This paper applies econometric analyses to quantitatively determine the individual risk attitudes of sampled maize farmers in the dry savanna zone of Nigeria. The extent of the risk attitudes are then made the basis for categorizing the farmers into three groups of low, intermediate and high risk...
Olarinde, L.O.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Akintola, J.O.
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[Attitudes towards risk among maize farmers in the dry savanna zone of Nigeria: some prospective policies for improving food production]
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Attitudes towards risk among maize farmers in the dry savanna zone of Nigeria: some prospective policies for improving food production
Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa
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[Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa Annual Report 2016]
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Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa Annual Report 2016
Palada, M.C.
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Gichuru, M.
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Kang, B.
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[Alley cropping intercropped maize and cassava and sequentially cropped maize and cowpea in southern Nigeria]
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Alley cropping intercropped maize and cassava and sequentially cropped maize and cowpea in southern Nigeria
Eighty and sixty maize fields were sampled in 1994 and 1995, respectively, to monitor Aspergillus infection and aflatoxin contamination of preharvest maize in Benin. Three Aspergillus species were isolated from different agroecological zones, with A. flavus being the most prevalent. The countrywi...
Setamou, M.
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Cardwell, K.
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Schulthess, F.
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Hell, K.
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[Aspergillus flavus infection and aflatoxin contamination of preharvest maize in the Republic of Benin]
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Aspergillus flavus infection and aflatoxin contamination of preharvest maize in the Republic of Benin
Ortiz, R.
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Austin, P.D.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[IITA High Rainfall Station: twenty years of research for sustainable agriculture in the West African humid forest]
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IITA High Rainfall Station: twenty years of research for sustainable agriculture in the West African humid forest
A parasitic plant, Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth., infests millions of hectares of arable land in sub-Saharan Africa, and it threatens production of major cereal crops including maize (Zea mays L.). Erratic natural infestation is considered a major constraint to assess host plant resistance to ...
Five maize genotypes differing in plant habit and growth period were evaluated at 5 population densities (10, 20, 40, 80 and 160 × 103 plants/ha) under an intercropping system with cassava at 1 × 1 or 1 × 0.67 m spacings in a tropical Alfisol in southern Nigeria. The 2-year study revealed signifi...
Mahuku, George S.
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Kumar, P.L.
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[Rapid response to disease outbreaks in maize cultivation: the case of maize lethal necrosis]
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Rapid response to disease outbreaks in maize cultivation: the case of maize lethal necrosis
The palaeotropical, gregarious, endoparasitic braconids Cotesia sesamiae, Cotesia flavipes and Cotesia chilonis were recently imported into Benin as candidates for biological control of stem and cob borers of maize. Host acceptability and host suitability of six gramineous borers occurring in wes...
Hailemichael, Y.
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Schulthess, F.
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Smith, W.
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Overholt, W.A.
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[Suitability of West African gramineous stemborers for the development of Cotesia species (Hymenoptera: Brachonidae)]
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Suitability of West African gramineous stemborers for the development of Cotesia species (Hymenoptera: Brachonidae)
A fungal entomopathogen, Beauveria bassiana, was used to treat maize ears placed in traditional grain stores against Prostephanus truncatus in a field experiment conducted from September 1997 to March 1998 in the Benin Republic, West Africa. Treatments included oil-based spray with and without co...
Meikle, W.G.
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Cherry, A.J.
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Holst, N.
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Hounna, B.
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Markham, R.H.
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[The effects of an entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Hyphomycetes), on Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Col: Bostrichdae), Sitophilus zeamais (Col: Curculionidae) and grain losses in stored maize in the Benin Republic]
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The effects of an entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Hyphomycetes), on Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Col: Bostrichdae), Sitophilus zeamais (Col: Curculionidae) and grain losses in stored maize in the Benin Republic