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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Sep 18, 2022
Forecasting leads to adequate and comprehensive planning for sustainable development. A number of... more Forecasting leads to adequate and comprehensive planning for sustainable development. A number of procedures are used to estimate, predict and forecast data, but not all are able to capture the historical path of the data generating process adequately. In view of this, the timeseries characteristics, structural changes and trend of inflation in Nigeria (1996-2022) were analyzed using ARMA, Holt-Winters, spline and other associated models. The results indicated that inflation in Nigeria has remained above acceptable limits in a cyclical trend during the period under study and that there is every possibility that Nigerian inflation would remain above 10% for some time to come. There were six shocks, the major stressors being food inflation, oil and gas prices and wages adjustment. For Nigeria to achieve a stable inflation rate regime of acceptable limits, a robust economic management and intelligence team using a global innovation platform as well as evidencedbased policies which ensure that Nigeria does not swerve away from the path to recovery should be established in consultation with the fiscal, monetary, and research authorities.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Sep 18, 2022
Forecasting leads to adequate and comprehensive planning for sustainable development. A number of... more Forecasting leads to adequate and comprehensive planning for sustainable development. A number of procedures are used to estimate, predict and forecast data, but not all are able to capture the historical path of the data generating process adequately. In view of this, the timeseries characteristics, structural changes and trend of inflation in Nigeria (1996-2022) were analyzed using ARMA, Holt-Winters, spline and other associated models. The results indicated that inflation in Nigeria has remained above acceptable limits in a cyclical trend during the period under study and that there is every possibility that Nigerian inflation would remain above 10% for some time to come. There were six shocks, the major stressors being food inflation, oil and gas prices and wages adjustment. For Nigeria to achieve a stable inflation rate regime of acceptable limits, a robust economic management and intelligence team using a global innovation platform as well as evidencedbased policies which ensure that Nigeria does not swerve away from the path to recovery should be established in consultation with the fiscal, monetary, and research authorities.
Journal of Social Sciences, 2009
IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, 2013
The study investigated the Demand analysis for consumer preference of cowpea attributes in Niger ... more The study investigated the Demand analysis for consumer preference of cowpea attributes in Niger State, Nigeria. The study employed a multistage stratified and systematic random sampling to select markets and respondents for the study. Markets selected were Kontagora market in (production region),Sabon Wuse market in Tafa (transitory region) and Minna market in (consumption region).Time series data for the price/quality information were obtained from respondents in these markets. Cowpea samples were purchased every month from five (5) systematically, randomly selected retailers in each market for 12 months. Data were analyzed using the Hedonic model. Findings from the study revealed that consumers were willing to pay a premium for additional unit of grain weight at ₦0.96; rough testa texture at ₦40.64 and white eye color at ₦21.42 and ₦11.90 from different markets estimated. On the other hand consumers were ready to discount prices for bruchid/insect hole damage at ₦1.00, white testa color in Kontagora market at ₦17.73; ₦40.90 in Sabon Wuse market and ₦46.66 in Minna market. Recommendations from this study included the need for the provision of better storage media such as the triple hermatic storage sacks, to market participants to reduce the number of insect infested beans. Most preferred qualities of cowpea such as grain weight, rough testa texture and white eye color should be disseminated to breeders to come up with varieties encompassing these qualities.
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2015
The growth rate and doubling time of yam and cassava output, yield and acreage was investigated f... more The growth rate and doubling time of yam and cassava output, yield and acreage was investigated from data obtained from a secondary source and analyzed using the exponential and quadratic function in trend variable. The study revealed the growth rate during the period under consideration, there were growth as well as retardation, and it also shows acceleration, stagnation and deceleration at different sub-periods for the variables. Average growth rate of 6.7% for yam hectares, 0.03% for yam yield and 7.2% for yam output, translating into doubling time of 10 years for yam hectare,-0.8 year for yam yield and 62 years for yam output were estimated. The average rate of growth for cassava hectare was 11.1%,-0.498% for cassava yield and 8.5% for output. This translates to doubling time of 1 year for cassava hectare,-0.5 year for cassava yield and 14 years for output. This study also revealed that the growth rates of yam and cassava production over the years have more of stagnation than acceleration and deceleration based on the changes in the macroeconomic policy of the country, which implies that planning of the macroeconomic policies were not better than the previous ones. It therefore, indicates that, although there has been some level of increase in some of the sub-periods, the policy presentation for yam and cassava did not in any way translate to sustained increase.
