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Does Increase in Women's Income Relative to Men's Income Increase Food calorie Intake in Poor Households? Evidence from Nigeria
Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
sample of 480 households from semi-rural areas of south-western Nigeria to analyze the response of per capita calorie intake … household income from men to women would not raise per capita food energy intake in rural south-western Nigeria. I also find …
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A META-ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN NIGERIAN AGRICULTURE
Ogundari, Kolawole - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
This study sheds light on how study specific-characteristics impact mean technical efficiency (MTE) in Nigerian agriculture. Also the paper extracts consensus message about MTE and its drivers in Nigerian agriculture based on studies covering the period 1999-2008. A meta-analysis using truncated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880066
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IMPACTS OF COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ON INCOME AND ASSET ACQUISITION IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF NIGERIA
Nkonya, Ephraim M.; Phillip, Dayo; Mogues, Tewodaj; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
productive assets in Nigeria. Using panel data and difference-in-differences and propensity score matching approaches, the study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880113
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Does heterogeneity in goals and preferences affect allocative and technical efficiency? A case study in Northern Nigeria
Berkhout, Ezra D.; Schipper, Robert A.; Kuyvenhoven, Arie; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
determining heterogeneity in farmer goals and attitudes in Nigeria through a pair-wise ranking, supplemented with Likert scales …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880169
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Estimation of Actual and Potential Adoption Rates and Determinants of NERICA Rice Varieties in Nigeria
Nguezet, Dontsop; Martin, Paul; Diagne, Aliou; Okoruwa, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Africa (NERICA) varieties in Nigeria when awareness of the new varieties and access to their seed are not constrained to … the determinants of adoption are estimated as well. Results show that NERICA adoption rate in Nigeria would have been up …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880290
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Impact of Seed Voucher System on Rice Farmers’ Welfare in Nigeria: A Randomized Control Trial Approach
Awotide, Bola Amoke; Awoyemi, Taiwo T.; Diagne, Aliou; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
in Nigeria using cross-sectional data of 600 rice farmers randomly selected from the three major rice ecologies of … Nigeria. The WALD estimate reveals that the use of seed voucher increased household Per Capita Expenditure (PCE) by N14705 …
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Capacity and Incentive Factors Affecting Individual Scientist’s Productivity: A Comparative and Multilevel Analysis of Nigeria and Ghana Agricultural Research Systems
Ragasa, Catherine - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
agricultural scientists in Nigeria and 237 agricultural scientists in Ghana using multilevel analysis. Education level, years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913905
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Determinants of Profit Efficiency Among Small Scale Rice Farmers in Nigeria: A Profit Function Approach
Kolawole, Ogundari - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
This study employs a stochastic frontier approach to examine profit efficiency of small scale rice farmers in Nigeria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005220664
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The Efficiency-Equity Tradeoffs in Agricultural Research Priority Setting: The Potential Impacts of Agricultural Research on Economic Surplus and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria
Alene, Arega D.; Manyong, Victor M.; Tollens, Eric; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
reduction in Nigeria, identifies strategic priorities according to both efficiency and equity criteria, and examines the nature … because the rural poor in Nigeria depend mainly on the production of food staples for both consumption and household income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060536
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Enhancing the Access of Rural Households to Output Markets for Increased Farm Incomes
Adejobi, A.O.; Amaza, P.S.; Ayoola, Gbolagade Babalola - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
increase in farm output has not necessarily translated to increased farm income for farmers in Nigeria. This is mostly due to … Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) Zones of Kebbi state, Nigeria were used to model the effect of some market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060587