Farmers’ crop choice decisions: Trends and determinants in Nigeria and Uganda

Mulubrhan Amare, George Mavrotas and Hyacinth O. Edeh

No 1716, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This study investigates the determinants of farmers’ crop choice decisions, crop area diversification, and income diversification in Sub-Saharan Africa using nationally representative panel data for Nigeria and Uganda. We use both the shares of land and income of the major crop categories to measure farmers’ crop choice decisions.

Keywords: weather hazards; household surveys; crops; grain legumes; capacity development; cash crops; land use; econometrics; varieties; tubers; climate change mitigation; decision making; pulses; diversification; cereal crops; Uganda; Nigeria; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Western Africa; Eastern Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-03-16
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