Improved cassava reduces poverty

Opportunities to Commercialize Cassava Production for Poverty ...

Cassava is a priority crop which can be used to reduce the rate of unemployment and thus attract youth to participate in agriculture. Abbas et al. (2013) and ...

poverty analysis of cassava farming households in osun state

Although, the estimated coefficient of this variable was very small, but it suggests that funds from cassava farm will marginally reduce the poverty depth among ...

Technological Innovations for Improving Cassava Production in Sub ...

Cassava is crucial for food security of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. The crop has great potential to contribute to African development and is ...

Monitoring Agriculture Sector Performance, Growth and Poverty ...

increase the sector's contribution to total GDP, poverty reduction and food security. ... Modern inputs have the potential to increase cassava production.

Research and Development for Improved Cassava Varieties in Ghana

Ghana's agriculture sector, compared to other sectors, is dominated by staple crops and has a greater impact on poverty reduction as it employs the majority of ...

Inbred-parent–based cassava hybrids promise enhanced efficiency ...

Cassava is a vital crop for food security and income in tropical regions, valued for its climate resilience and productivity. Despite its ...

Problems and Challenges of Cassava Processing in Nigeria

Furthermore, cassava processing in food production has enhanced socioeconomic development by reducing poverty levels in Nigeria while GDP ...

Agriculture | International Development Association - World Bank

Their cassava yields rose to 19 tons per hectare from 7. They also received access to 2,884 tons of improved maize, rice, groundnut, and sorghum seed, and ...

Factors That Enhance Or Reduce Productivity Among Cassava ...

The cassava crop was selected because studies have shown that cassava transformation is the greatest poverty fighter among crops in Nigeria (Nweke,2004; ...

A gendered approach to determinants of adoption of cassava ...

This indicates that cassava-legume intensification technology can assist individuals in escaping poverty. Gender sensitivity should, however, be ...

Opportunities to Commercialize Cassava Production for Poverty ...

Cassava is the world's fourth most important staple crop after rice, wheat and maize, and plays an essential role in food security. Due to cassava's growth ...

Agricultural growth and poverty reduction in Tanzania 2000-2010

to other crops such as cassava, maize and pulses as soon as possible because private ... poverty reduction and improved livelihoods, with 5 percent significance ...

Agricultural value chain and households' livelihood in Africa

In addressing this concern, this study examined how participation in cassava value chain can improve the livelihood of households in Nigeria.

Improved cassava processing will enhance food security in Nigeria

A prominent agricultural economist and researcher, Dr Adekunle Stephen Toromade, has said modern cassava processing would enhance food security and take ...

Cassava thrives in deepening Sino-African agri cooperation

* The increased output of the starchy crop is expected to bolster food security in Africa while reducing poverty by raising small farmers' ...

Assessing the impacts of cassava technology on poverty reduction ...

The study addresses the question of whether and to what extent adoption of improved cassava varieties has led to rural poverty reduction in four ...

Estimating Multidimensional Poverty among Cassava Producers in ...

The increasing value of the intensity (A) indicated that the share of dimensions in which the poor were deprived increased as the poverty cut- ...

5 Crops That Are Fighting Poverty - The Borgen Project

The World Bank also notes that developing agriculture is one of the most effective ways to alleviate poverty, reduce food insecurity and enhance ...

The Impact of Cassava Production on Employment and Poverty ...

The result clearly showed that there is a positive relationship between cassava production, employment generation and poverty reduction in Okpokwu. This implies ...

Financing Cassava Processing among Women in Rural Nigeria to ...

This will improve or alleviate the poverty of members and non-members alike. Enlightenment programme through mass campaigns, seminars, lectures, work- shops ...