Abstract
This paper examines the adoption and impact of selective and whole package adoption of improved cowpea involving new variety, insect control, fertilizer, and best bet cropping pattern in northern Nigeria. A farm income model that explicitly accounts for endogenous technology adoption was used to assess the impacts. Results show that adoption of the whole package, rather than adoption of selected components, had a significant impact on productivity and incomes, which was in turn due largely to the recommended cropping pattern. Education, credit, extension contact, access to improved seeds, and participation in on-farm technology evaluations are significantly related to the intensification of improved cowpea production. The paper concludes with implications for policy to enhance productivity and household incomes.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Whole-package adoption significantly improved productivity compared with selected components.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Treatment
- adoption of the whole packagee0
- Outcome
- productivitye0
- Comparator
- adoption of selected componentse0
- Setting
- northern Nigeriat0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Results show that adoption of the whole package, rather than adoption of selected components, had a significant impact on productivity and incomes”
t0“improved cowpea in northern Nigeria”
Claim · model-written summary
Whole-package adoption significantly affected incomes compared with selective adoption.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- adoption of the whole packagee0
- Outcome
- incomese0
- Comparator
- adoption of selected componentse0
- Setting
- northern Nigeriat0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Results show that adoption of the whole package, rather than adoption of selected components, had a significant impact on productivity and incomes”
t0“improved cowpea in northern Nigeria”
Claim · model-written summary
The recommended cropping pattern largely accounted for the impact of whole-package adoption.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- recommended cropping patterne0
- Outcome
- impact on productivity and incomese1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“which was in turn due largely to the recommended cropping pattern.”
t0“improved cowpea in northern Nigeria”
e1“significant impact on productivity and incomes”
Claim · model-written summary
Education, credit and extension contact were significantly related to intensification of improved cowpea production.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Outcome
- intensification of improved cowpea productione0
- Qualifier
- Education, credit, extension contacte0
- Setting
- northern Nigeriat0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Education, credit, extension contact, access to improved seeds, and participation in on-farm technology evaluations are significantly related to the intensification of improved cowpea production.”
t0“improved cowpea in northern Nigeria”
Claim · model-written summary
Access to improved seeds and participation in on-farm evaluations were significantly related to intensification of improved cowpea production.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Material
- improved seedse0
- Outcome
- intensification of improved cowpea productione0
- Qualifier
- participation in on-farm technology evaluationse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Education, credit, extension contact, access to improved seeds, and participation in on-farm technology evaluations are significantly related to the intensification of improved cowpea production.”
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