A note on crop mixtures under indigenous conditions in Northern Nigeria

1 April 1976

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Development Studies

Vol. 12 (3) , 212-220
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220387608421577

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.

Keywords

CROP MIXTURES
INDIGENOUS CONDITIONS
NORTHERN NIGERIA
NOTE ON CROP

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Rationalising mixed cropping under indigenous conditions: The example of Northern Nigeria
The Journal of Development Studies, 1974