A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria
A Participatory Impact assessment (PASS) was undertaken to evaluate the adoption of improved crop technologies by farmers in the savannas of Borno State, Nigeria. A total of 476 people including 288 men and 188 women participated in PASS. These included representatives of 97 farmer groups/CBOs, out...
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| author | Amaza, P.S. Ellis-Jones, J. Kamara, A.Y. Helsen, J. Gaya, H.I. |
| author_browse | Amaza, P.S. Ellis-Jones, J. Gaya, H.I. Helsen, J. Kamara, A.Y. |
| author_facet | Amaza, P.S. Ellis-Jones, J. Kamara, A.Y. Helsen, J. Gaya, H.I. |
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| description | A Participatory Impact assessment (PASS) was undertaken to evaluate the adoption of improved crop technologies by farmers in the savannas of Borno State, Nigeria. A total of 476 people including 288 men and 188 women participated in PASS. These included representatives of 97 farmer groups/CBOs, out of a total of 287 such groups with which IITA is presently working. PASS measured adoption in three ways, firstly through discussion with participating groups, secondly with a number of key individual farmers and lastly, through transect walks through arable areas. The results revealed that improved maize and soybean varieties had the highest adoption rates, with maize (83%) and soybean (68%). Women farmers had adopted at higher rates than men. Farmers adopting the new technologies indicated they achieved yield increases ranging from 20-100% and benefits included: - improved food security (84%), increased sale of crops (69%), increased livestock sales (18%), increased incomes (62%), improved household nutrition largely from soybeans (71%), improved health (61%), increased expenditure on education (45%) and housing (29%). The policy
implication is that government should play a greater role at improving rural infrastructures, reducing the cost of doing business and strengthening regulatory mechanisms. |
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| spelling | CGSpace906062023-02-15T06:38:35Z A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria Amaza, P.S. Ellis-Jones, J. Kamara, A.Y. Helsen, J. Gaya, H.I. participatory crop varieties farmers technology transfer improved crop technologies maize cowpeas A Participatory Impact assessment (PASS) was undertaken to evaluate the adoption of improved crop technologies by farmers in the savannas of Borno State, Nigeria. A total of 476 people including 288 men and 188 women participated in PASS. These included representatives of 97 farmer groups/CBOs, out of a total of 287 such groups with which IITA is presently working. PASS measured adoption in three ways, firstly through discussion with participating groups, secondly with a number of key individual farmers and lastly, through transect walks through arable areas. The results revealed that improved maize and soybean varieties had the highest adoption rates, with maize (83%) and soybean (68%). Women farmers had adopted at higher rates than men. Farmers adopting the new technologies indicated they achieved yield increases ranging from 20-100% and benefits included: - improved food security (84%), increased sale of crops (69%), increased livestock sales (18%), increased incomes (62%), improved household nutrition largely from soybeans (71%), improved health (61%), increased expenditure on education (45%) and housing (29%). The policy implication is that government should play a greater role at improving rural infrastructures, reducing the cost of doing business and strengthening regulatory mechanisms. 2007 2018-01-29T09:02:57Z 2018-01-29T09:02:57Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90606 en Limited Access African Crop Science Society Amaza, P., Ellis-Johns, J., Kamara, A.Y., Helsen, J. & Gaya, H.I. (2007). A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria. In African Crop Science Conference Proceedings (pp. 1369-1375), 27-31 October, El-Minia, Egypt. |
| spellingShingle | participatory crop varieties farmers technology transfer improved crop technologies maize cowpeas Amaza, P.S. Ellis-Jones, J. Kamara, A.Y. Helsen, J. Gaya, H.I. A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria |
| title | A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria |
| title_full | A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria |
| title_short | A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria |
| title_sort | participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of west africa empirical study from borno nigeria |
| topic | participatory crop varieties farmers technology transfer improved crop technologies maize cowpeas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90606 |
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