Search Results - "Nigeria"

Yield response of accessions of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L) Verdc) inoculated with Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains by Bitire, T.D., Abberton, M., Oyatomi, O., Babalola, O.O.

“…Field experiments were conducted in two different agroecological locations of Ibadan and Ikenne in Nigeria from August through December during the 2019 and 2020 cropping seasons. …”
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Herder-related violence, agricultural work, and the informal sector as a safety net by Bloem, Jeffrey R., Damon, Amy, Francis, David C., Mitchell, Harrison

“…Violent conflict between nomadic herders and settled—mostly agricultural—communities in Nigeria occurs as both groups clash over the use of land and resources, in part, due to a changing climate. …”
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Women’s Empowerment in Agri-food Systems Governance (WEAGov): A new assessment framework by Kyle, Jordan, Ragasa, Catherine

“…Empirical application of the assessment tool in Nigeria relied on surveys with 250 purposively sampled agri-food systems experts; surveys with 140 different organizations involved in the agri-food systems policy process across federal and state agri-food systems ministries, independent agencies, civil society organizations and private-sector entities; and a validation workshop with local experts. …”
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Gender attitudes on politics and leadership: A framing experiment by Ma, Ning, Ragasa, Catherine, Kyle, Jordan

“…Using a sample of 241 experts involved in federal- and state-level agri-food policy process in Nigeria, we presented six statements that support gender (in)equality in leadership at different levels and asked the experts to rate each statement using a four-point Likert scale. …”
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Effect of mineral fertilisation on tuber yield and quality in yams (Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata) by Afolabi, F., Matsumoto, R., Akinwande, B., Otegbayo, B., Asfaw, A.

“…Four genotypes, each from D. alata and D. rotundata, were used in field experiments conducted in Ibadan, Nigeria, during the 2017 and 2018 cropping seasons. …”
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Potential markets for forage hybrids in East Africa by Junca Paredes, Jhon Jairo, Flórez, Jesús Fernando, Enciso, Karen, Hernández, Luis Miguel, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…The analysis includes several countries in eastern and western Africa, namely Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, and Mali. Results shows that there is a potential market with a value of US$174,665,945 for new interspecific Urochloa and Megathyrsus maximus hybrids in the analyzed countries. …”
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Developing water resources decision support system to strengthen landscape resilience planning and investment in West and Central Africa: a scoping and needs assessment report by Amponsah, Andoh Kwaku, Atampugre, Gerald, Tilahun, Seifu A., Oke, Adebayo

“…The workshop, which took place on May 8, 2023, involved 51 participants from the public sector, private companies, research, and civil society organizations, as well as academia of six countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Burundi, DRC, and Rwanda. …”
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Enhancing horticultural productivity, incomes and livelihoods through integrated management of aphid pests on vegetables in sub-Saharan Africa by Hanna, R., Fotso-Kaute, A., Kumar, P.L., Djomaha, E., Toukem, N., Dongmo, M., Doumtsop, A., Ramasamy, S., Abang, A., Ekesi, S., Mohamad, S., Bayissa, W.H., Singh, A.B., Houmgny, R., Weisser, W., Kenkenou, S., Ghogomu, T.R.

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Agricultural mechanization and child labour in developing countries: Background study by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Vos, Rob

“…The new FAO-IFPRI study provides a rigorous quantitative assessment for seven developing countries in Asia (India, Nepal and Viet Nam) and sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania) based on comparable farm household survey data.…”
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African domestic supply booms in value chains of fruits, vegetables, and animal products fueled by spontaneous clusters of SMEs by Reardon, Thomas, Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O., Belton, Ben, Dolislager, Michael, Minten, Bart, Popkin, Barry, Vos, Rob

“…Illustrative cases from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia are presented. We recommend that African governments and international partners: (1) internalize the fact that these spontaneous clusters are forming and already fueling supply booms; (2) note that important drivers of the booms have been government investments in wholesale markets, roads, and other infrastructure like electrification, and agricultural research/extension; (3) leverage and support existing spontaneous clusters and help new ones to form by greatly increasing those three types of public investments. …”
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Testcross performance of Striga-resistant maize inbred lines and testers with varying levels of Striga reaction by Zebire, D., Menkir, A., Adetimirin, V., Mengesha, W., Silvestro, M., Gedil, M.

