@article{Abdoulaye:210941,
      recid = {210941},
      author = {Abdoulaye, Tahirou and Valbuena, D. and Erenstein, Olaf  and Haileslasie, A. and Germaine, I. and Shehu, M. and  Ayedun, B. and Akinola, A.A.},
      title = {Determinants of crop residue use along an intensification  gradient in West Africa’s savannah zones},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-80176},
      pages = {29},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {The study compares and contrasts crop residue uses in 3  case study sites along an agricultural intensification  gradient in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Niger and Nigeria.  It draws on data collected from 24 villages involving 480  households and employs a Tobit model to analyse the  determinants of crop residue uses. . Internal service as  livestock feed constituted the largest share across sites  and crops–averaging 34-59% for cereal stover biomass and  70-80% for legume haulms. Internal service as soil  amendment/mulching was largely limited to the most  extensive systems. Sales of crop residues were the main  external service/output. Internal service use was  positively influenced by livestock ownership and contact  with extension services. The overall pressure on crop  residue use was especially high in the more intensive  systems of the Kano region raising questions about system  sustainability and livelihood security thereby calling for  appropriate innovations to facilitate sustainable  intensification.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/210941},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.210941},
}