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Open Access Journal of Agricultural Research

This study examined the effect of land access and land use conflict on crop commercialization of ... more This study examined the effect of land access and land use conflict on crop commercialization of smallholder farmers in Southwest Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used in selecting 300 respondents and primary data were collected using structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Land Market Index (LMI), Land Use Conflict Index (LUCI), Crop Commercialization Index (CCI) and Tobit regression model. Majority (95.3%) of the farmers were male, natives (81.3%), and married (97.3%) with an average household size of 9 persons. Also, 69.3% had formal education and an average of 24 years of farming experience. Majority (78.0%) of the farmers had their total landholding through non-market means (inheritance, borrowed and gift), 14.0% acquired their total landholding through market means (purchase, rent and lease), and the mean LMI was 0.16(±0.35), showing farmers had access to 16% of farmlands through market participation. Farmers were coping with conf...

MOJ Ecology & Environmental Sciences, 2020

This study examined the relationship between land acquisition and crop market participation among... more This study examined the relationship between land acquisition and crop market participation among farmers in peri-urban areas of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 200 respondents. Data were collected using structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Land Ownership Index (LOI), Crop Market Participation Index (CMPI) and Tobit regression model. Majority (77.5%) of the crop farmers were male, married (80.5%), natives (71.0%), and had an average household size of 7. Also, 81.0% of the respondents had formal education and on the average, famers had 29 years of farming experience. The existing means of plot acquisition were inheritance (53.4%) - the most common, gift (2.6%), purchase (9.0%), rent (20.1%) and lease (14.9%). The prominent transaction-based land acquisition was rent (45.7%) while that of non-transaction based acquisition was inheritance (95.4%). The average plot size was 2.1hectares and most (53.5%) of...

MOJ Ecology & Environmental Sciences, 2020

Journal of Management & Social Sciences, Jan 6, 2021

The most important determinant of saving is the level of income. Higher levels of savings can tra... more The most important determinant of saving is the level of income. Higher levels of savings can translate to higher levels of investment and rural development. To boost income, rural women diversify their livelihood activities. This study examined income diversification and savings pattern among rural women in Oyo State, Nigeria. Various income-generating activities, patterns of diversity and savings, determinants of income diversification and saving rate, and the effect of income diversification on rural women savings were assessed. Structured questionnaire was administered on a sample of 204 rural women who were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. Descriptive statistics, Simpson diversity index and Tobit regression models were used in data analysis. Results show that majority (75%) of the rural women were arable crop farmers and 96% were diversified in income generation. The mean diversity index was 0.44, implying that on the average, rural women engaged in more than one incomegenerating activities. Saving rate is relatively low with mean saving rate of 28.08%. Tobit regression results show that membership of cooperative society (p<0.05), credit received (p<0.1) and road network (p<0.01) significantly affect income diversification. Also, income diversification (p<0.05), total income (p<0.01), household size (p<0.01) and age (p<0.01) significantly affect savings rate. Having more than one source of income increases saving rate among rural women. Therefore, Government and Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should assist in making credit facilities available to rural women and ensure adequate monitoring to prevent diversion of funds, provide social amenities and organize training to improve production processes among rural women.

Economic development depends largely on investment, which is hinged on savings. Rural savings in ... more Economic development depends largely on investment, which is hinged on savings. Rural savings in Nigeria has been low and long considered as inconsequential to national savings. The negative implications of negligible rural savings for rural and agricultural development thus require that the factors influencing rural household savings be investigated. The study therefore, surveyed 200 rural household heads in Akinyele local government area of Oyo state, Southwest Nigeria, using a multistage sampling technique. The data obtained was analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that mean age of household head was about 43 years, mean household size was about 6 persons while mean monthly income of household head was ₦16, 588.17 ($104). The most important reason for saving among the rural households was funding children’s’ education. Both formal and informal savings of the rural households were found to be generally low; however, mean monthl...

Nigerian agriculture is dominated by smallholder farmers and commercialisation of smallholder agr... more Nigerian agriculture is dominated by smallholder farmers and commercialisation of smallholder agriculture by bringing the farmers to markets is taking place all over the country. This study therefore assessed the current level of crop commercialisation, analyzed variation in the level of commercialisation among households and examined the determinants of crop commercialisation among smallholder farming households. Primary data were collected from 400 selected smallholder farm households in the study area with the aid of structured questionnaire using multistage sampling procedure. Analysis was done using descriptive statistics, Household Commercialization Index (HCI) and tobit regression model. The assessment of the current level of commercialisation among the smallholder farming households showed that average HCI was 0.83. Farmers with low, medium and high HCI were 6.44%, 9.65% and 83.91%. The tobit regression analysis further showed that, age, gender, level of education, household size, membership of an association, farm size, access to credit, market distance, farm and off farm income, were associated with increase in the extent of crop commercialisation. It was recommended that farmers should increase farm size while government should provide support such as credit facilities and input subsidy to enable smallholder farmers increase the level of agricultural production.

