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The study was carried out in 2008 to investigate the determinants of productivity among small holder cassava farmers … through a multi-stage random sampling technique. About 120 farmers were interviewed using the cost-route approach. The study … found out that education, farmers experience, farmer’s organization and extension contact were positive and significant at 1 …
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Low multiplication ratio of cocoyam {Colocasia esculenta (taro) and Xanthosoma mafafa (tannia)} and scarcity of planting materials are major constraints militating against sustainable cocoyam production. During harvesting and processing of cocoyam, very small cormels weighing about 7.0 g (micro...
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productivity among male and female cocoyam farmers in Nsukka Agricultural Zone of Enugu State. The study involved a multi …-stage random sampling technique of 120 farmers, consisting of 60 males and 60 females. For the male farmers, the coefficients for … significant. For the female farmers, all the coefficients were highly significant at 1% level except manure. The coefficients for …
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technologies. Therefore, farmers are advised to adopt innovations to increase output and generate more profit. …
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. This is a major challenge facing cocoyam farmers, processors, and marketers in Nigeria. The National Root Crops Research …
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Nigeria using the supply function analysis. A cost-route approach was adopted in eliciting data from 120 seed yam farmers and …. Farmer’s only sell seed yams after satisfying own requirements. The results therefore call for policies aimed at ensuring … framers entitlement to productive resources and to target farmers in credit and large-scale farm enterprise. …
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The study presents the results of analysis of data collected on 120 cocoyam farmers (60 females and 60 males) across …. Descriptive statistical tool (percentages) was used in analyzing farmer’s production problems. The survey reviewed that most of … the farmers (males and females) encountered problems of root rot disease as a result of storage and lack of storage …
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select 120 cocoyam farmers in the state in 2005 and from them input-output data were obtained using the cost-route approach … agricultural productivity of these farmers. …
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among small-holder cocoyam farmers in Enugu-North Agricultural Zone in Enugu state. A multi-stage random sampling technique … was used to select 120 cocoyam farmers disaggregated into 60 males and 60 female in 2008. Adoption scale analysis was … results show that most of the technologies were not adopted and unaware by both farmers. Technologies that scored 3.0 and …
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