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Journal Article 2007-04

Crop-livestock interaction in the savannas of Nigeria: nature and determinants of farmer decision to use manure for soil fertility maintenance

Autor: Chianu, J.N. Tsujii, H. Manyong, Victor M.

In Nigeria, increased land-use intensity has depressed the use of fallow for soil fertility restoration. Crop yields have fallen, threatening food security. High cost limits farmers’ access to fertilizers. Reliance on crop-livestock interaction is plausible because animals provide manure. This pa...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/92371

Investigación en Agricultura

CROP

LIVESTOCK

SOIL FERTILITY

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Chianu, J.N. , Tsujii, H. , Manyong, Victor M. , [Crop-livestock interaction in the savannas of Nigeria: nature and determinants of farmer decision to use manure for soil fertility maintenance] , Crop-livestock interaction in the savannas of Nigeria: nature and determinants of farmer decision to use manure for soil fertility maintenance

Journal Article 2003

Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development

Autor: Dixon, Alfred G.O. Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit Coyne, D.L. Ferguson, M. Ferris, R.S.B. Hanna, R. Hughes, J. Ingelbrecht, I. Legg, J.P. Mahungu, N.M. Manyong, Victor M. Mowbray, D. Neuenschwander, P. Whyte, J. Hartmann, P. Ortiz, R.

Cassava(Manihot esculenta), a root crop originating in Tropical America, has been called Africa’s food insurance but vital as that is, it has the potential to be much more. Already, cassava provides more than half of the dietary calories for over 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (about ha...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/96342

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CASSAVA

PLANT DISEASES

FOOD SECURITY

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Dixon, Alfred G.O. , Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit , Coyne, D.L. , Ferguson, M. , Ferris, R.S.B. , Hanna, R. , Hughes, J. , Ingelbrecht, I. , Legg, J.P. , Mahungu, N.M. , Manyong, Victor M. , Mowbray, D. , Neuenschwander, P. , Whyte, J. , Hartmann, P. , Ortiz, R. , [Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development] , Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development

Journal Article 2006

Endogenous technology adoption and household food security: the case of improved cowpea varieties in northern Nigeria

Autor: Alene, A. Manyong, Victor M.

Impact studies assuming exogenous technology adoption are bound to overstate or understate the true impact of improved agricultural technologies, especially in situations where agricultural technologies are targeted to, or adopted by, a certain group of farmers. This paper examined the impact of ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/91759

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ADOPTION

COWPEAS

FOOD SECURITY

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Alene, A. , Manyong, Victor M. , [Endogenous technology adoption and household food security: the case of improved cowpea varieties in northern Nigeria] , Endogenous technology adoption and household food security: the case of improved cowpea varieties in northern Nigeria

Journal Article 2005

Farmers perceptions of benefits and factors affecting the adoption of improved dualpurpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria

Autor: Kristjanson, Patricia M. Okike, I. Tarawali, Shirley A. Singh, B. Manyong, Victor M.

This study links participatory research methods, geographic information systems (GIS) techniques, village and household-level surveys, and a tobit analysis to examine the adoption and impact issues related to a new technology, improved varieties of dual-purpose cowpea (IDPC), developed by Interna...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/91808

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IMPACT

ADOPTION

COWPEAS

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Kristjanson, Patricia M. , Okike, I. , Tarawali, Shirley A. , Singh, B. , Manyong, Victor M. , [Farmers perceptions of benefits and factors affecting the adoption of improved dualpurpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria] , Farmers perceptions of benefits and factors affecting the adoption of improved dualpurpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria

Journal Article 2008

Household expenditure patterns in the rural areas of Oyo State, Nigeria: evidence of rural households vulnerability to food insecurity

Autor: Ogundapo, A.T. Manyong, Victor M. Kormawa, P.M. Fabiyi, Y.

The changes in household income result in a rapid shift in composition of food demanded by the food-secure and food-insecure households. In this paper, we applied popular AIDS model to estimate the budget shares and determinant factors of demand for different food groups. The analysis of food sec...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/90833

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ECONOMY

FOOD CONSUMPTION

FOOD SECURITY

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Ogundapo, A.T. , Manyong, Victor M. , Kormawa, P.M. , Fabiyi, Y. , [Household expenditure patterns in the rural areas of Oyo State, Nigeria: evidence of rural households vulnerability to food insecurity] , Household expenditure patterns in the rural areas of Oyo State, Nigeria: evidence of rural households vulnerability to food insecurity

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Crop-livestock interaction in the savannas of Nigeria: nature and determinants of farmer decision to use manure for soil fertility maintenance

Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development

Endogenous technology adoption and household food security: the case of improved cowpea varieties in northern Nigeria

Farmers perceptions of benefits and factors affecting the adoption of improved dualpurpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria

Household expenditure patterns in the rural areas of Oyo State, Nigeria: evidence of rural households vulnerability to food insecurity