Adoption of selected improved cassava varieties among smallholder farmers in SouthEastern Nigeria

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Port Harcourten_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Root Crops Research Institute, Nigeriaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSupport and Reforming Institute Program European Unionen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSierra Leone Agricultural Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorShell Petroleum Development Companyen_US
cg.coverage.countryNigeriaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NGen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1459-0255en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalJournal of Food, Agriculture and Environmenten_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.iitaCASSAVAen_US
cg.volume9en_US
dc.contributor.authorUdensi, U.E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTarawali, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFavour, E.U.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAsumugha, G.N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEzedinma, C.I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOkoye, B.C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOkarter, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIlona, Paulen_US
dc.contributor.authorOkechukwu, R.U.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDixon, A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-05T07:42:41Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-10-05T07:42:41Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/88156en_US
dc.titleAdoption of selected improved cassava varieties among smallholder farmers in SouthEastern Nigeriaen_US
dcterms.abstractCassava is a dominant component in crop mixtures in South-Eastern Nigeria. It is a preferred food security crop among smallholder farmers, because it can tolerate drought, low soil fertility and its production requires minimum external inputs. Various constraints have been shown to affect the widespread adoption of improved cassava varieties. This study examines various factors influencing the adoption of selected improved cassava varieties by smallholder farmers in Abia State, Nigeria, using the probit model. A multi-stage random sampling procedure was used to select 510 cassava farmers from 17 Local Government Areas of Abia State in 2007. Results of the study showed that 56.5% of the respondents were females. The majority (90.2%) consisted of those who were in their productive years. Most (78.8%) of the respondents were married, 83% attended formal schools; while75% had a household size of more than 5 persons. All the respondents were basically small-holder farmers; with 47% full time, 50% of the respondents had secured tenurial arrangements; 93% had more than 6 years of farming experience and 82.2% of them had adopted improved cassava varieties. Results indicated that 74% of 510 farmers who responded adopted improved cassava varieties, either solely or in combination with local varieties. The most popular varieties were NR-8082 (38.6% of total adopters), TME-419 (36.7%) and TMS-980505(12.9%). Marital status, household size, farm size, cassava maturity period and tenurial status were negatively and significantly related to adoption. Cassava yield and average income had a positive relationship with the adoption of the improved varieties. Implicit in these results is that policies should be aimed at introduction and prompt release of high yielding and early maturing cassava varieties, and converting tenurial arrangements of land to more secure forms.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationUdensi, U., Tarawali, G., Favour, E., Asumugha, G., Ezedinma, C., Okoye, B., ... & Dixon, A. (2011). Adoption of selected improved cassava varieties among smallholder farmers in South-Eastern Nigeria. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, 9(1), 329-335.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 329-335en_US
dcterms.issued2011en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.subjectcassavaen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen_US
dcterms.subjectvalue chainen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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