This study measured the effects of land use conflict on food production in Southwestern Nigeria. ... more This study measured the effects of land use conflict on food production in Southwestern Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used and primary data were collected using structured household questionnaire, key informant interview, and Focus Group Discussions. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics, the Multinomial Logit and the Tobit Models. There were more conflicts on plots (72.9%) during the period of years 2000 – 2010 than 1990 – 1999 (27.1%) showing an increase in the frequency of conflicts in recent years. The most common cause of conflict on plots among farmers was found to be related to the type of access that farmers had to plots (62.0% of the plots) as some access types were more secure than others. On the average, one year of conflict would lead to a decrease of (NGN125,914.00 ±2,000.00) per hectare in income of the farmers from food crops. Land use conflicts negatively affected food crop production within the study area. Also, most of the conflict...

The National Fadama Development Project (NFDP) III, popularly known as Fadama III Project which i... more The National Fadama Development Project (NFDP) III, popularly known as Fadama III Project which is being implemented in 658 Local Government Areas across the States of the Federation is expected to play significant roles in infrastructural support and acquisition of productive assets by able bodied groups, women, unemployed youths and other vulnerable groups. This paper examined the extent of support for rural infrastructure among Fadama Community Associations (FCAs) and productive assets by Fadama User Groups (FUGs) in Osun State. Primary data were generated from a survey of forty-one FCAs that have benefited from infrastructural support and three hundred and twenty seven FUGs across the twenty Fadama III Local Government Areas and Ife East Area Office in Osun State. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the collected data. The findings showed that FCAs benefited in infrastructural support ranging from construction of rural markets, borehole, cold room store, and roads, to en...

This study assessed the frequency and the levels of land use conflicts experienced by households ... more This study assessed the frequency and the levels of land use conflicts experienced by households on different plots owned. It also examined the determinants of land use conflicts levels in Southwestern Nigeria where agricultural land use conflicts have been reported in the past. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 300 farm households. The first stage was the selection of three states in Southwestern Nigeria; Oyo, Osun and Ondo where land use conflicts had been reported. The second stage was the selection of ten villages from two local governments in each state using purposive sampling (based on experience of land use conflicts). The third stage was the purposive selection of ten households who have experienced land use conflicts in each of the ten villages. Both primary and secondary data were used. Primary data were collected using a pre-tested structured questionnaire and key informant interview. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Multino...

This research is on the Analysis of factors influencing Agricultural output in Nigeria:Macro-econ... more This research is on the Analysis of factors influencing Agricultural output in Nigeria:Macro-economic perspectives. The study seeks to determine the factors influencing agricultural production in Nigeria; determine the causality between Agricultural outputs and macro economic variables and to proffer recommendations based on research findings.The study adopts regression analysis, descriptive statistics and the Granger causality tests on macro economic variables (i.e. Food import value, Interest rate, Commercial bank loans on Agriculture, GDP growth rate and Foreign direct investment) to find the significant relationship between the different variables chosen.The result shows fluctuations in the trend of variables considered (i.e. Interest rate, Commercial bank loans on Agriculture, GDP growth rate and Foreign direct investment) in relation to the period under review. The result shows that 95% of the variations in the dependent variable were explained by the explanatory variables i.e...

The study evaluated the costs and returns of organic farming using the farmers in Akinyele Local ... more The study evaluated the costs and returns of organic farming using the farmers in Akinyele Local Government of Oyo state, Nigeria as case study. An interview schedule was administered to the respondents to elicit useful information. The analysis was based on input and output data collected from one hundred and eighty farmers selected at random from the area from which eighty-eight used organic farming, fifty-eight used non-organic farming and thirty-four used both farming systems. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT), t-test group statistics and gross margin analysis. Results of the analysis indicated that 57.8% of the respondents were male, 66.1% were married and all the respondents had formal education either at primary, secondary or tertiary level. Furthermore, 48.9% of the respondents adopted organic farming system, 32.2% adopted non-organic farming system while 18.9% adopted both organic and non-organic farming systems. From the...

