Focus Area
Value Chain
This article analyzes the effects of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) on multidimensional poverty in Burkina Faso. It is based on primary data collected from 384 randomly selected households. A multidimensional poverty index was constructed as the...
A partial equilibrium model was used to estimate the impact of a free trade agreement within ECOWAS on imports by Nigeria, based on trade data prior to implementation in 2015. Estimated trade creation for agro-processed goods was just more than doubl...
Although organic farming is increasingly perceived as a viable alternative to conventional agriculture in the face of deteriorating environmental ecosystems, little is known about consumers’ preferences for organic products in Sub-Saharan Africa. Th...
Recognising potential selection bias due to non-randomness of the data, this study used propensity score matching on data from a nationally representative fifth Integrated Household Survey (IHS5) to investigate the effect of agriculture extension ser...
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is known for its efficiency in converting resources into high-quality food, which can aid in poverty reduction. However, the potato yield in Rwanda has been declining, leading to farmer dissatisfaction with trading terms...
The current study investigated the impact of using information and communication technology-based weather information services on the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies. Working within the context of the technology acceptance model and...
This study was conducted in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The study identified the causes of erosion and measures adopted to control the erosion and used the Multinomial Logistic Regression Model to analyze the determinants of soil erosion control measur...
The Nigeria agricultural sub-sector is often susceptible to climatic changes and vulnerability, thus leading to immense stresses on the plants, livestock and soil fertility. Therefore, this study aimed to establish farmers’ local knowledge of climate...
This paper examines determinants of the adoption of rainwater-harvesting technologies in a rain shadow area of southern Malawi. The most common ex situ technologies in the area were dams, and the widely used in situ technologies were box ridges, cont...
on the most well-known endogenous practices for restoring soil fertility in the northern region of Burkina Faso, this article analyzes the adoption of additional climate change adaptation strategies using primary data collected from 106 women farmers...
Field experiments were conducted in the Ile-Ife outstation of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training during the 2016 and 2017 cropping seasons to investigate the effect of three herbicides namely: Codal Gold 412.5 EC (Metolachlor + Prome...
A study was aimed at characterizing and evaluating the suitability of the soils of Nkpa for maize and groundnut cultivation. A Free survey method was adopted. Transects and soil augering were used to identify two soil units (MU 1 and MU 2). Four prof...