The agricultural sector in Nigeria is characterized by low productivity, driven partly by low use of modern technologies. Poor access to credit is seen as a key barrier to adoption of these technologies.
The formation of agricultural cooperatives has been widely promoted as an agricultural development policy initiative to help smallholder farmers cope with multiple production and marketing challenges.
The agricultural sector in Nigeria is characterized by low productivity that is driven in part by low use of modern agricultural technologies.
The agricultural sector in Nigeria is characterized by low productivity that is driven by low use of modern agricultural technologies, such as improved seed, chemical fertilizer, agrochemicals, and agricultural machinery.
Since oil prices’ decline in 2014, agriculture has received renewed interest in Nigeria as a key sector for achieving sustainable growth and generating foreign exchange.
Le PPAAO appuie la création, la diffusion et l’adoption de technologies améliorées, l’instauration de conditions propices à la coopération régionale et le développement des capacités humaines et institutionnelles à travers la sous-région, ainsi qu
WAAPP supports the generation, dissemination, and adoption of improved technologies; the creation of enabling conditions for regional cooperation; and the development of human and institutional capacity across the subregion; along with the creatio
This paper complements the gender and technology adoption literature by shifting attention to what happens after adoption of a technology.
Potential for Group-Based Approaches
It has often been argued that new agricultural technologies lead to poverty reduction.
This study attempts to analyze changing patterns of land transfers and schooling investments by gender over three generations in customary land areas of Ghana's Western Region.
This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women’s land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in western Ghana, where cocoa is the dominant crop.
In 1987, an improved resource management system that incorporates velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens var.
En este informe sobre política alimentaria se sintetizan las investigaciones en curso sobre la función que de sempeña la mujer para garantizar la seguridad alimentaria en el mundo en desarrollo.