Background Climate change poses a threat to the sustainability of food production among
small-scale rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa that are dependent on rain-fed …

Purpose This study assessed the extent of women empowerment and empirically
investigated its effect on the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices at the plot level …

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the factors influencing farmers' adoption of
improved technology for maize production in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital …

Abstract Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is an important legume crop, especially in sub-
Saharan Africa. Poor soil fertility is among the major abiotic factors that contribute to this …

Maize is an important crop for food security and livelihood improvement in Nigeria and
elsewhere in Africa. Maize varieties that enable farmers to increase their productivity and …

Commonly used innovation adoption models indirectly assume homogenous information
flow across farmers, which is often not the case. For new and or not widely known …

Although it is commonly accepted that farmers' participation in the process of technology
development can improve adoption rates, few studies have tested this relationship. We …

This study was conducted to analyze the socio-economic determinants of adoption of
improved maize production practices (IMPPs) in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna …

In this era of changing climatic conditions, agricultural technology developers continue to
promote suitable innovations to cushion and improve resilience of smallholder farmers …

Globally, climate change remains one of the most pressing challenges, and it is also an
obstacle to the fundamental achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The …