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It is widely reported that women provide the bulk of food production labour in Africa. Since efficient targeting of improved technologies demands an understanding of who is likely to use them, and new farm technologies have often been inappropriate for women's needs, this paper presents the relat...


Enete, A.Nweke, F.Tollens, E.[Contribution of men and women to food crop production labour in Africa: information from COSCA]Contribution of men and women to food crop production labour in Africa: information from COSCA

Growers of yam demarcate certain areas as being suitable for yam culture and the factors responsible are suspected to relate to both prevailing soil and aerial environments. No empirical evidence to substantiate this suggestions has been documented. Two popular cultivars were selected from each o...


Asadu, C.Ezumah, H.C.Nweke, F.Akammigbo, F.O.[The performance of six cultivars of white yam derived from three sources and evaluated across three zones in southern Nigeria]The performance of six cultivars of white yam derived from three sources and evaluated across three zones in southern Nigeria

Nweke, F.Okorji, E.Njoku, J.King, D.[Elasticities of demand for major food items in a root and tuberbased food system: emphasis on yam and cassava in Southeastern Nigeria: RCMP research monograph, No. 11]Elasticities of demand for major food items in a root and tuberbased food system: emphasis on yam and cassava in Southeastern Nigeria: RCMP research monograph, No. 11
Nweke, F.Ugwu, B.Asadu, C.Ay, P.[Production costs in the yambased cropping systems of southeastern Nigeria: RCMP research monograph, No. 6]Production costs in the yambased cropping systems of southeastern Nigeria: RCMP research monograph, No. 6

This paper, based on a socio-economic survey, investigates the productivity of compound plantain production and constraints to large scale production on the basis of the compound production method. The paper shows that production under the compound system results in nearly four times as much yiel...


Nweke, F.Njoku, J.Wilson, G.[Productivity and limitations of plantain (Musa spp. cv AAB) production in compound gardens in southeastern Nigeria]Productivity and limitations of plantain (Musa spp. cv AAB) production in compound gardens in southeastern Nigeria

The relative changes in the composition of six cultivars of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir) were investigated in three major yam ecozones in southeastern Nigeria. The component parameters measured were crude protein, starch and total soluble sugar of the six cultivars at maturity. Each of th...


Asadu, C.Akammigbo, F.Ezumah, H.Nweke, F.[Relative changes in the nutrient composition of six cultivars of white yam grown in three ecozones of southeastern Nigeria]Relative changes in the nutrient composition of six cultivars of white yam grown in three ecozones of southeastern Nigeria

Nweke, F.Lynam, J.Prudencio, C.[Status of data on cassava in major producing countries of Africa: Cameroon, Cote d lvoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zaire]Status of data on cassava in major producing countries of Africa: Cameroon, Cote d lvoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zaire

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