Lessons for appropriate soil management technology generation for the savannas and their application to the grain legume-cereal rotation system There are many legume-based techno logies capable of regenerating soi l ferti lity but few are being adopted by fa rmers in West Africa . At the Tn terna...
Carsky, R.J.
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Douthwaite, Boru
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Sanginga, N.
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Schulz, S.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Diels, J.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[Amelioration de la gestion des sols par lintroduction de legumineuses dans les systemes cerealiers des savannes africaines]
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Amelioration de la gestion des sols par lintroduction de legumineuses dans les systemes cerealiers des savannes africaines
Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with s...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Baker, Derek
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Weise, S.F.
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Gockowski, J.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[Ecoregional research in Africa: learning lessons from IITAs benchmark area approach]
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Ecoregional research in Africa: learning lessons from IITAs benchmark area approach
Agricultural intensification in West Africa is at an early stage and the process is taking place through various pathways. Population pressure and market access are generally considered as major factors driving intensification and crop-livestock interaction. In this paper both ecology and economi...
Okike, I.
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Jabbar, M.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Smith, J.
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[Ecological and socioeconomic factors affecting agricultural intensification in the West African savannas: evidence from northern Nigeria]
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Ecological and socioeconomic factors affecting agricultural intensification in the West African savannas: evidence from northern Nigeria
It has been argued that the limited success of Nigeria in rural development programmes could be
due to absence of a prior analysis of attitudes towards, risk inherent in traditional agriculture. This paper
was therefore conceived to explain farmers’ cropping patterns vis-à-vis their attitudes tow...
Olarinde, L.O.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Okoruwa, V.O.
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[Analysing optimum and alternative farm plans for risk averse grain crop farmers in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria]
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Analysing optimum and alternative farm plans for risk averse grain crop farmers in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria
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
This study used Box-Cox transformations to examine non-linearity in price modeling and compare results from several functional specifications in hedonic price analysis of yam in Togo. Based on a sample of 6402 observations on price and produce characteristics generated through a market experiment...
Amegbeto, N.K.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Coulibaly, O.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Estimating market demand for fresh yam characteristics using contingent valuation: implications for crop breeding and production choices]
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Estimating market demand for fresh yam characteristics using contingent valuation: implications for crop breeding and production choices
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
On the basis of projected economic and poverty impacts of alternative commodity research programs, this article assessed efficiency and equitytradeoffs and the scope for research resource reallocation in Nigeria. Given the importance of major food staples to both poor and non...
Alene, Arega D.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Tollens, E.F.
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Abele, S.
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[Efficiencyequity tradeoffs and the scope for resource reallocation in agricultural research: evidence from Nigeria]
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Efficiencyequity tradeoffs and the scope for resource reallocation in agricultural research: evidence from Nigeria
The overall goal of Balanced Nutrient Management Systems (BNMS) a collaborative project between International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U. Leuven) is to curb the vicious cycle of plant nutrient depletion in maize-based farming systems in the mo...
Omadachi, U.O.
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Ahmed, B.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Olukosi, J.
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Yusuf, O.
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[Economic analysis of balanced nutrient management technologies for maize production in Kaduna state, Nigeria]
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Economic analysis of balanced nutrient management technologies for maize production in Kaduna state, Nigeria
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