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A microeconometric analysis of household consumption expenditure determinants in yam-growing areas of Nigeria and Ghana, Mignouna, D., Abdoulaye, T., Alene, A., Manyong, V., Dontsop-Nguezet, P., Ainembabazi, J. H. and Asiedu, R., in: Tropicultura, volume 33, number 3, pages 226-237, ISSN 0771-3312, 2015.
 
Adoption of mechanized postharvest cassava processing technologies, and the determinants of high quality cassava flour (HQCF) processing in Tanzania, Amaza, P.*, Abass, A., Bachwenkizi, B. and Towo, E.*, in: Tropicultura, volume 34, number 4, pages 411-423, ISSN 0771-3312, 2016.
 
Alley cropping in Nigeria: farmer adaptation and determinants, Chianu, J., Adesina, A., Manyong, V. and Kormawa, P., in: African Crop Science Society Conference Proceedings, pages 1053-1061, African Crop Science Society, 2003.
 
Analyse des determinants du choix des methodes de lutte contre les pestes dans les plantations de cacao et cafe au sud-Cameroon, Nkamleu, G. B. and Coulibaly, O., in: Economie Rurale, volume 259, pages 75-85, 2000.
 
Analysis of relationships between production of yam [Dioscorea spp.] and its determinants in Nigeria: a cointegration approach, Ojiako, I. A., Tarawali, G., Akwarandu, B., Okechukwu, R. and Idowu, A.*, in: African Journal of Root and Tuber Crops, volume 10, number 1, pages 1-8, ISSN 1118-2075, 2013.
 
Assessing climate smart agriculture and its determinants of practice in Ghana: a case of the cocoa production system, Akrofi-Atitianti, F., Speranza, C. I., Bockel, L. and Asare, R., in: Land, volume 7, number 1, pages 1-21, ISSN 2073-445X, 2018. [DOI]
 
Assessing the extent and determinants of adoption of improved cassava varieties in south-western Nigeria, Awotide, B.*, Abdoulaye, T., Alene, A. and Manyong, V., in: Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, volume 6, number 9, pages 376-385, ISSN 2006-9774, 2014. [DOI]
 
Children at risk in the agricultural sector of sub-Saharan Africa: determinants of child labor participation in cocoa farming of Côte d'Ivoire, Nkamleu, G. B., in: The 6th Annual Global Development Conference, 24-26 January 2005, 2005.
 
Contextual determinants of learning behaviour differentials amongst host-farmers of University-student outreach in Uganda, Kalule, S. W.*, Sseguya, H., Ongeng, D.* and Karubanga, G.*, in: Advances in Agricultural Science, volume 7, number 2, pages 33-47, ISSN 2588-3801, 2019.
 
Crop residue usage and its determinants in Kano State, Nigeria, Akinola, A., Ayedun, B., Abubakar, M., Sheu, M.* and Abdoulaye, T., in: Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, volume 7, number 4, pages 162-173, ISSN 2006-9774, 2015. [DOI]
 
Crop-livestock interaction in the savannas of Nigeria: nature and determinants of farmer decision to use manure for soil fertility maintenance, Chianu, J., Tsujii, H. and Manyong, V., in: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, volume 5, number 2, pages 295-301, 2007.
 
Determinants and measurement of food insecurity in Nigeria: some empirical policy guide, Amaza, P., Umeh, J., Helsen, J. and Adejobi, A. O.*, in: 26th Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, 12-18 August, 2006, 26th Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economist, 12-18 August, 2006, 2006.
 
Determinants and success of engagement in circular bioeconomy practices in African food systems, Sekabira, H., Simbeko, G., Feleke, S., Manyong, V., Spath, L., Krutli, P., Vanlauwe, B., Kintche, K., Wilde, B. and Six, J., in: Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, number 6: 100065, pages 1-13, ISSN 2772-8013, 2023. [DOI]
 
Determinants de l'adoption des technologies de transformation de l'igname: cas de la transformation en cossettes et en farine au nord de la Cote D'ivoire, Monney, R. F.*, Coulibaly, S.*, Sylla, K.*, Diallo, S. S.* and Nkamleu, G. B., in: Securing livelihoods through yams: proceedings of a technical workshop on progress in yam research for development in west and central Africa held in Accra, Ghana, 11-13 September, 2007, pages 208-222, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), 2009.
 