“…Method: The experiment was conducted with these test crosses and two standard checks (susceptible and tolerant) for different *Striga* resistance and agronomic traits during the 2018 cropping season in Abuja and Mokwa, Nigeria. The experiment was laid out in a 23 × 4 alpha-lattice design with two replications in each location. …”
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Red tape and corruption along ECOWAS trade corridors by Bouët, Antoine, Cissé, Brahima, Sy, Abdourahmane, Traoré, Fousseini

“…For example, in the first quarter of 2020, these practices were equivalent to a tax of 22.6 percent on the corridor linking Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire to Lagos in Nigeria. Finally, we make policy recommendations. …”
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Will promotion of agricultural mechanization help prevent child labour? by Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, International Food Policy Research Institute, Vos, Rob, Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…The new FAO-IFPRI study provides a rigorous quantitative assessment for seven developing countries in Asia (India, Nepal and Viet Nam) and sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania) based on comparable farm household survey data.…”
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Radio IITA Farmers Outreach Program by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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Climate risk management through sustainable land and water management in Sub-Saharan Africa by Nkonya, Ephraim M., Koo, Jawoo, Kato, Edward, Johnson, Timothy

“…Weather volatility is increasing, hence the need to build resilience for farmers and the poor, who are affected the most. Using Mali and Nigeria as case study countries, this study shows that climate change may reduce the yield of staple food crops – namely maize, rice, and millet – by 20% in 2050 compared to their levels in 2000. …”
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WFP Innovation Accelerator: mid-term report on progress of the sprint program by Karunakaran, K., Al-Zu’bi, Maha, Qui, Z., Michalscheck, Mirja, Hulbert, S., Kamanda, Josey, Quadri, S., Nkosi, Mahlatse, Kangethe, E., Craparo, A.

“…Koolboks is expanding solar-powered cold storage solutions in Nigeria, targeting women-led small businesses and improving distribution with local partnerships. …”
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Estimating household income to monitor and evaluate public investment programs in Sub-Saharan Africa by Benin, Samuel, Randriamamonjy, Josee

“…South Africa was ahead of the group of countries at $225, followed by Côte d’Ivoire and Lesotho at $117 and $91, respectively. Predictions for Nigeria and Zambia were the worst at $28 and $39, respectively. …”
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The role of information networks in communicating and responding to HPAI outbreaks by Schiffer, Eva, Narrod, Clare, von Grebmer, Klaus

“…Thus, researchers from IFPRI and ILRI conducted network mapping exercises with participating stakeholders from governmental agencies, the private sector, research institutions, and farmer and trader organizations during the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) inception workshops held separately in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria to answer the following questions: How does information about a suspected outbreak of avian influenza on the farm or market level reach the respective authorities? …”
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Associations between urbanization and avian communities in the Afrotropics: evidence from taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity by Awoyemi, A.G., Barshep, Y., Manu, S.A., Ibanez-Alamo, J.D.

“…Thus, this study investigated how urbanization affects bird taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in Nigeria, a country with one of the fastest rates of urbanization in the world. …”
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A shock to the (food) system: Using new IFPRI tools to evaluate household food security outcomes by Comstock, Andrew, Ecker, Olivier, Jones, Eleanor

“…The tool, currently available for Kenya, Nigeria, and Ethiopia, allows users to enter positive and negative price or income changes, along with food preference changes (in the Ethiopia version) in percentage terms and provides simulated changes for a diverse set of food-consumption- and diet-quality-related indicators. …”
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