Farm Technology Adoption in Northern Nigeria: Main report
Author: Jean-Claude Leon Balcet
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 424
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Author: Jean-Claude Leon Balcet
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 424
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Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
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Total Pages: 506
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nuthalapati, Chandra Sekhara Rao
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2020-04-03
Total Pages: 41
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSoybeans were promoted on a large scale in India in order to augment farmers’ incomes in poverty-stricken areas and to combat dietary protein deficiencies. Soybean cultivation in India is a unique success story, having expanded in area from zero in 1970 to 11.5 million hectares by the first decade of this millennium At this juncture, the major concern of policymakers is to sustain cultivation of soybeans by ensuring reasonable growth in yield and farm incomes in the face of competitive yield improvements in comparable crops such as corn. This paper tries to understand the varietal adoption patterns and the stages of diffusion of existing varieties. It uses a large primary data set of 1,410 farm households in central and western India to unravel the underlying pathways for accelerating varietal turnover. It employs a dynamic framework by harnessing duration analysis. The average age of the adopted varieties is 8.4 years, which is relatively high and implies slower varietal turnover. Survival functions show that adoption of the leading varieties has reached the saturation stage and that policy intervention at this point can thus have a rapid impact in terms of varietal replacement. The analysis of rate of change of varietal replacement through hazard functions throws up interesting conclusions that are relevant to the formulation of new policies. Examination of all three conceptualized pathways—farm characteristics, sources of information, and perceived traits of the varieties and of genetic improvements—suggest the need for substitution of existing varieties with new improved varieties. While the drivers of varietal change do not vary with size of farm, regional differences are relevant. This paper discusses the potential impact of policy on production and income.
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 824
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 836
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Erwin Bulte
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-08-28
Total Pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9086866182
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This volume in the Mansholt series presents state of the art discussions on a wide variety of topics in the field of (agricultural) development. More than 20 chapters have been prepared by internationally known scholars and policy analysts, providing a concise overview of a variety of recent debates in development economics. While the background of most contributors is in economic science, the chapters are prepared so that they feed into ongoing policy discussions and are accessible to a wide readership. The contributions in this volume are organized around five themes: prospects for rural poverty alleviation, sustainable management of natural resources, strategies for enhancing food security, markets and the role of the state, and institutions and governance. It is obvious there are many links between these themes, and indeed the integration between them is emphasized in various chapters. This book is prepared as a festschrift or Liber Amicorum for professor Arie Kuyvenhoven. His retirement from the Development Economics Group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands is a good opportunity to take stock of recent developments in the area of agricultural development economics. Therefore, in addition to being a valuable source of information for readers with an interest in development, this volume is also intended as a farewell gift: to Arie, from friends and colleagues."
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Publisher: CIMMYT
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Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 9785000478
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nkonya, Ephraim
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2010-04-05
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 0896291790
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe community-driven development (CDD) approach has become increasingly popular because of its potential to develop projects that are sustainable, are responsive to local priorities, empower communities, and more effectively target poor and vulnerable groups. The purpose of this study is to assess the impacts of Fadama II, which is a CDD project and the largest agricultural project in Nigeria. This study used propensity score matching (PSM) to select 1,728 comparable project beneficiaries and nonbeneficiaries. The study also used double difference methods to compare the impact indicators.
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 716
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