Determinants de l'adoption du Mucuna dans le departement du Mono au Benin, Houndekon, V. A.*, Manyong, V., Gogan*, C. A. and Versteeg, M., pages 45-53, chapter 3, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), ISBN 0-88936-852-X, 1998.
 
Déterminants de l'offre et de la demande du manioc et de ses produits dérivés : cas de la province du Bas-Congo et de la ville-province de Kinshasa, Say, C.K, Yaba, M. T., M'vubu, R. N., Balomba, P. M, Masamba, J. B., Kendenga, T and Mahungu, N., Abstract (Oral presentation) in Book of Abstracts of the 11th Triennial Symposium of ISTRC-AB, held at Memling Hotel, Kinshasa. 4-8 October, 2010.
 
Determinants des aptitudes a l'eco-innovation des pisciculteurs: exemples de la France et du Bresil, Mathe, S., Rey-Valette, H., Chia, E., Aubin, J. and Fontaine, P., in: Revue francaise de gestion, volume 43, number 262, pages 51-64, ISSN 0338-4551, 2017. [DOI]
 
Determinants for deployment of climate-smart integrated pest management practices: a meta-analysis approach, Sekabira, H., Tepa-Yotto, G., Djouaka, R. F., Clottey, V., Gaitu, C.*, Tamo, M., Kaweesa, Y.* and Ddungu, S. P.*, in: Agriculture, volume 12, number 7: 1052, pages 1-19, ISSN 2077-0472, 2022. [DOI]
 
Determinants of adopting imazapyr-resistant maize for Striga control in Western Kenya: a double-hurdle approach, Mignouna, D., Manyong, V., Mutabazi, K. D.* and Senkondo, E. *, in: Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, volume 3, number 11, pages 572-580, ISSN 2006- 9774, 2011.
 
Determinants of adopting imazapyr-resistant maize technologies and its impact on household income in Western Kenya, Mignouna, D., Manyong, V., Rusike, J., Mutabazi, K. D.* and Senkondo, E. *, in: AgBioForum, volume 14, number 3, pages 1-6, ISSN 1522-936X, 2011.
 
Determinants of adoption and intensity of use of balance nutrient management systems technologies in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria, Akinola, A. A.*, Alene, A., Adeyemo, R.*, Sanogo, D., Olanrewaju, A., Nwoke, C. and Nziguheba, G., in: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, volume 49, number 1, pages 25-45, ISSN 0049-8599, 2010.
 
Determinants of adoption for a resource management technology: the case of Mucuna in Benin Republic, Manyong, V., Houndekon, V. A.*, Gogan, A.*, Versteeg, M. and van der Pol, F., pages I-86-I-93, China Agricultural University, 1996.
 
Determinants of adoption of agricultural innovations and profitability of cereals and legumes in the Sudan savanna of Nigeria, Ayanwale, A. B.*, Abdoulaye, T., Kamara, A., Adekunle, A.*, Fatunbi, O.*, Ayedun, B. and Akinola, A. A.*, in: lfe Journal of Agriculture, volume 27, pages 95-110, 2014.
 
Determinants of adoption of improved cassava processing technologies in West African countries, Inaizumi, H. and Brodie-Mends, O., in: Journal of Rural Economics (Special Issue) Proceedings, Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, pages 376-381, Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 1997.
 
Determinants of adoption of improved cassava varieties among farming households in Oyo, Benue, and Akwa Ibom States of Nigeria: HarvestPlus working paper, No. 20, Abdoulaye, T., Bamire, A. S.*, Oparinde, A. and Akinola, A. A.*, HarvestPlus working paper, No. 20, 2015.
 
Determinants of aflatoxin exposure in young children from Benin and Togo, West Africa: the critical role of weaning, Gong, Y., Egal, S., Hounsa, A., Turner, P., Hall, A., Cardwell, K. and Wild, C., in: International Journal of Epidemiology, volume 32, pages 556-562, 2003.
 
Determinants of cassava distribution in Nigeria, Ugwu, B. O.* and Nweke, F., in: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, volume 60, pages 139-156, ISSN 0167-8809, 1996.
 
Determinants of chemical input use in peri-urban lowland systems: bivariate probit analysis in Cameroon, Nkamleu, G. B. and Adesina, A., in: Agricultural Systems, volume 63, number 2, pages 111-121, ISSN 0308-521X, 2000.
 
