Resultados de búsqueda - "Nigeria"

Financial and Health Diaries 2012-2013: A Year-long Weekly Panel of Farming Households in Nigeria and Kenya por Janssens, Wendy, Kramer, Berber, van der List, Marijn, Paper, David

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Report on Training and Set up of Women and Youth Innovation Platforms in the framework of WP4 of TAFS-WCA in NIGERIA por Uduma, B., Yeo, P., Arouna, A.

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How macroeconomic factors may influence agricultural program sustainability: Evidence from Cross River state, Nigeria por Hatzenbuehler, Patrick L., Mavrotas, George

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Invest in small-scale irrigated agriculture: A national assessment on potential to expand small-scale irrigation in Nigeria por Xie, Hua, You, Liangzhi, Takeshima, Hiroyuki

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A rapid initial assessment of the distribution and consumption of iron-folic acid tablets through antenatal care in Nigeria

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Determinants of adoption of improved cassava varieties among farming households in Oyo, Benue, and Akwa Ibom states of Nigeria por Tahirou, Abdoulaye, Bamire, A.S., Oparinde, Adewale, Akinola, A.A.

“…Biofortified pro-vitamin A cassava varieties are being developed and deployed in Nigeria and other countries. Understanding the adoption pathways of already released non-biofortified improved cassava varieties can inform decision makers on how best to disseminate the newly developed varieties. …”
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Effect of combined use of supplementary irrigation, manure and P fertilization on grain yield and profitability of soybean in northern Nigeria por Bebeley, J.F., Kamara, A., Jibrin, J.M., Tofa, A.I., Solomon, R., Kamai, N.

“…Declining soil fertility particularly phosphorus deficiency, low organic carbon, moisture stress and high cost of input are factors limiting soybean yield in the Nigeria savanna. Supplementary irrigation, nutrient application and inoculation with Bradyrhizobium could increase the grain yield of soybean. …”
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Addressing Nigeria’s current challenge of inflation and food insecurity: Assessing the economy-wide impacts of food tariff suspension por Andam, Kwaw S.

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The role of libraries in supporting agricultural policy research: Evidence from selected university and research institute libraries in Nigeria por Rhoe, Valerie, Oboh, Victor, Shelton, Peter

“…Therefore, research-based evidence is important to guide decisions that affect Nigeria's agriculture sector and its people. The quality and effectiveness of policy-making depend to a large extent on the quality of knowledge on which decisions are based (Hovland, 2003). …”
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Measuring the effect of transaction costs for investment in irrigation pumps: Application of unobserved stochastic threshold model to the case of Nigeria por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Adeoti, Adetola I., Salau, Sheu

“…Small-scale private irrigation schemes (SPRI) have been the driving force behind the expansion of irrigated areas in Nigeria, despite government efforts to promote large-scale public irrigation schemes. …”
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How much does take-up timing for agricultural inputs depend on price? Evidence from an experiment in Nigeria por Amare, Mulubrhan, Ambler, Kate, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Bloem, Jeffrey R., Misra, Rewa S., Wagner, Julia

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Challenges and opportunities in Nigeria’s home-grown school feeding program: Toward a more efficient and sustainable model por Adeyanju, Dolapo, Amare, Mulubrhan, Andam, Kwaw S., Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Gelli, Aulo, Idowu, Ifetayo

“…This paper examines Nigeria’s Home-Grown School Feeding Program (HGSFP), an initiative that enhances traditional school feeding by supporting local agriculture. …”
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Accelerating sustainable aquaculture development in Nigeria: Diversifying fish species, catalyzing local aquafeed production, and strengthening aquaclusters por Ragasa, Catherine, Ansa, Ebinimi, Adeosun, Festus Idowu

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In search of an oasis: a photovoice documentation of the water struggle in fragile & conflict-affected communities in Adamawa State, Nigeria por International Water Management Institute

“…Read our new #PhotoEssay, ‘In Search of an Oasis: A Photovoice Documentation of the Water Struggle in Fragile & Conflict Affected Communities in Adamawa State, Nigeria.’ Despite Nigeria’s growing economy, the country continues to contend with compound challenges related to fragility, conflict, and migration (FCM) and in Adamawa State, Northern Nigeria, water is scarce. …”
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Adopting scalable participatory variety selection (Tricot) for on-farm testing in Nigeria: enhancing social and gender impact in breeding por Teeken, B., Olaosebikan, O., Bello, A., Madu, T., Okeakpu, F., Njoku, D., Adetiloye, I., Agbara, C., de Boef, W., Thijsen, M., Onwuka, S., Okoye, B., de Sousa, K., Ekanem, U., Iluebbey, P., Edughaen, G., Oke, E., Owoade, D., Tufan, H.A., Cole, S., Parkes, E., Kulakow, P., Egesi, C., Rabbi, I.

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Solar drying technology for post-harvest loss management of horticulture products: Findings from baseline survey in Nigeria por Balana, Bedru, Popoola, Olufemi, Yamauchi, Futoshi, Olanipekun, Caleb, Totin, Edmond, Salaudeen, Kamaldeen Oladimeji, Muhammad, Aminu, Shi, Weilun, Liu, Yanyan

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A revisit of farm size and productivity: Empirical evidence from a wide range of farm sizes in Nigeria por Omotilewa, Oluwatoba J., Jayne, T. S., Muyanga, Milu, Aromolaran, Adebayo B., Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O., Awokuse, Titus

“…This study examines the farm size-productivity relationship over a range of farms between zero and 40 ha in Nigeria. It also tests whether there is heterogeneity in productivity within medium-scale farms depending on how they came into being. …”
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Participatory evaluation of provitamin a-rich maize (zea mays l.) hybrids in savanna zones of northeast Nigeria por Dugje, I. Y., Menkir, A., Kamai, N., Aminu, D., Kamara, A. Y., Odo, P. E., Teli, I. A.

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Agronomy solution profile for digital toolkit for optimum maize, cassava, rice planting window and season length in Nigeria por Excellence in Agronomy

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Structure, conservation and health implications of urban wild meat value chains: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria por Akpan, S.N., Hooft, P. van, Happi, A.N., Buij, R., Langevelde, F. van, Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Hassell, J.M., Zimmerman, D.M., Masudi, Sherril P., Happi, C.T., Thomas, Lian F.

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