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Akinwumi A. Adesina
Researcher at Rockefeller Foundation
Publications - 21
Citations - 1460
Akinwumi A. Adesina is an academic researcher from Rockefeller Foundation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agriculture & Agricultural productivity. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 21 publications receiving 1368 citations. Previous affiliations of Akinwumi A. Adesina include Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa.
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Econometric analysis of the determinants of adoption of alley farming by farmers in the forest zone of southwest Cameroon
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantified, using an econometric model, the factors determining farmers' adoption and use of alley farming variants in southwest of Cameroon, based on a survey of 156 farmers in 11 villages in the region.
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Smallholder technical efficiency controlling for environmental production conditions
TL;DR: This article used panel data from 464 traditional rice plots in Cote D'Ivoire to show that controlling for heterogeneous environmental production conditions significantly changes inferences, perhaps especially with respect to smallholder rice farmers' estimated technical inefficiency.
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Expanding access to agricultural inputs in Africa: a review of recent market development experience
TL;DR: In this article, a review of both types of programs describes recent efforts to address constraints to expanded input use and finds that further expansion is often constrained by inadequate investment in a variety of public goods needed to stimulate input-led agricultural intensification.
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Building an alliance for a green revolution in Africa.
TL;DR: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) will support work across all key aspects of the African agricultural value chain to help millions of small‐scale farmers and their families lift themselves out of poverty and hunger.
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Determinants of farmers' adoption and adaptation of alley farming technology in Nigeria
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the determinants of farmers' decisions to adopt and adapt alley farming technology and its variants in the farming systems of Nigeria, using econometric Logit models.