?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7715%2F&rft.title=Economic+evaluation+of+on-station+operational+scale+(OPSCAR)+trials+conducted+at+Sadore%2C+Niger&rft.creator=Baidu-Forson%2C+J&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=This+paper+presents+an+economic+evaluation+of+technology+packages+based+on+trials+conducted+at+the+Sahelian+Center%2C+ICRISAT%2C+Niger+during+1986-88.+The+financial+calculations+suggest+that+the+application+of+phosphorus+in+a+manually+cultivated+rotation+of+millet+with+cowpea+or+annual+millet%2Fcowpea+intercrop+may+be+the+packages+to+recommend+to+farmers.+The+analysis+showed+that+economies+of+farm+size+are+necessary+for+relative+profitability+of+using+animal+traction.+Low+post-harvest+product+prices+were+used+to+calculate+the+budgets%2C+therefore%2C+the+use+of+marketing+strategies+that+take+advantage+of+peak+prices+for+grains+and+fodder+could+permit+substantial+improvements+upon+the+calculated+returns.+On+the+other+hand%2C+technologies+that+show+superior+on-station+performance+typically+experience+substantial+yield+gaps+under+farmer+management%2C+and+hence+the+actual+sizes+of+incremented+returns+would+be+lower+in+on-farm+situations+&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=1990&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7715%2F1%2FRP07158.pdf&rft.identifier=++Baidu-Forson%2C+J++(1990)+Economic+evaluation+of+on-station+operational+scale+(OPSCAR)+trials+conducted+at+Sadore%2C+Niger.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Hyderabad%2C+Andhra+Pradesh.+++++