Resultados de búsqueda - "Nigeria"

Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Governance (WEAGov) assessment framework: A pilot study in Nigeria por Ragasa, Catherine, Kyle, Jordan, Onoja, Anthony Ojonimi, Achika, Anthonia I., Adejoh, Stella O., Onyenekwe, Chinasa S, Koledoye, Gbenga, Ujor, Gloria C., Nwali, Perpetual Nkechi

“…This paper presents the first pilot-testing of WEAGov in Nigeria. In this paper, we present how the WEAGov tool works in the Nigerian context, analyze the data, and provide diagnostic on the status of women’s voice and empowerment in the agrifood policy process. …”
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Instability of National Agricultural Research Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Nigeria por Idachaba, F. S.

“…Here, we examine six types of instability (policy, program, institutional, funding, research staff, and governance instability) using estimated instability indices to give empirical results on the levels of instability in Nigeria's research institutes. Among other results, the findings confirm the proposition that capital budgets tend to be more unstable than recurrent budgets. …”
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ICT-based agricultural extension services and women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nigeria and Ethiopia por Lambrecht, Isabel B.

“…Our study provides a comprehensive analysis of the issues through the lens of the Reach-Benefit-Empowerment and Transform (RBET) framework through a combination of a strategic literature review related to gender in the rapidly developing field of ICT-based agricultural extension services on the one hand, and quantitative data analysis from two different settings—Ethiopia and Nigeria—on the other hand. We used original survey data collected in 2023 with one male and one female respondent (if available) from 900 households in Northern and Southwestern Ethiopia and 1,080 households in northern Nigeria, respectively. …”
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Rethinking food crisis responses: Nigeria launch of the CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration por Onilogbo, Omobolanle, Fasoranti, Adetunji, Carrillo, Lucia, Kosec, Katrina, Andam, Kwaw S., Edeh, Hyacinth O., Anisimova, Evgeniya

“…On May 11, 2023 the Abuja office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI Nigeria) and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration (FCM) co-hosted a hybrid event featuring the Nigeria presentation of IFPRI’s 2023 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) titled “Rethinking Food Crises Responses” and the launch of the FCM Initiative. …”
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How gender norms constrain women's economic resilience to climate change challenges in Nigeria por Mudege, Netsayi, Olajumoke, Adeyeye, Kakwasha, Keagan, Muzungaire, Lizzy, Akuwa, Elizabeth

“…This report presents the findings of qualitative assessments conducted on inequitable norms that restrict women’s capacities to build economic resilience to climate change challenges in Nigeria. The study sought to answer the following question: What gender norms prevent women from building economic resilience to climate change challenges in agrifood systems (AFSs), and to what extent do these discriminatory biases exist at different institutional levels?…”
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Study on the Causes and Impacts of Farmer-Herder Conflicts: Case Studies from Sudan and Nigeria por Nassef, Magda, Flintan, Fiona E.

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Cocoa irrigation in southern Nigeria: A Technical Report of the IITA irrigated cocoa farm por Oke, Adebayo, Hauser, Stefan, Schmitter, Petra S., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, and Togo are leading economies and significant hubs for cocoa production. …”
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Zinc concentration in parboiled and non-parboiled rice from milling facilities and markets in Nigeria por Taleon, Victor, Dollah, Yusuf, Kalejaiye, Olatundun Adeoti, Londoño, Luis

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Evaluating responses by ChatGPT to farmers’ questions on irrigated lowland rice cultivation in Nigeria por Ibrahim, Ali, Senthilkumar, Kalimuthu, Saito, Kazuki

“…We compiled a list of 32 questions related to irrigated rice cultivation from farmers in Kano State, Nigeria. Six EAs from the state were randomly selected to answer these questions. …”
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Understanding aquaculture biosecurity to improve catfish disease management in Ogun and Delta states, Nigeria por Khor, Laura, Bodunde, Olusola A., Wills, R., Hanson, L., Adeyemo, O.K., Aina, O.O., Alarape, S.A., Delamare-Deboutteville, Jerome, Mohan, Chadag V.

