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Traditional versus Improved Groundnut Production Practices: some Further Evidence from Northern Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

G. O. I. Abalu  and
E. G. Etuk
G. O. I. Abalu
Affiliation:
Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
E. G. Etuk
Affiliation:
Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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Summary

Improved groundnut production practices are compared with traditional methods. Improved sole crop production practices show significantly greater net returns per hectare than traditional methods but when other considerations such as the riskiness of the various enterprises are examined, the superiority of the improved sole crop technology becomes less clear-cut. A case is made for designing improved technologies involving crop mixtures.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 33 - 38
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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