A note on crop mixtures under indigenous conditions in Northern Nigeria |
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| Authors: | George O. I. Abalu |
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| Affiliation: | Head of the Agricultural Economics Section, Institute for Agricultural Research , Ahmadu Bello University , Zaria , Nigeria |
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| Abstract: | This note contends that crop mixtures are employed by farmers primarily as risk precautions and that the immediate objective of farmers is not only one of profit maximisation but also of stability of income. The results of an income stability model employed to verify this hypothesis seem to agree relatively well with existing information in parts of Northern Nigeria. |
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