Socioeconomic determinant of microdose adoption and impact on food security and household incomes

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

Socioeconomic determinant of microdose adoption and impact on food security and household incomes

2014

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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