Determinants of child nutritional status in the eastern province of Zambia: the role of improved maize varieties, Manda, J., Gardebroek, C., Khonje, M., Alene, A., Mutenje, M. and Kassie, M., in: Food Security, volume 8, number 1, pages 239-253, ISSN 1876-4517, 2016. [DOI]
 
Determinants of cocoa farmer's participation in the innovation platform of the humidtropics programme in southwestern Nigeria, Akinmusola, O.*, Soyebo, K. O.*, Farinde, A. J.*, Amujoyegbe, B. J.*, Idrissou, L., Gaya, H., Fatunbi, O.* and Ilesanmi, R. Y.*, in: International Journal of Environmental & Agriculture Research, volume 2, number 11, pages 1-11, ISSN 2454-1850, 2016.
 
Determinants of crop residue use along an intensification gradient in west Africa's Savannah zones, Akinola, A., Abdoulaye, T., Valbuena, D.*, Erenstein, O., Haileslasie, A., Germaine, I., Shehu, M.* and Ayedun, B., in: Tropicultura, volume 34, number 4, pages 396-410, ISSN 0771-3312, 2016.
 
Determinants of farm-level technical efficiency among adopters of improved maize production technology in Western Ethiopia, Alene, A. and Hassan, R. M.*, in: Agrekon, volume 42, number 1, pages 1-14, ISSN 0303-1853, 2003.
 
Determinants of fertilizer microdosing-induced yield increment of pearl millet on an acid sandy soil, Ibrahim, A.*, Abaidoo, R., Fatondji, D. and Opoku, A.*, in: Experimental Agriculture, volume 52, number 4, pages 562-578, ISSN 0014-4797, 2016. [DOI]
 
Determinants of fertilizer use in northern Nigeria, Olayide, O.*, Alene, A. and Ikpi, A.*, in: Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, volume 6, number 2, pages 91-98, ISSN 1683-8831, 2009.
 
Determinants of food demend among rural households in Borno state, Nigeria, Amaza, P. and Fregene, T.*, in: The Empirical Economics Letters, volume 7, number 6, pages 607-613, ISSN 1681-8997, 2008.
 
Determinants of household food expenditure and implications for food security in rural yam farming communities in Nigeria and Ghana, Mignouna, D., Abdoulaye, T., Alene, A. and Asiedu, R., Abstract P. 93. in the book of programme and abstract of the 11th African Crop Science Society Conference, 14 - 17 October, Entebbe, Uganda, 2013.
 
Determinants of household food security in the Lake Chad Area of Borno State, Nigeria,, Goni, M. and Amaza, P., in: Journal of Research in Agriculture, volume 3, number 3, 2006.
 
Determinants of intensity of biomass utilization: evidence from cassava smallholders in Nigeria, Adeyemo, T. A.*, Amaza, P.*, Okoruwa, V.*, Akinyosoye, V.*, Salman, K. K.* and Abass, A., in: Sustainability, volume 11, number -: 2516, pages 1-16, ISSN 2071-1050, 2019. [DOI]
 
Determinants of manure use in crop production in northern guinea savanna zone of Nigeria, Adejobi, A. O.* and Kormawa, P., in: Proceedings, Witzenhausen, Germany, 2002.
 
Determinants of market production of cooking banana in Nigeria, Tshiunza, M., Lemchi, J. and Tenkouano, A., in: African Crop Science Journal, volume 9, number 3, pages 537-547, 2001.
 
Determinants of market value for fresh yam (Dioscorea species) tubers in two consumption centers in Togo, Amegbeto, N. K., Manyong, V., Coulibaly, O. and Asiedu, R., in: Annales des Sciences Agronomiques du Benin, volume 9, number 2, pages 29-48, ISSN 1659-5009, 2007.
 
Determinants of market value for fresh yam tubers in two consumption centres in Togo, Amegbeto, N. K., Manyong, V., Coulibaly, O. and Asiedu, R., in: Paper presented at the International Workshop on Post-Harvest and consumption of yam: loss reduction and improvement of product quality for African markets; June 17-19 2003, Cotonou, 2003.
 
Determinants of mechanized cassava processing technology adoption in West Africa, Inaizumi, H., Enete, A., Brodie-Mends, O. and Oyetunji, E., pages 51-62, Computational Mechanics Publications, 1997.
 
