?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6794%2F&rft.title=Adoption+and+impacts+of+modern+sorghum+and+pearl+millet+varieties+in+Northern+Nigeria&rft.creator=Ndjeunga%2C+J&rft.creator=Umar%2C+J&rft.creator=Ahmed%2C+B&rft.creator=Aba%2C+A&rft.creator=Ibro%2C+A&rft.creator=Abdoulaye%2C+A&rft.creator=Gwadi%2C+K&rft.subject=Millets&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.description=This+paper+uses+a+data+set+of+1105+households+from+119+villages+living+in+6+states+of+Northern+Nigeria+(Borno%2C%0D%0AJigawa%2C+Zamfara%2C+Katsina%2C+Kano+and+Yobe)+to+assess+the+current+and+potential+adoption+rates+as+well+as+the+impact+of%0D%0Amodern+sorghum+and+pearl+millet+varieties+released+since+1996+in+Nigeria.+Varieties+under+investigation+include%0D%0Amodern+sorghum+varieties+and+hybrids+namely+ICSV+111%2C+ICSV+400%2C+ICSH+89002+NG%2C+ISCH+89009+NG%2C+and+SK%0D%0A5912+and+pearl+millet+varieties+namely+SOSAT+C88%2C+LCIC+9702%2C+GB+8735+and+ZATIB.+Adopters+are+defined+as%0D%0Athose+having+planted+at+least+one+modern+variety+of+pearl+millet+or+sorghum.+Results+showed+that+the+current%0D%0Aadoption+rates+for+modern+pearl+millet+varieties+is+estimated+to+34.8%25+of+the+farmers+and+that+of+modern+sorghum%0D%0Avarieties+is+estimated+to+about+22.9%25.+In+terms+of+area+planted%2C+modern+pearl+millet+varieties+account+for+25%25+of+the%0D%0Apearl+millet+area+and+17+%25+of+the+sorghum+area+planted.+The+pearl+millet+variety+SOSAT+C88+is+largely+adopted+by%0D%0Afarmers+accounting+for+about+95%25+of+area+planted+with+modern+pearl+millet+varieties.+For+sorghum%2C+ICSV+400+and%0D%0AICSV+111+are+the+most+widely+adopted+accounting+for+8.46%25+and+7.07%25+of+area+cultivated+to+sorghum+respectively.%0D%0AThey+both+account+both+for+more+than+95%25+of+area+planted+with+modern+sorghum+varieties.+Over+all%2C+extrapolating%0D%0Afrom+FAO+statistical+data%2C+it+can+be+estimated+that+in+Northern+Nigeria%2C+modern+pearl+millet+varieties+occupy%0D%0A1%2C154%2C261+ha+and+modern+sorghum+varieties+about+1%2C200%2C532+ha.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6794%2F1%2FNdjeunga-et.al._Adoption-and-impacts.pdf.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ndjeunga%2C+J+and+Umar%2C+J+and+Ahmed%2C+B+and+Aba%2C+A+and+Ibro%2C+A+and+Abdoulaye%2C+A+and+Gwadi%2C+K++(2011)+Adoption+and+impacts+of+modern+sorghum+and+pearl+millet+varieties+in+Northern+Nigeria.++Working+Paper.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+.++++(Unpublished)++