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Veronique Theriault
Researcher at Michigan State University
Publications - 43
Citations - 464
Veronique Theriault is an academic researcher from Michigan State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Food security & Agriculture. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 43 publications receiving 363 citations.
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How Does Gender Affect Sustainable Intensification of Cereal Production in the West African Sahel? Evidence from Burkina Faso.
TL;DR: Female plot managers are less likely to adopt yield-enhancing and soil-restoring strategy sets than male plot managers and it is demonstrated that plot manager characteristics do influence adoption decisions.
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Farm family effects of adopting improved and hybrid sorghum seed in the Sudan Savanna of West Africa.
TL;DR: The first sorghum hybrids based on local germplasm in West Africa yield well on farms and raise yield, and adoption increases the harvest share sold and dietary diversity.
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Institutional Environment and Technical Efficiency: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Cotton Producers in West Africa
Veronique Theriault,Renata Serra +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of the institutional environment on West African cotton farmers' technical efficiency (TE) were examined by using a stochastic frontier production function, which incorporates technical inefficiency effects, applied to farm level data collected in Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali.
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How Institutions Mediate the Impact of Cash Cropping on Food Crop Intensification: An Application to Cotton in Sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework linking cotton institutional structures to food crop intensification is developed, and predictions from the conceptual framework are compared with empirical evidence from different countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Intensification and intrahousehold decisions: Fertilizer adoption in Burkina Faso
TL;DR: Overall fertilizer use rates are low for cereals but less so for maize in Burkina Faso, and inclusive policy should consider who within the household has access to inputs.