Determinants of nutritional status of preschool children from rural households in Kaduna and Kano States, Nigeria, Ojiako, I. A., Manyong, V. and Ikpi, A.*, in: Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, volume 8, number 9, pages 1497-1505, ISSN 1680-5194, 2009.
 
Determinants of productivity of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria: a baseline evidence, Ojiako, I., Tarawali, G., Okechukwu, R. and Chianu, J., in: Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, volume 2, number 62, pages 1-13, ISSN 2226-1184, 2017. [DOI]
 
Determinants of rural farmers' improved soybean adoption decisions in northern Nigeria, Ojiako, I. A., Manyong, V. and Ikpi, A.*, in: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, volume 5, number 2, pages 215-223, 2007.
 
Determinants of smallholder farmers' participation in rice value chains in Uganda, Rugema, S. H.*, Sseguya, H. and Kibwika, P.*, in: Journal of Agricultural Extension, volume 22, number 2, pages 62-71, ISSN 1119-944X, 2018. [DOI]
 
Determinants of smallholder farmers' willingness-to-pay for soyabean production inputs in northern Ghana, Adjei-Nsiah, S., Gyan, K.*, Ahiakpa, J. K.*, Ampadu-Boakye, T. and Sedebo, D. A.*, in: African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, volume 22, number 8, pages 21146-21170, ISSN 1684-5374, 2022. [DOI]
 
Determinants of smallholders farmers' participation in banana markets in central Africa: the role of transaction costs, Ouma, E., Jagwe, J., Obare, G. A.* and Abele, S., in: Agricultural Economics, volume 41, number 2, pages 111-122, ISSN 0169-5150, 2010.
 
Determinants of the factors of the expansion of improved cassava processing technologies in West African countries, Inaizumi, H., in: Journal of Agricultural Development Studies (Japan), volume 8, pages 40-51, 1997.
 
Determinants of urban household demand for cassava and cassava products in Kaduna, northern Nigeria, Tsegai, D. and Kormawa, P., in: Paper presented, Witzenhausen, Germany, 2002.
 
Determinants of wealth and socioeconomic status of rurals households: an application of multinomial logit model to soybean farmers in northern Nigeria, Ojiako, I. A., Manyong, V., Ezedinma, C. and Asumugha, G.*, in: Journal of Social Sciences, volume 19, number 1, pages 31-39, ISSN 0971-8923, 2009.
 
Determinants of wheat production and technical efficiency in the Chad basin Development Area, Nigeria, Amaza, P., Kwaghe, P.* and Ojo, N., in: Nigerian Journal of Agriculture, Food and Environment, volume 2, number 2, pages 1-6, 2006.
 
Determinants of youth participation in agricultural training programs: the case of Fadama program in Nigeria, Adeyanju, D. F., Mburu, J.*, Mignouna, D. and Akomolafe, K. J.*, in: International Journal of Training Research, ISSN 1448-0220, 2021. [DOI]
 
Déterminants socioéconomiques de létat nutritionnel et de santé des enfants exposés à laflatoxine dans les zones de savane côtière et Guinéenne du Bénin, Allomasso, R., University of Lomé, 2006.
 
Econometric analysis of the determinants of adoption of alley farming by farmers in the forest zone of southwest Cameroon, Adesina, A., Mbila, D., Nkamleu, G. B. and Endamana, D., in: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, volume 80, pages 255-265, ISSN 0167-8809, 2000.
 
Effectiveness of communication channels on level of awareness and determinants of adoption of improved common bean technologies among smallholder farmers in Tanzania, Lugamara, C. B.*, Urassa, J. K.*, Dontsop-Nguezet, P. and Masso, C., Climate Change Management, pages 613-632, chapter 27, Springer International Publishing, ISBN 978-3-030-12973-6, 2019. [DOI]
 
Efficiency and its determinants among smallholder farming units supplying cassava to commercial starch processors in Nigeria: data envelopment analysis approach, Ojiako, I., Tarawali, G., Okechukwu, R., Chianu, J., Ezedinma, C. and Edet, M., in: Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, volume 9, number 16, pages 120-134, ISSN 2222-1700, 2018.
 
