October 2014

Estimating the effects of formal and informal credit on farm household welfare: A hierarchical competitive welfare model approach

This paper uses the hierarchical competitive welfare model approach to estimate the effects of credit from formal and informal sources on welfare development of farm households in Ghana. Data used for the econometric analyses came from the Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 5 dataset. The results showed that when a farm household is given GHC100 as formal credit, its welfare expenditure would increase by about GHC6. On...

Author(s): M. A. Akudugu

October 2014

Farmers’ perception on excreta reuse for peri-urban agriculture in southern Ghana

Ghana lags behind the Millennium Development Goals’ target for sanitation, despite widespread effort by the central government. Most households in peri-urban communities in Ghana lack improved sanitation facilities, and access to faecal sludge disposal sites is also problematic. This study investigates farmers’ attitude and perception toward excreta reuse for peri-urban agriculture in Shai-Osudoku district,...

Author(s): Fred Nimoh, Kwasi Ohene-Yankyera, Kofi Poku, Flemming Konradsen andRobert C. Abaidoo

October 2014

Economic and technical efficiency of cassava production in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria

Cassava production seems to be economically viable but there seems to exist no empirical documented evidence to this effect in Ika North East L.G.A of Delta State, Nigeria. In view of this, the study analyzed the economic and technical efficiency of cassava production in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State. A multistage random sampling was used to select a total of 120 respondents used for the study....

Author(s): Eze, A. V. and Nwibo, S. U.

October 2014

Determinants of farmers’ adoption decisions for improved pearl millet variety in Sahel savanna zone of northern Nigeria

Millet is a staple food mainly from local varieties, throughout the Sahel and in parts of the Sudan Savanna. Improved millet varieties are higher yielding and of better quality than the local varieties. This study was carried out after the Yobe State Agricultural Development Program had carried out series of extension services to assess the determinants of adoption of the improved varieties. Multistage systematic and...

Author(s): Okeke-Agulu, K. I. and Onogwu, G. O.