The study investigated micro-credit administration among vegetable farmers in Niger State, Nigeri... more The study investigated micro-credit administration among vegetable farmers in Niger State, Nigeria. Structured questionnaire was administered on 240 respondents to collect the data analysed using descriptive statistics, linear and multinomial logit regressions to examine factors that determine access and repayment of credit. The findings showed that the respondents had average family size of five, average age of 41 years, average farm size of 2.5ha and low educational background. About 62.5% of the respondents obtained their credit from informal sources while 37.5% patronized formal sources. The study shows that mean disbursement was N54,650 as against mean application of N61,079. Age, gender, household size, interest rate and educational level where among the factors that influence repayment capacity of vegetable farmers. It is recommended that microfinance institutions should extend credit to farmers based on need and not solely based on their technical requirements so as to ensure that the farmers are able to achieve their farm targets and hence pay back the loan.
British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, 2012
Aims: To ascertain the risk status of farming households and whether the risk status is accentuat... more Aims: To ascertain the risk status of farming households and whether the risk status is accentuated by some factors. The specific objective is to determine the relationship between their risk status and socioeconomic characteristics and food security status in the study area.
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2012
ABSTRACT ABSTRACT: Aims: The major objective of this study is to find out the proportion of comme... more ABSTRACT ABSTRACT: Aims: The major objective of this study is to find out the proportion of commercial poultry farmers in the study area who procure credit for financing the production and determine the effect of credit on commercialization level of poultry farming in three selected local government areas in Niger state. While the specific objectives are to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of poultry farmers in the area, determine the effect of credit on poultry output in the study area, estimate and compare poultry commercialization index of credit and non-credit beneficiaries in the study area, determine the effect of credit on level of commercialization of poultry farmers in the study area, and examine the constraints faced by poultry farmers in the study area. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, between January 2011 and April, 2012. Methodology: The sampling frame for this study is the poultry farmers in Minna Area, Nigeria who are involved in commercial production of either broiler or layer birds. Those raising local chickens were excluded. The sample of 120 commercial poultry farmers were randomly selected from the three Local Governments from a list of poultry farmers obtained from the Niger State Agricultural Development Project (NSADP). Data for this study was collected using standardised questionnaire administered through personal interactions with the respondents. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and frontier production function. Results: The result suggests that the level of commercialisation is generally low among the respondents and shows no significant difference between beneficiaries and nonbeneficiaries of credit although beneficiaries of credit seem to be more business-oriented than non-beneficiaries. Also, the estimates of the frontier model shows that only output in 2010, eggs collected in 2008 in crates, eggs collected in 2010 in crates, cost of construction of housing and cost of hired labour significantly affected poultry population, although eggs collected in 2008 had inverse relationship with population. On the other hand, only output in 2009 and cost of medication did not have any significant relationship with household commercialisation index (HCI). Conclusion: Most of the factors increased technical efficiency suggesting that the farmers tend to manage their farms very efficiently. In view of this, the farmers should be encouraged to see the need to use credit to enhance production and hence increase their HCI. There is need for the farmers to use enhanced production system like battery cage so as to reduce labour input for cleaning the housing.
