Resultados de búsqueda - "Nigeria"

Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy: A comparison of infant and young child feeding and food fortification in Nigeria por Resnick, Danielle, Anigo, Kola, Anjorin, Olufolakemi Mercy

“…Drawing on 66 interviews with a diverse group of stakeholders in Nigeria at the federal and subnational level, we examine some of the factors that have facilitated or hindered the ability of advocates to influence implementation in the domains of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and large-scale food fortification. …”
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Delving deeper into child poverty and its drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A multidimensional approach for Nigeria por Ogunniyi, Adebayo, Mistura, Rufai, Mavrotas, George, Kehinde, Olagunju, Kabir, Salman Kayode, Fadare, Olusegun

“…Using the 2013 Demographic Health Survey data, this chapter revisits the debate on child poverty drivers in Nigeria by employing a multidimensional poverty approach. …”
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Subnational public expenditures, short-term household-level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Balana, Bedru, Smart, Jenny, Edeh, Hyacinth O., Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi, Andam, Kwaw S.

“…However, direct evidence of these developmental effects of decentralized PE in developing countries like Nigeria has been relatively limited. This study attempts to fill this knowledge gap by estimating the effects of shares of total subnational PE for agriculture, health, education, and social welfare, as well as PE size, on household-level outcomes using nationally-representative panel household data and both local government area and higher state-level PE data for Nigeria. …”
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Postharvest losses and the impact of reusable plastic container technology on profitability: Evidence from tomato traders in Nigeria por Aghadi, Crystal N., Balana, Bedru, Ogunniyi, Adebayo

“…Using primary data from fresh tomato traders in Lagos, Nigeria, and endogenous switching econometric modelling, this study investigates the effects of reusable plastic containers (RPC) technology on traders’ net profits and the factors determining the adoption of the technology. …”
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Role of land access in youth migration and youth employment decisions: Empirical evidence from rural Nigeria por Ghebru, Hosaena, Amare, Mulubrhan, Mavrotas, George, Ogunniyi, Adebayo

“…The paper examines the role of land access in youth migration and employment decisions using a two wave panel data set from the Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) from Nigeria. Overall, the findings show that the size of expected land inheritance is significantly and negatively associated with long distance migration and migration to urban areas, while a similar impact is negligible when a broader definition of migration is adopted and when migration is deemed as temporary. …”
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A technical review of modern cassava technology adoption in Nigeria (1985-2013): Trends, challenges, and opportunities por Oparinde, Adewale, Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Manyong, Victor M., Birol, Ekin, Asare-Marfo, Dorene, Kulakow, Peter, Ilona, Paul

“…Using an extensive review of cassava-adoption literature focused on Nigeria, this paper discusses the uptake of improved cassava varieties. …”
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Awareness and perceptions of ecosystem services in relation to land use types: Evidence from rural communities in Nigeria por Zhang, Wei, Kato, Edward, Bhandary, Prapti, Nkonya, Ephraim M., Ibrahim, Hassan Ishaq, Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure, Ibrahim, Hussaini Yusu, Cox, Cindy M.

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Scaling up agricultural innovation for inclusive livelihood and productivity outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Nigeria por Ogunniyi, Adebayo, Oluseyi, Olagunju Kehinde, Adeyemi, Ogundipe, Kabir, Salman K., Phillips, Francis

“…Agricultural research programmes driven by agricultural innovation system concepts usually aim to change the way in which low income rural agrarian households in a nation like Nigeria communicate with the market and the decision‐making strategies pertaining to development of their agri‐business and the scarce resources which are at their disposal. …”
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Synopsis: Institutions and public agricultural investments: A qualitative study of state and local government spending in Nigeria por Mogues, Tewodaj, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope

“…There is a renewed attention to the performance of the ag-ricultural sector in Nigeria given its potential to serve as an engine of pro-poor growth, create jobs, and support economic diversification. …”
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Synopsis: Study of the determinants of chronic malnutrition in northern Nigeria: Qualitative evidence from Kebbi and Bauchi states por Benson, Todd, Amare, Mulubrhan, Oyeyemi, Motunrayo, Fadare, Olusegun

