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Whittome, M.P.Spencer, D.Bayliss-Smith, T.[IITA and ILCA onfarm alley farming research: lessons for extension workers]IITA and ILCA onfarm alley farming research: lessons for extension workers

New technologies must be developed in sub-Saharan Africa which are sustainable and economically viable. This paper discusses a methodology for measuring the agricultural sustainability and economic viability of tropical farming systems for new technology evaluation. The approach is based on the c...


Ehui, Simeon K.Spencer, D.[Measuring the sustainability and economic viability of tropical farming systems: a model from subSaharan Africa]Measuring the sustainability and economic viability of tropical farming systems: a model from subSaharan Africa
Autor: Spencer, D.

In order to measure the effects of new agricultural technologies on labour productivity in sub-Saharan Africa, on-farm trials are usually conducted using small plots. Farmers who keep no records have to be interviewed frequently to minimize the effect of memory loss on the accuracy of the data co...


Spencer, D.[Collecting meaningful data on labour use in onfarm trials in subSaharan Africa]Collecting meaningful data on labour use in onfarm trials in subSaharan Africa

The adoption decisions of subsistence multicrop producers regarding improved cassava variety (TMS 30572) in the humid tropical rainforest ecology of Southwestern Nigeria were analysed within a qualitative choice framework. The empirical results revealed that younger farmers producing marketable s...


Polson, R.Spencer, D.[The technology adoption process in subsistence agriculture: the case of cassava in southwestern Nigeria]The technology adoption process in subsistence agriculture: the case of cassava in southwestern Nigeria

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