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Realising sustainable weed management to reduce poverty and drudgery amongst small scale farmers in the West African savannah
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| Coordinating organisation: | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| Description: | Objectives: Improved weed management strategies evaluated and promoted through novel participatory methods and much closer liaison between researchers, disseminators, and policy makers. Background: Continuous cultivation of the moist savannah zone with inadequate use of nutrient inputs in Nigeria has recently become a common practice as a result of a combination of rapidly expanding population and increasing urban market demand. This appears to be a microcosm of what the future seems to hold for the entire moist savannah zone in West Africa. Regrettably, this has occurred without the use of balanced nutrient management systems and thus the natural resource base of the soil is being contnuously degraded. In consequence, crop yields are falling to very low levels and poverty amongst agricultural communities is widespread, with average income falling to less than $1 per day. |
| Budget (in &euro): | 1073440 |
| Internet: | Projects Link |
| Start: | 2001-04-01 |
| End: | 2004-12-30 |
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| ARD-theme: | socioeconomics |
| Target country: | Nigeria |
| Commodity: | plant products (agroforest) |
| Activity: | research |
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| Donor organisations: | 1 |
| Participating organisations: | 2 |
| Last editing: | 2006-07-10 14:47:15 |