The study examined the profit efficiency of smallholder spinach producers under irrigated agricul... more The study examined the profit efficiency of smallholder spinach producers under irrigated agriculture in Niger State by collecting data from 240 respondents. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stochastic profit frontier function. The results indicated the most farmers operated farm size of less than 1ha. The estimates of the stochastic profit frontier function showed that farm size increased profit while cost of fertilizer, agrochemical and farm tools increased profit. The profit inefficiency model shows that education, farming experience, extension contact and sex of the respondents are all negative coefficient, and this implies that as these variables increases the profit inefficiency of the spinach farmers decreases. Age had positive coefficient which means as the farmers' age increases the profit inefficiency of the farmers also increases, quite contrary to expectation. The most important problems encountered are lack of agrochemicals and lack of funds.
British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, 2015
ABSTRACT Data for this study was collected using multi-stage sampling technique using structured ... more ABSTRACT Data for this study was collected using multi-stage sampling technique using structured questionnaire and interview schedules during the 2012/2013 farming season, obtained from randomly selecting 12 LGAs from the 46 LGAs, followed by the random selection of five villages in each LGA (i.e. 60 villages), and then random selection of nine farming households in each village (i.e. 540) sample size.From the 540 sample, poor and non-poor farmers were estimated and presented under different domains using dollar per day, minimum wage and average income; and the time required for the poor to exit poverty was computed using Watts Index. Farmers in this area have exited the international poverty line as only 3% of the farmers fall below the dollar poverty line while most (66%) of them are below the average income poverty line. Farmers from Kogi States were poorer than those of Niger under the three poverty lines although almost equal per cent of male and female farmers were non-poor under the dollar poverty line. Separated family members, those from Dekina LGA and those had only in-service training seems to exhibit high level of poverty. Farmers that went through adult education training are among the richest. Eleven years is needed for the poor farmers to exit poverty on transfer of N584,267.92 ($3,651.67) to them. It appears that the critical policies needed to achieve the transformation agenda are client specific solutions to poverty reduction that addresses the issues of wealth distribution and enhanced property rights among homogenous income groups rather than national or international approach.
The study analysed the determinants of awareness of credit procurement procedures and farmers inc... more The study analysed the determinants of awareness of credit procurement procedures and farmers income in Minna Metropolis, Niger State. A total of 90 farmers were randomly sampled from six villages around Minna Metropolis. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from the respondents in the study area. Descriptive statistics and three stage least square estimate were used to determine the relationship between farmers’ socio economics factors, utilization of credit and total value of output, amount of credit procured and awareness of credit procurement procedures. The result appears to suggest that older farmers are not keen on available agricultural credit and tend to run the farm enterprise as a social enterprise. In view of this, and in order to reposition agriculture, farmers have to be enlightened to run their farm enterprise as a business and procure credit in order to increase the capital investment in the farm enterprise.
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2016
The study examined the technical efficiency of 110 smallholder cassava farmers selected from two ... more The study examined the technical efficiency of 110 smallholder cassava farmers selected from two Local Government Areas in Kogi State, Nigeria. Descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier production function were used to analyze the primary data collected with the aid of a structured questionnaire. The maximum likelihood estimates showed that labour (0.5054), planting material (0.432) and land resource (0.1388) were the important production factors and directly related to cassava output. The parameters that increased technical efficiency are education, farming experience and extension contacts while age, membership of farmers’ group and household size reduced technical efficiency with mean technical efficiency of 0.9489 (94.89%). The estimates indicated that the farmer have not fully utilized the variable resources as the return to scale was 1.7724. The study concluded that there were still some levels of inefficiency of 0.0511 (0.5.11%) among the cassava farmer; and that the sig...
The study evaluated small-scale maize farmersu access to farm inputs in Abuja, Nigeria because on... more The study evaluated small-scale maize farmersu access to farm inputs in Abuja, Nigeria because one of the most limiting factors in the development of agriculture in Nigeria is inadequate access to farm inputs. To cover the study area, a multi-stage sampling technique was adopted while structured questionnaires were used for data collection. A total of 160 maize farmers were interviewed in four agricultural zones (40 farmers from each zone). Data were analysed using mixed factorial analysis of variance; mean separation was carried out at the 5 percent probability level. The results showed that maize farmersu access to the different types of farm input differed significantly (p .05) in the mean responses of the maize farmersu in the four different agricultural zones with respect to access to farm inputs. Generally, the grand mean access value (1.73) indicated that the maize farmers had poor access to all the farm inputs. Based on the grand mean access value, it was concluded that acce...
