Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa
| dc.creator | Akinola, Adebayo A. | |
| dc.creator | Alene, Arega D. | |
| dc.creator | Adeyemo, Remi | |
| dc.creator | Sanogo, Diakalia | |
| dc.creator | Olanrewaju, Adetunji S. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T16:55:16Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T05:02:29Z | |
| dc.description | This paper assesses the potential economic impacts of balanced nutrient management systems technology options: BNMS-manure, which combines inorganic fertilizer and organic manure, and BNMS-rotation, which is maize–soybean rotation, in maize-based systems in the northern Guinea savanna areas of Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin. The economic surplus analysis suggested that BNMS-manure research and extension could achieve returns ranging from 17 to 25% and a maximum adoption of 24 to 48%, for the conservative and base scenario respectively; and that BNMS-rotation research and extension could achieve returns ranging from 35 to 43% and a maximum adoption of 20 to 40%, for the conservative and base scenario respectively. Our results were consistent with earlier economic analyses which showed that BNMS-rotation was more productive, profitable and acceptable to farmers than BNMS-manure. It may be difficult to achieve large-scale adoption of BNMS-manure because the increases in yields are smaller and markets for manure are missing. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.56932 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/56932/files/0302Akinola%20et%20al.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/56932 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/558193 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/56932 | |
| dc.title | Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa | |
| dc.type | Text |