Socioeconomic determinant of microdose adoption and impact on food security and household incomes
2014
BACO, Mohamed Nasser | AKPONIKPE, P. B. Irénikatché | DJENONTIN, André Jonas | OUATTARA, Badiori | IBRO MADOUGOU, Abdoulaye | KIMARO, Anthony Anderson | KOALA, Saïdou | PEAK, Derek | NATCHER, David | FATONDJI, Dougbedji | SOKPON, Nestor
Adoption of micro-dosing can help poor rural men and women farmers to increase crop yields by 44-120% and net profit by 50 to 130%. The presentation shows results of on-farm trials for fertilizer micro-dosing and rainwater harvesting. It compares inputs of labour under different methodologies relative to agricultural outcomes. Women allocate percentage-wise more land for micro dosing technique than men. The micro-dosing technique adoption reduces the length of food shortages for one month among men and three months among women. Increasing the productivity of rainfed crops is a necessity.
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