Nigeria is one of the developing countries facing shortages of cereal crops like maize. Based on ... more Nigeria is one of the developing countries facing shortages of cereal crops like maize. Based on this, research on the socio-economic factors influencing small-scale maize farmersu output was conducted in Abuja. A multi-stage sampling technique and semi-structured questionnaire were used for data collection. A total of 160 maize farmers were interviewed in four agricultural zones (40 from each zone). Data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis and descriptive statistics. The results showed that the land area cultivated, land rent, quantity of fertilizer applied, years of farming experience and household size were the major socioeconomic factors that significantly (p < .05) influenced maize output. The R 2 value of 0.31 (adjusted R 2 = 0.26) indicated that the variables accounted for 31 percent of the variation in maize output. The mean outputs of maize per hectare and per farmer were 316.73 kg and 614.56 kg, respectively. Socio-economic results showed that the mean age ...
This study analyzed the socio-economic factors affecting adoption of innovation by cocoa farmers ... more This study analyzed the socio-economic factors affecting adoption of innovation by cocoa farmers in Ondo State. Primary data were collected in a cross-sectional survey of 120 randomly selected cocoa farmers. These were drawn in a multi-stage random sampling process that purposively covered two dominant cocoa producing Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Ondo State Nigeria, namely: Idanre and Ondo West. The data were collected using a structured interview schedule, designed to elicit information on the socio-economic characteristics of the cocoa farmers, the various innovations available to the cocoa farmers for improved cocoa production, the adoption rate of the innovations, and the constraints faced by the cocoa farmers. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and multinomial logistic regression. The study found that most 65.0% of the cocoa farms were operated by males, with a mean age of 51.11years. Majority 72.5% had primary school education, with mean cocoa farm size o...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Sep 18, 2022
Forecasting leads to adequate and comprehensive planning for sustainable development. A number of... more Forecasting leads to adequate and comprehensive planning for sustainable development. A number of procedures are used to estimate, predict and forecast data, but not all are able to capture the historical path of the data generating process adequately. In view of this, the timeseries characteristics, structural changes and trend of inflation in Nigeria (1996-2022) were analyzed using ARMA, Holt-Winters, spline and other associated models. The results indicated that inflation in Nigeria has remained above acceptable limits in a cyclical trend during the period under study and that there is every possibility that Nigerian inflation would remain above 10% for some time to come. There were six shocks, the major stressors being food inflation, oil and gas prices and wages adjustment. For Nigeria to achieve a stable inflation rate regime of acceptable limits, a robust economic management and intelligence team using a global innovation platform as well as evidencedbased policies which ensure that Nigeria does not swerve away from the path to recovery should be established in consultation with the fiscal, monetary, and research authorities.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Sep 18, 2022
Forecasting leads to adequate and comprehensive planning for sustainable development. A number of... more Forecasting leads to adequate and comprehensive planning for sustainable development. A number of procedures are used to estimate, predict and forecast data, but not all are able to capture the historical path of the data generating process adequately. In view of this, the timeseries characteristics, structural changes and trend of inflation in Nigeria (1996-2022) were analyzed using ARMA, Holt-Winters, spline and other associated models. The results indicated that inflation in Nigeria has remained above acceptable limits in a cyclical trend during the period under study and that there is every possibility that Nigerian inflation would remain above 10% for some time to come. There were six shocks, the major stressors being food inflation, oil and gas prices and wages adjustment. For Nigeria to achieve a stable inflation rate regime of acceptable limits, a robust economic management and intelligence team using a global innovation platform as well as evidencedbased policies which ensure that Nigeria does not swerve away from the path to recovery should be established in consultation with the fiscal, monetary, and research authorities.
