A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationAgriculture-4-Developmenten
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Maidugurien
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.placeEl - Minia, Egypten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaCOWPEAen
cg.subject.iitaGRAIN LEGUMESen
cg.subject.iitaMAIZEen
dc.contributor.authorAmaza, P.S.en
dc.contributor.authorEllis-Jones, J.en
dc.contributor.authorKamara, A.Y.en
dc.contributor.authorHelsen, J.en
dc.contributor.authorGaya, H.I.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-29T09:02:57Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-29T09:02:57Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/90606
dc.titleA participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeriaen
dcterms.abstractA Participatory Impact assessment (PASS) was undertaken to evaluate the adoption of improved crop technologies by farmers in the savannas of Borno State, Nigeria. A total of 476 people including 288 men and 188 women participated in PASS. These included representatives of 97 farmer groups/CBOs, out of a total of 287 such groups with which IITA is presently working. PASS measured adoption in three ways, firstly through discussion with participating groups, secondly with a number of key individual farmers and lastly, through transect walks through arable areas. The results revealed that improved maize and soybean varieties had the highest adoption rates, with maize (83%) and soybean (68%). Women farmers had adopted at higher rates than men. Farmers adopting the new technologies indicated they achieved yield increases ranging from 20-100% and benefits included: - improved food security (84%), increased sale of crops (69%), increased livestock sales (18%), increased incomes (62%), improved household nutrition largely from soybeans (71%), improved health (61%), increased expenditure on education (45%) and housing (29%). The policy implication is that government should play a greater role at improving rural infrastructures, reducing the cost of doing business and strengthening regulatory mechanisms.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAmaza, P., Ellis-Johns, J., Kamara, A.Y., Helsen, J. & Gaya, H.I. (2007). A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria. In African Crop Science Conference Proceedings (pp. 1369-1375), 27-31 October, El-Minia, Egypt.en
dcterms.extent1369-1375en
dcterms.issued2007
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherAfrican Crop Science Societyen
dcterms.subjectparticipatoryen
dcterms.subjectcropen
dcterms.subjectvarietiesen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjecttechnology transferen
dcterms.subjectimproved crop technologiesen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectcowpeasen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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