Assessing the reuse of PICS bags in Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States of northern Nigeria

In 2010, a survey was carried out in Jigawa, Kano and Katsina States to ascertain the level of reuse of the Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage (PICS) bags (technique for cowpea storage) among 2008 users. The PICS project has ecommended to farmers to reuse their PICS bags as long as they are not puncture...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Ayedun, B., Musa, S.A., Lowenberg-Deboer, J., Baributsa, D.
Formato: Póster
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture 2010
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90298
_version_ 1855514011938848768
author Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Ayedun, B.
Musa, S.A.
Lowenberg-Deboer, J.
Baributsa, D.
author_browse Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Ayedun, B.
Baributsa, D.
Lowenberg-Deboer, J.
Musa, S.A.
author_facet Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Ayedun, B.
Musa, S.A.
Lowenberg-Deboer, J.
Baributsa, D.
author_sort Abdoulaye, Tahirou
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description In 2010, a survey was carried out in Jigawa, Kano and Katsina States to ascertain the level of reuse of the Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage (PICS) bags (technique for cowpea storage) among 2008 users. The PICS project has ecommended to farmers to reuse their PICS bags as long as they are not punctured. Survey results suggest that the majority of farmers (both demonstrators-DF [farmers that were used in the initial demonstrations] and ondemonstrators-NDF, those who bought PICS bags without participating in demonstrations) were reusing their PICS bags (66.2%, i.e., 90 respondents out of 136) for cowpea storage in 2009, while the remaining 33.8% (i.e., 46 respondents) reused their bags for other purposes such as storage of other crops, as bedding and roofing material, and given out to others. Among the reusers, 68.9% (62 respondents out of 90) were demonstrators and 31.1% (28 respondents) were nondemonstrators. To ascertain the determinants of reuse of PICS bags, a Logit model was fitted on the data with independent variables such as Farmer type, Age, Gender, Household size, Education, Membership of association, and quantity of cowpea harvested. The result on determinants of reuse of PICS for cowpea storage was significant at 1% level of probability. The result revealed, among others, that the probability of reusing the bag for cowpea storage statistically increased if the user was a demonstrator, an experienced farmer (age), male (gender), a member of a farmers’ association; the quantity of cowpea harvested aso affected reuse.
format Poster
id CGSpace90298
institution CGIAR Consortium
language Inglés
publishDate 2010
publishDateRange 2010
publishDateSort 2010
publisher International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
publisherStr International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
record_format dspace
spelling CGSpace902982025-04-17T08:25:59Z Assessing the reuse of PICS bags in Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States of northern Nigeria Abdoulaye, Tahirou Ayedun, B. Musa, S.A. Lowenberg-Deboer, J. Baributsa, D. pics bags farmers cowpea storage cowpeas In 2010, a survey was carried out in Jigawa, Kano and Katsina States to ascertain the level of reuse of the Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage (PICS) bags (technique for cowpea storage) among 2008 users. The PICS project has ecommended to farmers to reuse their PICS bags as long as they are not punctured. Survey results suggest that the majority of farmers (both demonstrators-DF [farmers that were used in the initial demonstrations] and ondemonstrators-NDF, those who bought PICS bags without participating in demonstrations) were reusing their PICS bags (66.2%, i.e., 90 respondents out of 136) for cowpea storage in 2009, while the remaining 33.8% (i.e., 46 respondents) reused their bags for other purposes such as storage of other crops, as bedding and roofing material, and given out to others. Among the reusers, 68.9% (62 respondents out of 90) were demonstrators and 31.1% (28 respondents) were nondemonstrators. To ascertain the determinants of reuse of PICS bags, a Logit model was fitted on the data with independent variables such as Farmer type, Age, Gender, Household size, Education, Membership of association, and quantity of cowpea harvested. The result on determinants of reuse of PICS for cowpea storage was significant at 1% level of probability. The result revealed, among others, that the probability of reusing the bag for cowpea storage statistically increased if the user was a demonstrator, an experienced farmer (age), male (gender), a member of a farmers’ association; the quantity of cowpea harvested aso affected reuse. 2010-09 2018-01-16T12:03:26Z 2018-01-16T12:03:26Z Poster https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90298 en Limited Access International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Abdoulaye, T., Ayedun, B., Musa, S.A., Lowenberg-DeBoer, J. & Baributsa, D. (2010). Assessing the reuse of PICS bags in Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States of Northern Nigeria. Poster prepared for the 5th World Cowpea Research Conference, Saly, Senegal, September 2010. Ibadan, Nigeria: IITA.
spellingShingle pics bags
farmers
cowpea storage
cowpeas
Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Ayedun, B.
Musa, S.A.
Lowenberg-Deboer, J.
Baributsa, D.
Assessing the reuse of PICS bags in Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States of northern Nigeria
title Assessing the reuse of PICS bags in Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States of northern Nigeria
title_full Assessing the reuse of PICS bags in Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States of northern Nigeria
title_fullStr Assessing the reuse of PICS bags in Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States of northern Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the reuse of PICS bags in Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States of northern Nigeria
title_short Assessing the reuse of PICS bags in Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States of northern Nigeria
title_sort assessing the reuse of pics bags in jigawa kano and katsina states of northern nigeria
topic pics bags
farmers
cowpea storage
cowpeas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90298
work_keys_str_mv AT abdoulayetahirou assessingthereuseofpicsbagsinjigawakanoandkatsinastatesofnorthernnigeria
AT ayedunb assessingthereuseofpicsbagsinjigawakanoandkatsinastatesofnorthernnigeria
AT musasa assessingthereuseofpicsbagsinjigawakanoandkatsinastatesofnorthernnigeria
AT lowenbergdeboerj assessingthereuseofpicsbagsinjigawakanoandkatsinastatesofnorthernnigeria
AT baributsad assessingthereuseofpicsbagsinjigawakanoandkatsinastatesofnorthernnigeria