This study demonstrates a method of providing ex-ante estimates of the distributional welfare effects of yield-increasing technology. We apply this approach to estimate the impact of a 10% increase in cassava yields in Nigeria. Using data from the 2012-13 Nigeria General Household Survey, we...

To document the relative accuracy of methods for microdata collection on root and tuber crop production, an experiment was implemented in Malawi over a 12-month period, randomly assigning cassava-producing households to one of four approaches: daily diary-keeping, with semi-weekly supervision...

To document the relative accuracy of methods for microdata collection on root and tuber crop production, an experiment was implemented in Malawi over a 12-month period, randomly assigning cassava-producing households to one of four approaches: daily diary-keeping, with semi-weekly supervision...

The ontogeny of body setae in the immature stages of Mononychelust anajoa in Rivers state, Nigeria was studied. Setal counts on the life stages (larva, protonymph, deutonymph and adult) from laboratory cultured specimens showed a constant number of 13 pairs of setae on the dorsal idiosoma from...

Poverty is a condition in which one cannot generate sufficient income required to secure minimum standard of living or a sustainable life. Various government administrations have stressed the need for self employment through engaging in agriculture which is a veritable tool for poverty...