Resultados de búsqueda - "Nigeria"

Optimal tariffs with smuggling: A spatial analysis of Nigerian rice policy options por Johnson, Michael E., Dorosh, Paul A.

“…Utilizing a spatial multi-market model for rice in Nigeria that explicitly takes into account the potential for smuggling, in this paper we analyze the welfare implications of alternative rice tariff rates given the government’s goals of spurring domestic production and reducing imports. …”
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Optimal tariffs with smuggling: A spatial analysis of Nigerian rice policy options por Johnson, Michael E., Dorosh, Paul A.

“…Utilizing a spatial multi-market model for rice in Nigeria that explicitly takes into account the potential for smuggling, in this paper we analyze the welfare implications of alternative rice tariff rates given the government’s goals of spurring domestic production and reducing imports. …”
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A guide to developing quantitative tools for measuring gender norms in agrifood systems por Seymour, Greg, Cole, Steven M., Costenbader, Elizabeth, Mwakanyamale, Devis, Adeyeye, Olajumoke, Feleke, Shiferaw, Ferguson, Nathaniel, Heckert, Jessica

“…Herein we detail the collaborative process that we undertook in Nigeria and Tanzania to develop a quantitative approach to measuring gender norms in the cassava, poultry, and fisheries value chains in each country. …”
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Policy options for improving regional fertilizer markets in West Africa por Bumb, Balu L., Johnson, Michael E., Fuentes, Porfirio A.

“…The countries were Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal, and the research included field visits in 2009 and 2010. …”
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Developing effective strategies: A review of past and present government agricultural interventions por Rhoe, Valerie, Sackey, James, Adeogun, Grace

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Managing agricultural enterprises and developing agricultural value chains: Cases on agribusinesses por Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Naik, Gopal, Tsamenyi, Mathew, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…The cases included in the book are predominantly from West Africa—Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, and Nigeria—and the rest are from India. In addition, two industry notes, one on tomato processing in Turkey and the other on the maize seed industry in Thailand are included. …”
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Antidiabetic and antioxidant profiling of 67 African trifoliate yam accessions by planar on-surface assays versus in vitro assays por Aiyedun, P.O., Sonibare, M.A., Gueye, B., Albach, D.C., Heil, J., Morlock, G.E.

“…Trifoliate yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) is traditionally used to treat diabetics in Nigeria. However, almost no information is available on its antidiabetic constituents and their natural variance. …”
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Nitrogen contribution of Leucaena/Rhizobium symbiosis to soil and a subsequent maize crop por Sanginga, N., Mulongoy, K., Ayanaba, A.

“…The nitrogen contribution from the shoot and root system of symbiotically grown leucaena was evaluated in a field experiment on an Alfisol at IITA in Southern Nigeria. Maize in plots that received prunings from inoculated leucaena contained more N and grain yield was increased by 1.9 t.ha.−1. …”
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Mating and oviposition behavior in the legume pod borer, Maruca testulalis por Jackai, L., Ochieng, R.S., Raulston, J.R

“…Experiments were conducted outdoors and in the insect rearing laboratory at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria. Four or five nights pairing duration gave the highest mating percentage and oviposition by the pod borer. …”
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Weed Control in maize-cassava intercrop por Akobundu, I.O.

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Investing in innovative food systems solutions in challenging contexts: A food supply chain mapping and analysis por World Food Programme, International Food Policy Research Institute, African Development Bank

“…Humanitarian agencies are in a race against time to save lives in contexts where economies have collapsed as hunger is aggravated by conflicts and extreme weather, among other factors. Take Nigeria, for example. Across the country lives and livelihoods are being shattered by conflict and climate shocks – once a breadbasket, the northern regions now rely heavily on humanitarian food assistance. …”
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Crop performance in complex mixtures: melon and okra in cassava-maize mixture por Ikeorgu, J., Wahua, T.A.T., Ezumah, H.C

“…We conducted a 2-year investigation at Ibadan, Nigeria, to determine the economic benefits of including melon and okra in a cassava—maize intercropping system. …”
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Lessons learned from solar irrigation scaling in Asia and Africa por Bodach, Susanne, Al-Zu’bi, Maha, Tilahun, Seifu A.

