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" Socio-Economic Aspects of the Intensive Growing of Cowpeas (Vigna Unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in Kano, Northern Nigeria. "
Van Damme Patrick, Sampers Wim, Pauwels Frans, et al.
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AL
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1063984
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LA107613
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10.1163/2031356X-00202005
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English
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Pauwels Frans
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Sampers Wim
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Van Damme Patrick
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Socio-Economic Aspects of the Intensive Growing of Cowpeas (Vigna Unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in Kano, Northern Nigeria. [Article]\ Van Damme Patrick, Sampers Wim, Pauwels Frans, et al.
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Leiden: Brill
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Afrika Focus
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1986
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2/2
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171–196
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The costs and benefits of single crop cowpea and cowpea grown in a traditional mixed cropping system are calculated for the Kano area, in northern Nigeria. If all the technical requirements are met, single crop cowpea is more profitable, on a financial return per unit land basis, than the traditional crop mixture. A one year effort to try and familiarize traditional farmers with a new variety and new production methods is clearly not enough and may even demotivate a number of farmers when the yields, and financial returns, are low. To ensure that the improved technologies are adopted, it will be necessary to provide a credit programme enabling farmers to purchase the improved inputs, and a marketing structure that guarantees fixed and stable market prices throughout the year. The costs and benefits of single crop cowpea and cowpea grown in a traditional mixed cropping system are calculated for the Kano area, in northern Nigeria. If all the technical requirements are met, single crop cowpea is more profitable, on a financial return per unit land basis, than the traditional crop mixture. A one year effort to try and familiarize traditional farmers with a new variety and new production methods is clearly not enough and may even demotivate a number of farmers when the yields, and financial returns, are low. To ensure that the improved technologies are adopted, it will be necessary to provide a credit programme enabling farmers to purchase the improved inputs, and a marketing structure that guarantees fixed and stable market prices throughout the year.
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African Studies
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cowpea
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financial analysis
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General
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marketing
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northern Nigeria
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Social Sciences
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Vigna unguiculata
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10.1163/2031356X-00202005
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