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.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Alene, A.
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Amato, M.S.
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Ainembabazi, John H.
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Mignouna, Djana B.
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Okafor, C.
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[Non-farm activities and adoption of improved cassava and beans varieties in South-Kivu, DR Congo]
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Non-farm activities and adoption of improved cassava and beans varieties in South-Kivu, DR Congo
Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) remains a major threat to the livelihoods of millions of smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa. This viral disease was initially confined to the coastal lowland areas of eastern and southern Africa. More recently there has been a major new outbreak in the Great La...
Manyong, Victor M.
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Maeda, C.
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Kanju, E.
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Legg, J.P.
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[Economic damages of cassava brown streak disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a framework]
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Economic damages of cassava brown streak disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a framework
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) cofunded the Cassava Monitoring Survey (CMS) project with the objective of documenting the extent of adoption of improved cassava varieties with a rigorous sampling and DNA based identific...
Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal
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Girma Tessema, G.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Rabbi, Ismail Y.
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Olanrewaju, A.S.
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Bentley, J.
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Alene, A.
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Feleke, S.
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Kulakow, P.A.
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Asumugha, G.N.
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Adebayo, M.A.
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Tokula, M.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[The cassava monitoring survey in Nigeria: final report]
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The cassava monitoring survey in Nigeria: final report
Several alternative options have been used for varietal identification. However most of the traditional methods have inherent uncertainty levels and estimates often have wide confidence intervals. In an attempt to circumvent traditional survey-based measurement errors in varietal identification, ...
Girma Tessema, G.
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Rabbi, Ismail Y.
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Olanrewaju, A.S.
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Alaba, O.
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Kulakow, P.A.
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Alabi, T.
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Ayedun, B.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal
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Alene, A.
,
Manyong, Victor M.
,
[A manual for large-scale sample collection, preservation, tracking, DNA extraction, and variety identification analysis]
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A manual for large-scale sample collection, preservation, tracking, DNA extraction, and variety identification analysis
The Cassava Monitoring Survey (CMS) project was funded by the CGIAR-RTB
Program and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The main goal was to carry out a
study on cassava adoption and diffusion patterns in Nigeria. This includes explaining
why farmers are adopting certain varieties and describing...
Bentley, J.W.
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Olanrewaju, A.S.
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Madu, T.
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Olaosebikan, O.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Kulakow, P.A.
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Ayedun, B.
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Ojide, M.
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Girma Tessema, G.
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Rabbi, Ismail Y.
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Asumugha, G.N.
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Tokula, M.
,
[Cassava farmers' preferences for varieties and seed dissemination system in Nigeria: gender and regional perspectives]
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Cassava farmers' preferences for varieties and seed dissemination system in Nigeria: gender and regional perspectives
Assessing the impact of agricultural research can assist with setting priorities, providing feedback to the research programs, and demonstrating actual benefits of the products of agricultural research. Towards this end, many national and international agricultural research centers have instituti...
Alene, Arega D.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Gockowski, J.
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Coulibaly, O.
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Abele, S.
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[A framework for conceptualizing impact assessment and promoting impact culture in agricultural research]
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A framework for conceptualizing impact assessment and promoting impact culture in agricultural research
This study explores the intra-household impact of transfer of improved dualpurpose
cowpea from a gender perspective. Increased productivity by IDPC, has
increased food, fodder and income availability. The impact of which is linked to the
income it has placed in the women’s hands. Surplus income h...
Tipilda, A
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Alene, A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Singh, B
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[Intra-household impact of improved dual-purpose cowpea on women in northern Nigeria]
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Intra-household impact of improved dual-purpose cowpea on women in northern Nigeria
Alley farming is an improved fallow technology developed at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) as a sustainable alternative to slash-and-burn systems practiced by farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Constraints to the use of the technology have been examined, but studies are li...
Adesina, A.A.
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Coulibaly, O.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Sanginga, N.
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Mbila, D.
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Chianu, J.
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Kamleu, D.G.
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[Policy shifts and adoption of alley farming in West and Central Africa]
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Policy shifts and adoption of alley farming in West and Central Africa
In the semiarid region of West and Central Africa, farmers traditionally cultivate different cowpea varieties for grain and fodder. However, the grain yield potential and the availability of good quality fodder is limited by several factors: insects, pests and diseases, low and erratic rainfall, ...
Inaizumi, H.
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Singh, B.
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Sanginga, P.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Adesina, A.A.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Adoption and impact of dryseason dualpurpose cowpea in the semiarid zone of Nigeria]
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Adoption and impact of dryseason dualpurpose cowpea in the semiarid zone of Nigeria
Most impact studies of agricultural technologies use economic models, with little direct attention being paid to the actual impact on the lives of resource-poor farmers. This paper uses a social impact assessment (SIA) framework to examine the level of adoption and impact of soybean on farm house...
Sanginga, P.
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Adesina, A.A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Otite, O.
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Dashiell, Kenton E.
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[Social impact of soybean in Nigerias southern Guinea savanna]
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Social impact of soybean in Nigerias southern Guinea savanna