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Crop damage by granivorous birds despite protection efforts by human bird scarers in a sorghum field in western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Matthew Hiron --- Department of Ecology, Sweden Diana Rubene --- Department of Ecology, Sweden Collins K Mweresa --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya Yvonne UO Ajamma --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya Eunice A Owino --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya Matthew Low --- Department of Ecology, SwedenCereal crop damage from granivorous birds poses a serious food security problem for subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. In this region, farmers may rely on human ‘bird scarers’ to limit crop damage. Here we report feeding behaviour and crop damage... -
Household wealth and adoption of Integrated Striga Management (ISM) technologies in northern Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: L. J. S. Baiyegunhi --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South Africa M. B. Hassan --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South AfricaAgricultural households in developing countries often are unable and unwilling to adopt new technologies due to the deterrents to adoption imposed by numerous socio-economic, institutional and ecological factors. However, economic theory predicts that relatively wealthy households have better ability to... -
Impact of Integrated Striga Management (ISM) technology on maize productivity in northern Nigeria: A treatment effect approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: L. J. S. Baiyegunhi --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa M. B. Hassan --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa G. F. Ortmann --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaThis paper evaluates the impact of adopting Integrated Striga Management (ISM) technologies on maize productivity among rural households of northern Nigeria. The study utilizes cross-sectional data collected in 2014 from a randomly selected 643 households. A treatment effect regression model... -
Gender appropriateness of field days in knowledge generation and adoption of push-pull technology in eastern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: AW Murage --- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), JO Pittchar --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya CAO Midega --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya CO Onyango --- Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre (ADRDC), JA Pickett --- Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom ZR Khan --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), KenyaAdoption studies have identified gender as one of the factors that determine technology uptake and this has been linked to women’s access to farming information or lack of it. Technology scaling up systems should utilise pathways that are compatible with...