This paper analysed female participation in learning and use of software packages in Nigeria, usi... more This paper analysed female participation in learning and use of software packages in Nigeria, using a case of SAP ERP Software in University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Data on all 618 participants (male and female) from 2015-2017 in the University of Ibadan were obtained through structured questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics (frequency counts and percentages) and Likert rating scale. Results show that 143 (23.1%) of the participants were female from different course backgrounds. Over the years, female participants had more than 80% success rate and an overall success rate of 86% which was higher than 81.6% success rate for all the participants and 80.2% success rate for male participants. The Likert analysis shows that the expectations of the female participants were significantly high and majority were involved in the learning and use of SAP ERP to have competitive advantage (4.7/5), diverse job responsibilities (4.3/5) and higher positions in job place (4.2/5). The ma...

Cashew grows almost everywhere in Nigeria. Cashew is a major cash crop with high potential to gen... more Cashew grows almost everywhere in Nigeria. Cashew is a major cash crop with high potential to generate foreign exchange and to create employment, as well as curb desertification in Nigeria. The continuous increase in cashew production will depend on the international competitiveness and the effects of policy intervention. This paper analysed the competitiveness of Nigeria’s cashew nuts in the global market. Secondary data were used for this study; national annual aggregates from 1961-2016. The aggregates were obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) website, Annual Abstract of Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), and Annual Reports of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Descriptive statistics such as line graphs were used to examine the trends in cashew nuts production, export and competitiveness. Also, Phillips Perron co-integration test and vector error correction model (VECM) were used to determine the drivers of competitiveness of Nigerian cashe...

The study evaluated the technical efficiency of catfish production using stochastic frontier prod... more The study evaluated the technical efficiency of catfish production using stochastic frontier production function analysis. Primary data were collected using structured questionnaire from eighty three farmers who were selected from all the local governments in Ibadan using simple random techniques. Frequency tables, percentages and means were used to present the socioeconomic profile of the respondents, and to determine the production types and production technologies used by catfish farmers in Ibadan. Results show that majority of the catfish farmers were male (75.9%), with a mean age of 44 years (±12.1), married (75.9%) with a household size of 4 persons on the average. Also, majority (70%) had tertiary education with a mean of about 9 years (±7.3) experience in catfish farming. Most of the catfish farmers (72.3%) preferred to raise catfish to table size and used static renewal technology (56.6%).Also, feed inputs and pond size had negative relationship with output while fingerling...

This study was carried out to analyze the technical efficiency of artisanal fisheries in Ijebu wa... more This study was carried out to analyze the technical efficiency of artisanal fisheries in Ijebu waterside of Ogun State, Nigeria. The objective was to analyze the socio-economic characteristics of the fisherfolks; estimate the technical efficiencies of artisanal fisherfolks and determine the factors influencing the technical efficiencies of artisanal fisheries in the study area. A multistage sampling technique was used to select a total of 400 fishers from the study area. Primary data were collected using structured questionnaire as interview guide, on the socio-economic characteristics, production inputs and output prices. Stochastic production frontier model was used to estimate the technical efficiencies of artisanal fishery system and the factors influencing the technical efficiencies of the fishers. The study revealed that majority of the fishers was still in their active age and fairly educated. The results of the maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters for the technical...

Business and Management Studies

With rapid population growth and resulting increased land fragmentation, landholding becomes smal... more With rapid population growth and resulting increased land fragmentation, landholding becomes smaller, negatively impacting on the living standard of rural households. Thus, the need to understand the potentials of land markets to improve rural households’ access to land through the adjustment of households’ landholding for livelihood activities, and its consequent effect on their welfare. This paper examined the relationship between rural land market, livelihood and welfare among households in Oyo state, Southwest Nigeria. Using a structured questionnaire, a survey was conducted on a sample of 200 respondents, who were selected through multistage sampling procedure. Descriptive statistics, Land Market Index (LMI), Tobit model and multiple regression analysis were used to analyse the primary data. Results show that majority (74.0%) of households were involved in crop farming with mean income of ₦53 833.33 (±26 784.560), which was relatively higher than livestock ₦31 567.08 (±20 897.4...

Open Access Journal of Agricultural Research

MOJ Ecology & Environmental Sciences, 2020

Journal of Management & Social Sciences, Jan 6, 2021

Business and Management Studies