Entrepreneurial and attitudinal determinants for adoption of Climate-smart Agriculture technologies in Uganda, Kirungi, D., Senyange, B., Wesana, J., Sseguya, H., Gellynck, X. and De Steur, H., in: Cogent Food & Agriculture, volume 9, number 2, pages 1-25, ISSN 2331-1932, 2023. [DOI]
 
Estimating multidimensional poverty AmongCassava producers in Nigeria: patterns and socioeconomic determinants, Olarinde, L.*, Abass, A., Abdoulaye, T., Adepoju, A. A.*, Fanifosi, E. G.*, Adio, M. O.*, Adeniyi, O. A.* and Awoyale, W., in: Sustainability, volume 12, number 13: 5366, pages 1-17, ISSN 2071-1050, 2020. [DOI]
 
Estimating the actual and potential adoption rates and determinants of NERICA rice varieties in Nigeria, Dontsop-Nguezet, P., Diagne, A., Okoruwa, V.*, Ojehomon, V.* and Manyong, V., in: Journal of Crop Improvement, volume 27, number 5, pages 561-585, ISSN 1542-7528, 2013. [DOI]
 
Gender differentiation on the determinants and intensity of adoption of Purdue improved cowpea storage (PICS) bags in Northern Nigeria, Ndaghu, N.*, Abdoulaye, T., Mustapha, A.*, Fani, D. C. R.*, Tabetando, R.*, Henrietta, U. U.* and Kamsang, L.*, in: Heliyon, volume 9, number -: e23026, pages 1-7, ISSN 2405-8440, 2023. [DOI]
 
Identifying determinants, pressures and trade-offs of crop residue use in mixed smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Valbuena, D., Homann-Kee Tui, S., Erenstein, O., Teufel, N., Duncan, A., Abdoulaye, T., Swain, M., Mekonnen, K., Germaine, I.* and Gerard, B.*, in: Agricultural Systems, pages 1-12, ISSN 0308-521X, 2014. [DOI]
 
Maize yield determinants in farmer-managed trials in the Nigerian northern Guinea savanna, Carsky, R., Nokoe, S., Lagoke, S.* and Kim, S. K.*, in: Experimental Agriculture, volume 34, number 4, pages 407-422, ISSN 0014-4797, 1998.
 
Measurement and determinants of food insecurity in northeast Nigeria: some empirical policy guidelines, Amaza, P., Adejobi, A. O.* and Fregene, T.*, in: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, volume 6, number 2, pages 92-96, ISSN 1459-0255, 2008.
 
On-farm evaluation of maize varieties in the transitional and savannah zones of Ghana: determinants of farmer preferences, Etwire, P. M.*, Abdoulaye, T., Obeng-Antwi, K.*, Bua, A.*, Kanton, R.*, Asumadu, H.*, Abdulai, M. S.*, Haruna, A.* and Etwire, J.*, in: Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, volume 5, number 6, pages 255-262, ISSN 2006-9774, 2013. [DOI]
 
Poverty and its determinants among farming households in West Africa: empirical evidence from Borno State, Nigeria, Amaza, P., Adejobi, A. O.* and Kwaghe, P.*, in: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, volume 6, number 3&4, pages 406-411, ISSN 1459-0255, 2008.
 
Prospects and determinants of adoption of IITA plantain and banana based technologies in three Niger Delta States of Nigeria, Faturoti, B., Emah, G.*, Isife, B.*, Tenkouano, A. and Lemchi, J., in: African Journal of Biotechnology, volume 5, number 14, pages 1319-1323, ISSN 1684-5315, 2006.
 
Socio-economic determinants for the deployment of Climate-Smart One-Health innovations. A meta-analysis approach prioritizing Ghana and Benin, Sekabira, H., Tepa-Yotto, G., Tamo, M., Djouaka, R. F., Dalaa, M. A., Damba, O. T.*, Yeboah, S.*, Obeng, F., Asare, R., Abdoulaye, T. and Nazziwa, L.*, in: PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, volume 2, number 3: e0000052, pages 1-24, ISSN 2767-3197, 2023. [DOI]
 
Socio-economic determinants of adoption of yam minisett technology by women farmers in Abia State of Nigeria, Ironkwe, A., Asiedu, R. and Ekwe, K., in: Journal of Research in Agriculture, volume 3, number 4, pages 1-7, 2006.
 
Socioeconomic determinants of farm household expenditure in Bauchi, Nigeria, Makinde, K., Manyong, V. and Olayemi, J. K.*, in: Paper presented at: African Crop Science Society Conference Proceedings, ACSS, Kampala, Uganda, 2003.
 
