What is the True Impact of Improved Cassava Varieties in Nigeria?

Nigerian farmers grow over 60 cassava varieties linked to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) (http://www.iita.org/) research efforts. While yields and the area under cassava have increased over the past decade in Nigeria, there is a lack of rigorous impact evidence—this despi...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128969
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description Nigerian farmers grow over 60 cassava varieties linked to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) (http://www.iita.org/) research efforts. While yields and the area under cassava have increased over the past decade in Nigeria, there is a lack of rigorous impact evidence—this despite cassava being a major source of food and income. The extent to which an agricultural technology is adopted is a critical input to examine productivity and welfare impacts resulting from adoption. The Cassava Monitoring Survey, implemented by IITA and the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI)-Nigeria, addresses three policy-relevant research questions: True adoption rate of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria; the effects of adoption on productivity and poverty; and the extent to which self-reported adoption status (versus DNA fingerprinting) over- or under-estimates these effects. This research was supported by ISPC-SPIA under the grant “Strengthening Impact Assessment in the CGIAR (SIAC) (https://cas.cgiar.org/spia/news/strengthening-impact-assessment-cgiar-siac-2013-2016).”
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spelling CGSpace1289692023-03-13T18:29:45Z What is the True Impact of Improved Cassava Varieties in Nigeria? CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council income farmers technology impacts welfare research food tropical agriculture agriculture varieties adoption productivity cassava yields Nigerian farmers grow over 60 cassava varieties linked to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) (http://www.iita.org/) research efforts. While yields and the area under cassava have increased over the past decade in Nigeria, there is a lack of rigorous impact evidence—this despite cassava being a major source of food and income. The extent to which an agricultural technology is adopted is a critical input to examine productivity and welfare impacts resulting from adoption. The Cassava Monitoring Survey, implemented by IITA and the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI)-Nigeria, addresses three policy-relevant research questions: True adoption rate of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria; the effects of adoption on productivity and poverty; and the extent to which self-reported adoption status (versus DNA fingerprinting) over- or under-estimates these effects. This research was supported by ISPC-SPIA under the grant “Strengthening Impact Assessment in the CGIAR (SIAC) (https://cas.cgiar.org/spia/news/strengthening-impact-assessment-cgiar-siac-2013-2016).” 2018-02 2023-02-25T17:09:15Z 2023-02-25T17:09:15Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128969 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council ISPC. (2018). What is the True Impact of Improved Cassava Varieties in Nigeria?, Brief N. 64. Rome: Independent Science and Partnership Council
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CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council
What is the True Impact of Improved Cassava Varieties in Nigeria?
title What is the True Impact of Improved Cassava Varieties in Nigeria?
title_full What is the True Impact of Improved Cassava Varieties in Nigeria?
title_fullStr What is the True Impact of Improved Cassava Varieties in Nigeria?
title_full_unstemmed What is the True Impact of Improved Cassava Varieties in Nigeria?
title_short What is the True Impact of Improved Cassava Varieties in Nigeria?
title_sort what is the true impact of improved cassava varieties in nigeria
topic income
farmers
technology
impacts
welfare
research
food
tropical agriculture
agriculture
varieties
adoption
productivity
cassava
yields
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