In this study, we used a household level survey to assess choices of varieties and demand for improved cassava varieties. A multivariate probit model was examine the determinants choice decisions farmers different preventing potential endogeneity measurement error. Linearized Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS) analyze system The results indicated were very price sensitive changes in stem pric...

Abstract Credit accessibility is crucial for sustainable agricultural development. However, the difficulty in accessing credit has caused farmers to take many considerations when taking a loan. This research aims determine factors determining access and sources cassava Lampung Province, Indonesia. Central was chosen as location because it had total production share of 36%. study used Isaac’s Mi...

Objective(s): Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) contains cyanogenic glycosides (linamarin and lotaustralin) that have been associated with neurological disorders in humans and rats. In basal ganglia, the dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) show high cytotoxic susceptibility; therefore, the chronic consumption of cassava (CCC) could induce neu...

BACKGROUND Adequate feeding is essential to realizing the potential of small ruminants to alleviate poverty among smallholder farmers. This study was conducted in two villages in the Ejura-Sekyedumase District of Ghana and was motivated by farmers' non-adoption of modern feed technologies, but more importantly by the need to understand the small ruminant feed system considering farmers' differe...

This paper assessed crop farmers’ access and utilization of climate information services (CIS) impact CIS use on yields in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 405 farmers from the data were collected through a survey using questionnaire. We employed descriptive statistics, endogenous treatment effect, Heckman probit selection model analyze collected. res...

OBJECTIVE This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of a corn- or cassava- based diet on the production of meat-type ducks. METHODS Four hundred day-old ducks were used in this experiment. They were divided into five groups with each group replicated eight times. The ducks fed the corn-based diets served as the control group. The four other groups comprised different treatments, w...

A study was carried out to investigate into the availability of cassava residues and by products utilization for goat production in Odeda local government area Ogun state. Data collected through a structured questionnaire coupled with occasional farm visits personal interviews, from farmers involved goats cassava. Results showed that is major crop cultivation different varieties common. Cassava...