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Sustaining the beneficial effects of maize production in Nigeria: does adoption of short season maize varieties matter?

dc.contributor.authorOyinbo, O.
dc.contributor.authorMbavai, J.J.
dc.contributor.authorShitu, M.B.
dc.contributor.authorKamara, A.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, Tahirou
dc.contributor.authorUgbabe, O.O.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:30:10Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-18
dc.identifier.citationOyinbo, O., Mbavai, J.J., Shitu, M.B., Kamara, A., Abdoulaye, T. & Ugbabe, O.O. (2019). Sustaining the beneficial effects of maize production in Nigeria: does adoption of short season maize varieties matter? Experimental Agriculture, 1-13.
dc.identifier.issn0014-4797
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5212
dc.descriptionPublished online: 18 Jan 2019
dc.description.abstractIn order to ensure sustainability of maize production in short-season environments of Nigeria, the Sudan savanna taskforce of Kano–Katsina–Maradi (KKM) Pilot Learning Site promoted short-season maize varieties in 2008 via Innovation Platforms (IPs). In the light of the promoted varieties, we evaluated the adoption and net benefits (productivity and income) of the maize varieties. We used cross-sectional household data elicited from 600 sampled households, double-hurdle model and propensity score matching. There was a remarkable increase in the adoption of short-season maize varieties in 2014 compared to what was obtained in a baseline conducted in 2008. Our empirical findings revealed that the adoption of the short-season maize varieties promoted through the IPs had significant productivity and income increasing effects. This implies that policy interventions to ensure sustainable maize intensification in the face of environmental limitations, such as early and late season drought, should intensify the promotion of short-season varieties in Sudan savannas. This will require well-concerted agricultural extension that can leverage IPs in view of its potentials.
dc.format.extent1-13
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dc.subjectMaize
dc.subjectImpact
dc.subjectMarketing
dc.subjectData Analysis
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectInnovation Platforms
dc.titleSustaining the beneficial effects of maize production in Nigeria: does adoption of short season maize varieties matter?
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationAhmadu Bello University
cg.contributor.affiliationBayero University
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.creator.identifierAlpha Kamara: 0000-0002-1844-2574
cg.creator.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
cg.researchthemeSOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRIBUSINESS
cg.researchthemePLANT PRODUCTION & HEALTH
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.journalExperimental Agriculture
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid102902
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0014479718000467


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