Journal of Social Sciences, 2009
IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, 2013
The study investigated the Demand analysis for consumer preference of cowpea attributes in Niger ... more The study investigated the Demand analysis for consumer preference of cowpea attributes in Niger State, Nigeria. The study employed a multistage stratified and systematic random sampling to select markets and respondents for the study. Markets selected were Kontagora market in (production region),Sabon Wuse market in Tafa (transitory region) and Minna market in (consumption region).Time series data for the price/quality information were obtained from respondents in these markets. Cowpea samples were purchased every month from five (5) systematically, randomly selected retailers in each market for 12 months. Data were analyzed using the Hedonic model. Findings from the study revealed that consumers were willing to pay a premium for additional unit of grain weight at ₦0.96; rough testa texture at ₦40.64 and white eye color at ₦21.42 and ₦11.90 from different markets estimated. On the other hand consumers were ready to discount prices for bruchid/insect hole damage at ₦1.00, white testa color in Kontagora market at ₦17.73; ₦40.90 in Sabon Wuse market and ₦46.66 in Minna market. Recommendations from this study included the need for the provision of better storage media such as the triple hermatic storage sacks, to market participants to reduce the number of insect infested beans. Most preferred qualities of cowpea such as grain weight, rough testa texture and white eye color should be disseminated to breeders to come up with varieties encompassing these qualities.
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2015
The growth rate and doubling time of yam and cassava output, yield and acreage was investigated f... more The growth rate and doubling time of yam and cassava output, yield and acreage was investigated from data obtained from a secondary source and analyzed using the exponential and quadratic function in trend variable. The study revealed the growth rate during the period under consideration, there were growth as well as retardation, and it also shows acceleration, stagnation and deceleration at different sub-periods for the variables. Average growth rate of 6.7% for yam hectares, 0.03% for yam yield and 7.2% for yam output, translating into doubling time of 10 years for yam hectare,-0.8 year for yam yield and 62 years for yam output were estimated. The average rate of growth for cassava hectare was 11.1%,-0.498% for cassava yield and 8.5% for output. This translates to doubling time of 1 year for cassava hectare,-0.5 year for cassava yield and 14 years for output. This study also revealed that the growth rates of yam and cassava production over the years have more of stagnation than acceleration and deceleration based on the changes in the macroeconomic policy of the country, which implies that planning of the macroeconomic policies were not better than the previous ones. It therefore, indicates that, although there has been some level of increase in some of the sub-periods, the policy presentation for yam and cassava did not in any way translate to sustained increase.
The study investigated micro-credit administration among vegetable farmers in Niger State, Nigeri... more The study investigated micro-credit administration among vegetable farmers in Niger State, Nigeria. Structured questionnaire was administered on 240 respondents to collect the data analysed using descriptive statistics, linear and multinomial logit regressions to examine factors that determine access and repayment of credit. The findings showed that the respondents had average family size of five, average age of 41 years, average farm size of 2.5ha and low educational background. About 62.5% of the respondents obtained their credit from informal sources while 37.5% patronized formal sources. The study shows that mean disbursement was N54,650 as against mean application of N61,079. Age, gender, household size, interest rate and educational level where among the factors that influence repayment capacity of vegetable farmers. It is recommended that microfinance institutions should extend credit to farmers based on need and not solely based on their technical requirements so as to ensure that the farmers are able to achieve their farm targets and hence pay back the loan.
British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, 2012
Aims: To ascertain the risk status of farming households and whether the risk status is accentuat... more Aims: To ascertain the risk status of farming households and whether the risk status is accentuated by some factors. The specific objective is to determine the relationship between their risk status and socioeconomic characteristics and food security status in the study area.
