-term temperature and precipitation) in explaining net revenue from Nigerian rice agriculture under irrigation and dry land conditions …. A survey was done by interviewing 1200 rice farmers from 20 rice producing states in Nigeria. The states covered all the … cause increase in revenue for irrigated farms. The results clearly demonstrate irrigation as a significant techniques used …

Irrigation development is a gateway to increased agricultural, water and land productivity, increased household and … national food security. However, irrigation development has been a major challenge in many developing countries, including … followed by a reduction in area developed for irrigation from 200,000ha to approximately 120,000ha. This was due to thefts …

farm resources efficiently. This paper is a case study in the Lower Anambra Irrigation Project South-Eastern Nigeria. A …Irrigated agriculture commercialization is a necessary step towards realizing Nigeria’s goal of poverty reduction and … rural development. Commercial irrigation farming in this paper is taken to mean producing above subsistence and utilizing …

factors influencing credit constraint (CC) and production efficiency of farming households in Oyo State, Nigeria. Primary data …

rates and their determinants of the NERICA (New Rice for Africa) rice varieties in Nigeria. Empirical evidence shows that …. NERICA awareness was found to be a major constraint to NERICA adoption in Nigeria. Several socioeconomic … occupation, year of experience and vocational training. In particular, we have found that the NERICA adoption rate in Nigeria …

variability, enhance farm income, food security and reduce poverty in Nigeria. …

in Nigeria with children constituting more than forty percent. Biofortified cassava would reduce VAD by 4.42%, 11 …

division rules. The model is applied to a village in Northern Nigeria. Households are clustered based on socio …

poverty, information on rural food security and poverty are not readily available especially in Nigeria. This study, therefore … households who are the major producers of food in Nigeria. Using the basic calorie and protein requirement per capita of …