Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa

This paper assesses the potential economic impacts of balanced nutrient management systemstechnology options: BNMS-manure, which combines inorganic fertilizer and organic manure,and BNMS-rotation, which is maize–soybean rotation, in maize-based systems in the northernGuinea savanna areas of Nigeria,...

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Autores principales: Akinola, Adebayo A., Alene, Arega D., Adeyemo, R., Sanogo, D., Olanrewaju, A.S.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91514
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author Akinola, Adebayo A.
Alene, Arega D.
Adeyemo, R.
Sanogo, D.
Olanrewaju, A.S.
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Akinola, Adebayo A.
Alene, Arega D.
Olanrewaju, A.S.
Sanogo, D.
author_facet Akinola, Adebayo A.
Alene, Arega D.
Adeyemo, R.
Sanogo, D.
Olanrewaju, A.S.
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description This paper assesses the potential economic impacts of balanced nutrient management systemstechnology options: BNMS-manure, which combines inorganic fertilizer and organic manure,and BNMS-rotation, which is maize–soybean rotation, in maize-based systems in the northernGuinea savanna areas of Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin. The economic surplus analysissuggested that BNMS-manure research and extension could achieve returns ranging from 17 to25% and a maximum adoption of 24 to 48%, for the conservative and base scenario respectively;and that BNMS-rotation research and extension could achieve returns ranging from 35 to 43%and a maximum adoption of 20 to 40%, for the conservative and base scenario respectively. Ourresults were consistent with earlier economic analyses which showed that BNMS-rotation wasmore productive, profitable and acceptable to farmers than BNMS-manure. It may be difficult toachieve large-scale adoption of BNMS-manure because the increases in yields are smaller andmarkets for manure are missing.
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spelling CGSpace915142023-06-12T14:01:23Z Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa Akinola, Adebayo A. Alene, Arega D. Adeyemo, R. Sanogo, D. Olanrewaju, A.S. balanced nutrient management systems bnms-manure bnms-rotation economic surplus northern guinea savanna This paper assesses the potential economic impacts of balanced nutrient management systemstechnology options: BNMS-manure, which combines inorganic fertilizer and organic manure,and BNMS-rotation, which is maize–soybean rotation, in maize-based systems in the northernGuinea savanna areas of Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin. The economic surplus analysissuggested that BNMS-manure research and extension could achieve returns ranging from 17 to25% and a maximum adoption of 24 to 48%, for the conservative and base scenario respectively;and that BNMS-rotation research and extension could achieve returns ranging from 35 to 43%and a maximum adoption of 20 to 40%, for the conservative and base scenario respectively. Ourresults were consistent with earlier economic analyses which showed that BNMS-rotation wasmore productive, profitable and acceptable to farmers than BNMS-manure. It may be difficult toachieve large-scale adoption of BNMS-manure because the increases in yields are smaller andmarkets for manure are missing. 2009 2018-03-07T11:26:08Z 2018-03-07T11:26:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91514 en Limited Access Akinola, A.A., Alene, A.D., Adeyemo, R., Sanogo, D. & Olanrewaju, A.S. (2009). Economic impact of soil fertility management research in West Africa. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 3(2), 159-175.
spellingShingle balanced nutrient management systems
bnms-manure
bnms-rotation
economic surplus
northern guinea savanna
Akinola, Adebayo A.
Alene, Arega D.
Adeyemo, R.
Sanogo, D.
Olanrewaju, A.S.
Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa
title Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa
title_full Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa
title_fullStr Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa
title_full_unstemmed Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa
title_short Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa
title_sort economic impacts of soil fertility management research in west africa
topic balanced nutrient management systems
bnms-manure
bnms-rotation
economic surplus
northern guinea savanna
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91514
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