Socio-economic determinants of yam varieties adoption: probit analysis in three major's yam production areas of Cote d'Ivoire, in: Proceedings of 9th ISTRC-AB symposium, 2007.
 
Socio-economic determinants of yam varieties adoption: probit analysis in three major's yam production areas of Cote d'Ivoire, Toure, M., Amagbeto, K., Doumbia, S., Kouakou, A. M., Asiedu, R. and Zohouri, P. G., in: Proceedings of 9th ISTRC-AB symposium, pages 151-158, Mombasa, Kenya, 2007.
 
Soybean yield determinants and response to rhizobial inoculation in an on-farm trial in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria, Okogun, J., Otuyemi, B. and Sanginga, P., in: West African Journal of Applied Ecology, volume 6, pages 30-39, 2004.
 
The extent and determinants of production efficiency of farmers in the rainforest margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for land use and support services, Alene, A., Zeller, M., Schwartz, S. and Dar, N., in: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, volume 44, number 4, pages 335-353, 2005.
 
The importance and determinants of purchases in rural food consumption in Africa: implications for food security strategies, Dzanku, F. M.*, Liverpool-Tasie, L. S. O. and Reardon, T., in: Global Food Security, volume 40, number -: 100739, pages 1-16, ISSN 2211-9124, 2024. [DOI]
 
Trees and shrubs forage in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: determinants of utilization, nutritive value and effect of supplementation on the lactation performance of crossbred cows, Barwani, D. K.*, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2023.
 
Uptake of agroforestry-based crop management in the semi-arid Sahel - Analysis of joint decisions and adoption determinants, Grovermann, C., Rees, C., Beye, A.*, Assfaw Wossen, T., Abdoulaye, T. and Cicek, H., in: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, volume 7, number -: 1042551, pages 1-17, ISSN 2571-581X, 2023. [DOI]
 
Déterminants de l'offre et de la demande du manioc et de ses produits dérivés : cas de la province du Bas-Congo et de la ville-province de Kinshasa, Say, C.K, Yaba, M. T., M'vubu, R. N., Balomba, P. M, Masamba, J. B., Kendenga, T and Mahungu, N., Abstract (Oral presentation) in Book of Abstracts of the 11th Triennial Symposium of ISTRC-AB, held at Memling Hotel, Kinshasa. 4-8 October, 2010.
 
Keywords:determinants, offre, demande, Kinshasa, Bas-Congo

An investigation of factors that influence the technical efficiency of soybean production in the Guinea savannas of Nigeria, Amaza, P. and Ogundari, K., in: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, volume 6, number 1, pages 132-136, ISSN 1459-0255, 2007.
 
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to examine the determinants of technical efficiency (TE) of soybean production in the Guinea savannas. A stochastic frontier production function, using maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) technique was applied in the analysis of data collected in 2006 from a sample of 182 soybean farmers in the guinea savannas of Borno State, Nigeria. The MLE results revealed that farm size, seeds, family labour, hired labour and fertilizer were the major factors that were associated with change in the output of soybeans and were significant (ρ=0.05). About 78% variations in the farmers output can be attributed to differences in their technical efficiency. The mean farmers TE index was found to be 0.79. The implication is that soybean production could be increased by approximately 21% through the improved use of available resources, given the current state of technology. Farmer-specific efficiency factors, which comprise age, gender and use of animal traction and market accessibility, were the significant factors that account for the observed variation in efficiency among the farmers. The policy implication of this finding is that providing farmers with effective market linkage, access to education, especially extension education and credit facilities to purchase animal traction will strengthen their present level of TE and the productivity potential of the soybean farmers in the study area.

Determinants of food demend among rural households in Borno state, Nigeria, Amaza, P. and Fregene, T.*, in: The Empirical Economics Letters, volume 7, number 6, pages 607-613, ISSN 1681-8997, 2008.
 
Abstract:
This study uses a food consumption survey of rural households to examine the determinants of food demand in Borno State, Nigeria. The Linear- Approximate Almost Idea Demand System (LA/AIDS) model was used in analysis of data. Results showed that the income elasticities (expenditure) for animal protein and fat & oil are positive but greater than one, while those of cereals, legumes, roots & tubers and vegetables & fruits were less than one but positive. The policy implication of this finding is that due to the high cost of animal protein, it is important to introduce new recipe of legume-based food in order to supplement protein intake.