responding to food supply shocks through global partnerships in technology development and transfer: the case of the IITAled biological control of cassava mealybug in subSaharan Africa
Growing concern for poverty in the face of declining agricultural research budgets has increasingly required formal priority setting of public agricultural research in developing countries to ensure that scarce research resources are allocated in ways that will have the greatest impact on the poo...
Alene, A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Tollens, E.F.
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Abele, S.
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[Targeting agricultural research based on potential impacts on poverty reduction: strategic program priorities by agroecological zone in Nigeria]
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Targeting agricultural research based on potential impacts on poverty reduction: strategic program priorities by agroecological zone in Nigeria
This article measures and compares total factor productivity growth in African agriculture under contemporaneous and sequential technology frontiers over the period 1970–2004. The sources of productivity growth are examined using a fixed-effects regression model and a polynomial distributed lag s...
This paper assessed the relative economic efficiency and output supply and input demand responses of women farmers in western Kenya. The results showed that women are as technically and allocatively efficient as men. However, neither men nor women have absolute allocative efficiency. Women farmer...
Alene, A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Omanya, G.
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Mignouna, H.
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Bokanga, M.
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Odhiambo, G.D.
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[Economic efficiency and supply response of women as farm managers: comparative evidence from Western Kenya]
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Economic efficiency and supply response of women as farm managers: comparative evidence from Western Kenya
Alene, A.
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Khonje, M.
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Mwalughali, J.
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Chafuwa, C.
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Longwe, A.
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Khataza, R.
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Kapalasa, E.
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Madzorera, I.
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Gondwe, T.N.P.
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Mussagy, M.
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Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Boahen, S.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Chikoye, D.
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[Baseline characterization of production and markets, technologies and preferences, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and communities affected by HIV/AIDS in Mozambique]
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Baseline characterization of production and markets, technologies and preferences, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and communities affected by HIV/AIDS in Mozambique
Alene, A.
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Khonje, M.
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Mwalughali, J.
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Chafuwa, C.
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Longwe, A.
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Khataza, R.
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Kapalasa, E.
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Madzorera, I.
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Gondwe, T.N.P.
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Mussagy, M.
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Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Boahen, S.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Chikoye, D.
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[Baseline characterization of production and markets, technologies and preferences, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and communities affected by HIV/AIDS in Swaziland]
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Baseline characterization of production and markets, technologies and preferences, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and communities affected by HIV/AIDS in Swaziland
The Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project was initiated to assess and understand the yam-based systems in order to identify the opportunities of interventions that could potentially help to increase productivity in the region. The project consists of two ph...
Mignouna, Djana B.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Alene, A.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Characterization of yam-growing households in the project areas of Nigeria]
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Characterization of yam-growing households in the project areas of Nigeria
Teff (Eragrostistef) is a major staple food crop in Ethiopia, but smallholder teff production is characterized by persistently low average yield. A major government effort aimed at raising the productivity and competitiveness of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia involved re...
Elias, A.
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Nohmi, M.
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Yasunobu, K.
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Ishida, A.
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Alene, A.
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[The effect of agricultural extension service on the technical efficiency of Teff (Eragrostistef) producers in Ethiopia]
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The effect of agricultural extension service on the technical efficiency of Teff (Eragrostistef) producers in Ethiopia