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    Ecological and socioeconomic factors affecting agricultural intensification in the West African savannas: evidence from northern Nigeria

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    Date
    2005
    Author
    Okike, I.
    Jabbar, M.
    Manyong, Victor M.
    Smith, J.
    Type
    Journal Article
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    Agricultural intensification in West Africa is at an early stage and the process is taking place through various pathways. Population pressure and market access are generally considered as major factors driving intensification and crop-livestock interaction. In this paper both ecology and economic factors and their interactions are hypothesized as driving forces in intensification and crop-livestock interaction. Analyses of a survey involving farming households in Nigeria confirm the hypothesis and show that the degree of intensification is higher in the Sudan savanna than the Northern Guinea savanna. Intensification is occurring mostly through higher land and labor use intensity, higher livestock stocking rates and application of more manure per hectare. It is concluded that policies to enhance market access will facilitate the process and that different technological options need to be pursued in the two agroecological zones to facilitate intensification.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J064v27n02_03
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3360
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    https://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J064v27n02_03
    IITA Subjects
    Agribusiness; Nutrition; Socioeconomy; Livelihoods; Markets; Disease Control; Pests Of Plants; Plant Breeding; Plant Genetic Resources; Handling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products; Plant Health; Plant Production; Food Security; Smallholder Farmers; Farm Management
    Agrovoc Terms
    Agricultural Intensification; Crop-Livestock Interaction; Agro-Ecological Zones; Northern Guinea Savanna; Sudan Savanna; Markets; Ecological; Population
    Regions
    Africa; Acp; West Africa; East Africa; North America
    Countries
    Nigeria; Ethiopia; Canada
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