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2012
ABSTRACT ABSTRACT: Aims: The major objective of this study is to find out the proportion of comme... more ABSTRACT ABSTRACT: Aims: The major objective of this study is to find out the proportion of commercial poultry farmers in the study area who procure credit for financing the production and determine the effect of credit on commercialization level of poultry farming in three selected local government areas in Niger state. While the specific objectives are to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of poultry farmers in the area, determine the effect of credit on poultry output in the study area, estimate and compare poultry commercialization index of credit and non-credit beneficiaries in the study area, determine the effect of credit on level of commercialization of poultry farmers in the study area, and examine the constraints faced by poultry farmers in the study area. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, between January 2011 and April, 2012. Methodology: The sampling frame for this study is the poultry farmers in Minna Area, Nigeria who are involved in commercial production of either broiler or layer birds. Those raising local chickens were excluded. The sample of 120 commercial poultry farmers were randomly selected from the three Local Governments from a list of poultry farmers obtained from the Niger State Agricultural Development Project (NSADP). Data for this study was collected using standardised questionnaire administered through personal interactions with the respondents. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and frontier production function. Results: The result suggests that the level of commercialisation is generally low among the respondents and shows no significant difference between beneficiaries and nonbeneficiaries of credit although beneficiaries of credit seem to be more business-oriented than non-beneficiaries. Also, the estimates of the frontier model shows that only output in 2010, eggs collected in 2008 in crates, eggs collected in 2010 in crates, cost of construction of housing and cost of hired labour significantly affected poultry population, although eggs collected in 2008 had inverse relationship with population. On the other hand, only output in 2009 and cost of medication did not have any significant relationship with household commercialisation index (HCI). Conclusion: Most of the factors increased technical efficiency suggesting that the farmers tend to manage their farms very efficiently. In view of this, the farmers should be encouraged to see the need to use credit to enhance production and hence increase their HCI. There is need for the farmers to use enhanced production system like battery cage so as to reduce labour input for cleaning the housing.
The study examined the profit efficiency of smallholder spinach producers under irrigated agricul... more The study examined the profit efficiency of smallholder spinach producers under irrigated agriculture in Niger State by collecting data from 240 respondents. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stochastic profit frontier function. The results indicated the most farmers operated farm size of less than 1ha. The estimates of the stochastic profit frontier function showed that farm size increased profit while cost of fertilizer, agrochemical and farm tools increased profit. The profit inefficiency model shows that education, farming experience, extension contact and sex of the respondents are all negative coefficient, and this implies that as these variables increases the profit inefficiency of the spinach farmers decreases. Age had positive coefficient which means as the farmers' age increases the profit inefficiency of the farmers also increases, quite contrary to expectation. The most important problems encountered are lack of agrochemicals and lack of funds.
British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, 2015
ABSTRACT Data for this study was collected using multi-stage sampling technique using structured ... more ABSTRACT Data for this study was collected using multi-stage sampling technique using structured questionnaire and interview schedules during the 2012/2013 farming season, obtained from randomly selecting 12 LGAs from the 46 LGAs, followed by the random selection of five villages in each LGA (i.e. 60 villages), and then random selection of nine farming households in each village (i.e. 540) sample size.From the 540 sample, poor and non-poor farmers were estimated and presented under different domains using dollar per day, minimum wage and average income; and the time required for the poor to exit poverty was computed using Watts Index. Farmers in this area have exited the international poverty line as only 3% of the farmers fall below the dollar poverty line while most (66%) of them are below the average income poverty line. Farmers from Kogi States were poorer than those of Niger under the three poverty lines although almost equal per cent of male and female farmers were non-poor under the dollar poverty line. Separated family members, those from Dekina LGA and those had only in-service training seems to exhibit high level of poverty. Farmers that went through adult education training are among the richest. Eleven years is needed for the poor farmers to exit poverty on transfer of N584,267.92 ($3,651.67) to them. It appears that the critical policies needed to achieve the transformation agenda are client specific solutions to poverty reduction that addresses the issues of wealth distribution and enhanced property rights among homogenous income groups rather than national or international approach.
