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The supply response of the smallholder soybean growers was investigation using a sample of 307 farmers randomly-selected from Jive villages in Kaduna and Kano States of Nigeria. Different multivariate functional forms were experimented but the power Junction was chosen because of its obvious uniq...
The deficient agronomic qualities of the local soybean germplasm and the need to develop varieties with desirable attributes, such as promiscuous nodulation, low pod shattering, sustained seed viability and resistance to bacterial diseases and viruses necessitated the introduction of new varietie...
The use of financial and input-credit support to promote agriculture was a key intervention strategy aimed at enhancing productivity, reducing poverty, promoting standard of living of the smallholder farmers and fostering the development of the rural sectors. However, the ability of the lending a...
An advanced time series econometric technique was used to study the interaction between the prices of fermented flour, a popular cassava-based food product also called lafun, in typical urban-demand and ruralsupply markets in Nigeria. The price data cover 95 weeks from week 37 of 2004 to week 28 ...
This study investigated the production trends in the principal root and tuber crops in Nigeria during the 1961-2005 periods and contrasted the performance of the crops at certain stages of economic and political reforms in the country. It was found that output of all roots and tubers rose tremend...
Understanding the resource allocation and use efficiency is essential considering the supportive role of agriculture in the advancement of other productive sectors of the economy. Technical efficiency and its determinants were investigated among smallholder cassava-farming and decision-taking uni...
An analysis was conducted of the productivity of smallholder farmers enrolled into an out-growers’ scheme to supply cassava to commercial starch processors under the Nestlé-IITA cassava starch value chain project. Under the project, improved cassava varieties–cloned to be high-yielding, early mat...
The influence of socioeconomic and other household characteristics on the productivity of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to the major commercial starch processors in Nigeria were examined. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 96 farmers working in clusters in selected...
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