Participatory diagnostic for scaling a decision support tool for rice crop management in northern Nigeria

ABSTRACT RiceAdvice is a decision support tool with potential to improve rice productivity and profitability of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. A rapid appraisal of agricultural innovation systems approach was used to assess opportunities and constraints in scaling the tool. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews, multi-stakeholder workshop, and questionnaires distributed to 368 farmers in Kano State, northern Nigeria. Results show that scaling RiceAdvice requires: (i) improved access to financial and input supply services through partnerships; (ii) identifying and testing business models where RiceAdvice can be used; and (iii) a dissemination approach where female service providers reach female farmers.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Development in Practice

• Publication date

  2020-06-04

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Business, Economics

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1080/09614524.2020.1770699
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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