“…To inform discussions on future programming to improve child nutrition, a rapid scoping study of the drivers of undernutrition in northern Nigeria was conducted. This report presents insights obtained from almost 70 key informants interviews and focus group discussions conducted in April and May 2017 in Kebbi and Bauchi states and in Abuja (Figure 1). …”
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Synopsis: Who influences government spending in agriculture? The roles of public actors in subnational funding allocation in Nigeria por Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Mogues, Tewodaj

“…In this study, we employ a single-case, embedded case study strategy which involves multiple sub-units of analysis that is appropriate in the context of Nigeria’s complex federal and de-centralized structure.…”
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The role of the locations of public sector varietal development activities on agricultural productivity: Evidence from northern Nigeria por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Nasir, Abdullahi Mohammed

“…Despite the importance of location-specific adaptive crop breeding research, past reforms of breeding systems in Nigeria have focused more on centralizing the breeding activities into fewer locations. …”
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From streets to tables: Bottom-up cocreation case studies for healthier food environments in Vietnam and Nigeria por Even, Brice, Crawford, Scarlett, Shittu, Oluyemisi F., Lundy, Mark, Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid, Samuel, Folake O., Talsma, Elise F., Pastori, Giulia, Huong, Le Thi, Hernandez, Ricardo, Brouwer, Inge D., Béné, Christophe

“…Drawing on evidence from two co-creation case studies conducted with small-scale informal fruit and vegetable vendors and poor consumers in Vietnam and Nigeria from January 2020 to December 2021, we explore the relevance of bottom-up community-engaged co-creation processes in intervening within LMICs’ food retail environments. …”
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Fertilizer subsidies, political influence and local food prices in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Nigeria por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O.

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Irrigation potential in Nigeria: Some perspectives based on factor endowments, tropical nature, and patterns in favorable areas por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Adesugba, Margaret Abiodun

“…In this paper, we briefly explore these three perspectives that can be useful in the future assessment of irrigation potential in Nigeria: (1) factor endowments, (2) challenges inherent in the tropics, and (3) experiences in a favorable area within Nigeria.…”
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Private sector participation in agricultural extension for cocoa farming in Nigeria: The case of multi-trex integrated foods por Adebayo, Kolawole, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Sanusi, Rahman, Sofola, Motunrayo

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Productivity effects of sustainable intensification: The case of Urea deep placement for rice production in Niger State, Nigeria por Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O., Adjognon, Serge, Kuku-Shittu, Oluyemisi

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Tenure security and demand for land tenure regularization in Nigeria: Empirical evidence from Ondo and Kano states por Ghebru, Hosaena, Edeh, Hyacinth O., Ali, Daniel, Deininger, Klaus, Okumo, Austen, Woldeyohannes, Sileshi

“…The objectives of the research described in this report are to: provide general field information on physical, social, and institutional conditions in the pilot areas Kano and Ondo states that can be used to assess existing land tenure policy in Nigeria; assess the differentiated effect of existing land laws and practices on men and women in terms of access to, control over, and distribution of land by collecting gender-disaggregated data; contribute to better understanding of the magnitude, scope, and severity of tenure insecurity in the context of existing land laws and land policies; assess the efficiency of land-administration related service delivery by the public sector (e.g., dispute resolu-tion mechanisms).…”
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Analysis of impact of climate change on growth and yield of yam and cassava and adaptation strategies by farmers in Southern Nigeria por Chukwuone, Nnaemeka

“…This study determined the adaptation and coping strategies adopted by farmers under yam- and cassava-based farming systems in Ebonyi and Enugu States in Nigeria’s derived savannah agro-ecological zone. The study uses data from 400 farmers. …”
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Driving agricultural transformation with the power of information and communication technology: The performance of Nigeria’s growth enhancement support scheme por Olomola, Aderibigbe

“…Nigeria liberalized input distribution and established the Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS) in 2011 to deliver subsidized inputs to farmers as part of its Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA). …”
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