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Financing agricultural inputs in Northern Togo through an inventory credit system: an economic analysis of institutional response

Konlambigue, Abdou - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Agricultural intensification is widely seen as a condition sine-qua-non for enhanced food security and as a major driver for overall economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In this process, the financial system has an important role to play, especially to finance agricultural inputs....

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Determinants of adoption and intensity of use of balanced nutrient management systems technologies in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria

Akinola, Adebayo A.; Arega, D.A.; Adeyemo, Remi; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

As part of a major effort to address soil fertility decline in West Africa, a project on Balanced Nutrient Management Systems (BNMS) has since 2000 been implemented in the northern Guinea savanna (NGS) of Nigeria. The project has tested and promoted two major technology packages, including a...

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Determinants of Selected Agricultural Export Crops in Nigeria: An Ecm Approach

Yusuf, Sina A.; Yusuf, W.A. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

This study examines the factors that determine the export performance of three major agricultural exportable … exports significantly at 5 percent but the real exchange rate significantly increases the export performance of rubber at 10 … percent level while the lagged premium and palm kernel output negatively contributed to its export at 5 percent and 10 percent …

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Cereal Marketing and Household Market Participation in Ethiopia: The Case of Teff, Wheat and Rice

Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Hoekstra, Dirk - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Teff, wheat and rice are becoming important market oriented crops in Ethiopia. This study aims at analyzing the market participation of farm households, market actors, market channels and determinants of household market participation for these crops. Results are based on analysis of data...

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Did farmers’ livelihood improve? An impact assessment of incorporating forages into the crop-livestock system in the coastal savannah zone of Ghana

Ameleke, G.Y.; Okantah, S.A.; Sottie, E.T.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

The study used programming methods to assess the farm-level impact of incorporating forages, including dual purpose Cajanus cajan (C. cajan), into the crop-livestock system in the Coastal Savannah Zone of Ghana. The system was modeled in GAMS and solved using linear programming. The optimal...

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Risk aversion and sustainable maize production in Nigeria: Some challenges and prospects for agricultural and economic development

Olarinde, Luke O.; Manyong, Victor M. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

This paper determines the degree or extent of farmer’s risk aversion that affects sustainable maize production in Northern Nigeria. Using a ridge regression analysis, a measure of risk aversion was derived for each individual farmer in a model of safety-first behaviour from a cross-sectional...

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Impact Assessment of agricultural research and development to reduce virus problems in tomato production in Mali: Farmers perceptions

Nouhoheflin, Theodore; Coulibaly, Ousmane; Norton, Geoff; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Pests and diseases caused by bacteria, nematodes, fungi and viruses cause significant losses to tomato in West Africa. This study, carried-out within the framework of the IPM-CRSP implemented jointly by IITA, IER and Virginia Tech. and State University, assesses farmers’ perceptions on tomato...

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Long Term Challenges and Opportunities: Future Competitiveness and Prosperity of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This report was prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs) in an effort to study the challenges and opportunities that are arising from the trends and factors affecting the sector's long...

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Report on Long Term Challenges and Opportunities for Future Competitiveness and Prosperity of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry - Chapter 1: Primary Agriculture

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This report is the first chapter of the final report prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs), in a joint FPT effort to study the challenges and opportunities facing the agriculture and...

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Prospects for Uganda's Dairy Industry

Dobson, William D.; Combs, David K. - Bancock Institute for International Dairy Research and … - 2005

The East African country of Uganda might not be thought of as the location of a viable, growing dairy industry. However, Uganda recorded a threefold increase in milk production from 1991 to 2004. While Uganda's dairy industry faces important challenges, the industry possesses advantages that can...

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