The study analysed the determinants of awareness of credit procurement procedures and farmers inc... more The study analysed the determinants of awareness of credit procurement procedures and farmers income in Minna Metropolis, Niger State. A total of 90 farmers were randomly sampled from six villages around Minna Metropolis. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from the respondents in the study area. Descriptive statistics and three stage least square estimate were used to determine the relationship between farmers’ socio economics factors, utilization of credit and total value of output, amount of credit procured and awareness of credit procurement procedures. The result appears to suggest that older farmers are not keen on available agricultural credit and tend to run the farm enterprise as a social enterprise. In view of this, and in order to reposition agriculture, farmers have to be enlightened to run their farm enterprise as a business and procure credit in order to increase the capital investment in the farm enterprise.
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2016
The study examined the technical efficiency of 110 smallholder cassava farmers selected from two ... more The study examined the technical efficiency of 110 smallholder cassava farmers selected from two Local Government Areas in Kogi State, Nigeria. Descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier production function were used to analyze the primary data collected with the aid of a structured questionnaire. The maximum likelihood estimates showed that labour (0.5054), planting material (0.432) and land resource (0.1388) were the important production factors and directly related to cassava output. The parameters that increased technical efficiency are education, farming experience and extension contacts while age, membership of farmers’ group and household size reduced technical efficiency with mean technical efficiency of 0.9489 (94.89%). The estimates indicated that the farmer have not fully utilized the variable resources as the return to scale was 1.7724. The study concluded that there were still some levels of inefficiency of 0.0511 (0.5.11%) among the cassava farmer; and that the sig...
The study evaluated small-scale maize farmersu access to farm inputs in Abuja, Nigeria because on... more The study evaluated small-scale maize farmersu access to farm inputs in Abuja, Nigeria because one of the most limiting factors in the development of agriculture in Nigeria is inadequate access to farm inputs. To cover the study area, a multi-stage sampling technique was adopted while structured questionnaires were used for data collection. A total of 160 maize farmers were interviewed in four agricultural zones (40 farmers from each zone). Data were analysed using mixed factorial analysis of variance; mean separation was carried out at the 5 percent probability level. The results showed that maize farmersu access to the different types of farm input differed significantly (p .05) in the mean responses of the maize farmersu in the four different agricultural zones with respect to access to farm inputs. Generally, the grand mean access value (1.73) indicated that the maize farmers had poor access to all the farm inputs. Based on the grand mean access value, it was concluded that acce...
Nigeria is one of the developing countries facing shortages of cereal crops like maize. Based on ... more Nigeria is one of the developing countries facing shortages of cereal crops like maize. Based on this, research on the socio-economic factors influencing small-scale maize farmersu output was conducted in Abuja. A multi-stage sampling technique and semi-structured questionnaire were used for data collection. A total of 160 maize farmers were interviewed in four agricultural zones (40 from each zone). Data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis and descriptive statistics. The results showed that the land area cultivated, land rent, quantity of fertilizer applied, years of farming experience and household size were the major socioeconomic factors that significantly (p < .05) influenced maize output. The R 2 value of 0.31 (adjusted R 2 = 0.26) indicated that the variables accounted for 31 percent of the variation in maize output. The mean outputs of maize per hectare and per farmer were 316.73 kg and 614.56 kg, respectively. Socio-economic results showed that the mean age ...
This study analyzed the socio-economic factors affecting adoption of innovation by cocoa farmers ... more This study analyzed the socio-economic factors affecting adoption of innovation by cocoa farmers in Ondo State. Primary data were collected in a cross-sectional survey of 120 randomly selected cocoa farmers. These were drawn in a multi-stage random sampling process that purposively covered two dominant cocoa producing Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Ondo State Nigeria, namely: Idanre and Ondo West. The data were collected using a structured interview schedule, designed to elicit information on the socio-economic characteristics of the cocoa farmers, the various innovations available to the cocoa farmers for improved cocoa production, the adoption rate of the innovations, and the constraints faced by the cocoa farmers. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and multinomial logistic regression. The study found that most 65.0% of the cocoa farms were operated by males, with a mean age of 51.11years. Majority 72.5% had primary school education, with mean cocoa farm size o...