“…Nigeria is one of Africa's largest aquaculture producers with catfish and tilapia being dominantly farmed. …”
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The economic importance of cowpea in Nigeria trends and Implications for achieving agri-food system transformation por Nwagboso, Chibuzo, Andam, Kwaw S., Amare, Mulubrhan, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Fasoranti, Adetunji

“…Nigeria is the largest producer of cowpea in the world and one of the highest consumers. …”
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Evaluating breeding for broad versus narrow adaptation for cassava in Nigeria using stochastic simulation por Bakare, M.A., Kayondo, S.I., Kulakow, P., Rabbi, I.Y., Jannink, J.L.

“…The program continues to develop varieties broadly adapted across Nigeria’s diverse agroclimatic zones. However, genotype by- environment interaction (GEI) presents a challenge for this purpose. …”
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Differences in peri-urban and rural farm production decisions amid policy change in Nigeria por Hatzenbuehler, Patrick L., Mavrotas, George, Amare, Mulubrhan

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Bundling cash loans with agricultural input loans for farmers in Nigeria: A pilot study por Ambler, Kate, Balana, Bedru, Bloem, Jeffrey R., Maruyama, Eduardo, Olanrewaju, Opeyemi

“…For smallholder farmers, who must invest in agricultural inputs (i.e., seeds, chemicals, equipment, land, and labor) during the planting season before earning income from the sale of agricultural produce after har vest, credit helps alleviate liquidity constraints and promotes the ability of local agricultural production to support nutrition and food security. In rural Nigeria, access to credit—especially formal credit from finan cial institutions—is limited. …”
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COVID‑19, food insecurity and dietary diversity of households: Survey evidence from Nigeria por Balana, Bedru, Ogunniyi, Adebayo, Oyeyemi, Motunrayo, Fasoranti, Adetunji, Edeh, Hyacinth O., Andam, Kwaw S.

“…The policy measures of the government of Nigeria to restrain the spread of COVID-19, particularly in the initial three months (April – June 2020) led to significant disruptions to household livelihoods and food security. …”
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Gender implications of agricultural commercialization in Africa: Evidence from farm households in Ethiopia and Nigeria por Berhane, Guush, Abay, Mehari Hiluf, Seymour, Greg

“…Results indicate commercialization is associated with decreases in women’s participation in decision-making related to use of harvest, crop marketing, and control over revenue in Ethiopia, but only on harvest use and control over revenue in Nigeria. The association with land ownership is mixed: positive in Ethiopia but negative in Nigeria. …”
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COVID-19-induced disruptions of school feeding services exacerbate food insecurity in Nigeria por Abay, Kibrom A., Amare, Mulubrhan, Tiberti, Luca, Andam, Kwaw S., Wang, Michael

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Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on women and men in Kaduna and Cross River states of Nigeria por Alvi, Muzna, Gupta, Shweta, Barooah, Prapti

“…The study was conducted in Kaduna State and Cross River State in Nigeria. It was designed as a longitudinal panel study with five rounds of data collection. …”
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Baseline report on biofortification and thematic areas of Building Nutritious Food Baskets Project in Nigeria por Phorbee, O., Mulongo, G., Njoku, N., Maru, J., Munyua, H.

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Variability in agricultural productivity and rural household consumption inequality: Evidence from Nigeria and Uganda por Amare, Mulubrhan, Shiferaw, Bekele, Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Mavrotas, George

“…Results suggest that a 10% increase in the variability of agricultural productivity tends to decrease household consumption by 38 and 52% on average for Nigeria and Uganda, respectively. Controlling for other factors, variability in agricultural productivity contributed to between 25% and 43% of consumption inequality between 2010 and 2015 for Nigeria; and 16% and 31% of consumption inequality between 2009 and 2011 for Uganda. …”
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