“…This report summarizes lessons on scaling solar irrigation from IWMI-led country teams and partners working in Nepal, Pakistan, India, Ghana, Nigeria, and East and Southern Africa. It draws on a structured “Solar Irrigation Scaling Challenge” process as a mechanism used to collect and synthesize country experiences and insights. …”
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Dacryodes edulis, a neglected non-timber forest species for the agroforestry systems of West and Central Africa por Sonwa, D.J., Okafor, J.C., Buyungu, P.M., Weise, Stephan F., Tchatat, M., Adesina, A.A., Nkongmeneck, B.A., Ndoye, O., Endamana, D.

“…Drawing on experience from Cameroon, Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire, this paper presents indigenous management techniques and emerging opportunities to promote safou in West and Central African agroforestry systems for food security, income generation and rehabilitation of the environment.…”
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Domesticating indigenous fruit trees as a contribution to poverty reduction por Schreckenberg, Kate, Awono, A., Degrande, A., Mbosso, C., Ndoye, O., Tchoundjeu, Z.

“…Drawing predominantly on the examples of Dacryodes edulis and Irvingia gabonensis in Cameroon and Nigeria, this paper presents evidence for the contribution of these fruit trees to poverty reduction. …”
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Priority setting for conservation in south-west Cameroon based on large mammal surveys por Forboseh, P.F., Eno-Nku, M., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

“…The forests of the Cameroon-Nigeria transboundary region have been highlighted as a high conservation priority, yet many of the extant forest remnants remain relatively unknown, particularly with regard to the occurrence of large mammals. …”
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A methodology for assessing rural livelihood strategies in West/Central Africa: lessons from the field por Malleson, R., Asaha, S., Sunderland, Terry C.H., Burnham, P., Egot, M., Obeng-Okrah, K., Ukpe, I., Miles, W.

“…This paper critically evaluates and discusses some of the methodological practicalities of applying a combined participatory and small-scale survey approach to investigating rural livelihood strategies of people living in the humid forest zone of Southwest Cameroon, Southeast Nigeria and Southwest Ghana, with particular reference to assessing the economic importance of non-timber forest products. …”
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Cocoa intensification scenarios and their predicted impact on CO2 emissions, biodiversity conservation, and rural livelihoods in the Guinea rain forest of West Africa por Gockowski, J., Sonwa, D.J.

“…Analyzing land-use change scenarios, it was estimated that had intensified cocoa technology, already developed in the 1960s, been pursued in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon that over 21,000 km2 of deforestation and forest degradation could have been avoided along with the emission of nearly 1.4 billion t of CO2. …”
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Dry season performance of four tropical pasture legumes in subhumid West Africa as influenced by superphosphate application and weed control por Peters, Michael, Tarawali, Shirley A., Alkamper, J.

“…The productivity and nutritive value of Chamaecrista rotundifolia cWynn, Centrosema pascuorum cCavalcade, Stylosanthes guianensis cPucallpa and S. hamata cv Verano as affected by single superphosphate fertilisation (SSP) and weed control were measured during the dry season in subhumid Nigeria. Wynn, when growing in competition with the native vegetation, had the highest dry matter yields. …”
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Multipurpose tree selection for silvopastoral systems on acid Ultisols. The effect of grass competition on early growth of tree and shrub species por Larbi, Asamoah, Ladipo, D.O., Adekunle, I.O., Smith, Jimmy W., Jabbar, M.A.

“…An experiment was conducted on an Ultisol at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) High Rainfall Station, Onne, in the humid forest zone of south-eastern Nigeria. The objective of the study was to define groups of multipurpose trees using multiple variables to select materials for detailed tree-grass or agro-silvopastoral studies. …”
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