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Papers by ZUBAIRU E M M A N U E L ASHINDO

Journal of Agricultural Economics, Environment and Social Science , 2021

The study analysed the use of radio programmes on farmers' education in Benue State. The rational... more The study analysed the use of radio programmes on farmers' education in Benue State. The rationale of the study was to analyse the role of radio in educating farmers using Radio Benue, Makurdi as a case study. The study employed survey as research design, using questionnaire as instrument for data collection. Data were collected from a sample of three hundred and eighty-four respondents through purposive, stratified and simple random sampling technique. Using simple percentages, findings revealed that respondents gained knowledge through listening to the programmes. Farmers (28.4%) gained knowledge of appropriate fertilizer application through the agricultural programmes farming world and Tom Sule (in Tiv) aired by radio, 26.8% of the respondents gained knowledge of agricultural practices, and 25.8% of the farmers gained knowledge on the prevention of post-harvest losses. The study concluded that the radio plays a vital role in creating awareness on agricultural information among farmers. The study recommended amongst others that the government and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) should endeavour to introduce grants and farm loans to the farmers through agricultural programmes so as to encourage agricultural activities.

Journal of Agricultural Economics, Extension & Social Sciences, 2020

This study analyzed the impact of price fluctuations of cereal grains on the development of small... more This study analyzed the impact of price fluctuations of cereal grains on the development of small scale marketers in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State. Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: identify the causes of price fluctuation of cereals; examine the contribution of good cereal prices towards achievement of small scale marketers' development and find out the measures for controlling price fluctuation. Primary data were collected through the use of pre-tested structured questionnaire administered to 120 randomly selected respondents. The study identified changes in climatic condition, government regulation, poor infrastructures, seasonal production, fluctuation of currency exchange rate, nature of product as well as low production and storage technologies as the causes of price fluctuations of cereals in the study area. The findings also revealed that increase in marketers' income, motivation of marketers, effective utilization of resources, improvement in marketers' livelihood as well as better strategy of marketing were identified as contribution of good cereal prices to the marketers' development. It was also revealed that government price control, improvement of farming infrastructures, provision of subsidies and proper storage system were identified as measures of preventing price fluctuations in the study area. The study recommends that small scale marketers should be supported financially by the government and private organizations through the administration of soft loans and other credit facilities. Buffer stock price control mechanism in order to reduce the speculative activities of middlemen was also recommended.

TARABA JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 2019

The study analysed the profitability of Irish potato production in Sardauna Local Government Area... more The study analysed the profitability of Irish potato production in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected from 118 Irish potato farmers using purposive and random sampling techniques. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the study revealed that majority (60.1%) of the respondents were in their prime age, 72.1% of the respondents were male and 49.2% were married. Most (94.1%) of the respondents had one form of education or the other while 85.6% of the respondents were small holder farmers. The result on the costs and returns revealed that Irish potato farming in the study area is profitable with a profit of N18, 131.57 per hectare. The return on Naira invested was N 0.18k. This Implies that for every N1 invested, N 0.18k was realised as profit. The result on the input output relationship reveals that seeds, fertilizer and educational level of the respondents were the main variables that have direct relationship with the output of Irish potato production in the study area. The major constraints affecting Irish potato production in the study area were identified as; lack of storage facilities, Problems of pest and diseases, high cost of labour, among others. The study recommend that modern storage techniques and facilities should be made available to the farmers at subsidize rate and there is need for extension agents and other agricultural specialists to visit the study area and proffer solution to the problem of pest and diseases while Irish potato farmers in the study area are encourage to form cooperative societies to enable them access credit facilities without hitch.

Journal of Agricultural Economics, Environment and Social Sciences , 2015

The study analyzed the factors influencing the consumption of fuelwood in selected Local Governme... more The study analyzed the factors influencing the consumption of fuelwood in selected Local Government Areas of Taraba State, Nigeria. Multi-stage random sampling technique was employed in selecting 150 respondents in three Local Government Areas of the State used for the study. Data collected were analyzed using percentages and multiple regression analyses. The results revealed that majority (71.33%) of the respondents were aged between 21 -40 years with an average age of 34 years, an indication that they are in their most economically active age. Most of the
respondents were married, educated and mostly males, and having an average household size of 7 persons. The results of the multiple regression analysis revealed that marital status and cost of alternative fuel (kerosene) positively influenced fuelwood consumption by households, while monthly income, labour and cost of fuelwood per kilograms negatively influenced fuelwood consumption by households. The variables used in the model have explained 66% of the variation in fuelwood consumption in the area as indicated by the coefficient of determination. The study recommend further subsidy on kerosene by the government so as to make the product affordable; there should be a legislation that will ensure that the commodity is readily available to consumers and in the right quantity, among others.

Journal of Environmental Issues and Agriculture in Developing Countries,, 2010

The study examined the adoption of NERICA 1 Rice variety among farmers in Jalingo Local Governmen... more The study examined the adoption of NERICA 1 Rice variety among farmers in Jalingo Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria. Interview schedule were administered to 128 respondents who were randomly selected from the four wards that were purposively selected. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The study revealed that majority of the respondents were less than 40 years of age, who had less that 3 hectares of farm size. The study shows that the level of adoption of NERICA 1 Rice variety was low. The most important reasons for adoption of the NERICA 1 variety was early maturity as identified by the respondents. The most glaring constraint affecting the adoption of NERICA 1 Rice variety was lack of credit facilities. Policy recommendations include among others provision of inputs (including agricultural credits) at the right time and the encouragement of farmers to form NERICA/Rice variety cooperatives with a view to improving the food insecurity in the study area.

Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, 2019

The study was carried out on the Determinant of Technical Efficiency of Sesame Production in Kurm... more The study was carried out on the Determinant of Technical Efficiency of Sesame Production in Kurmi Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to examine Socioeconomic characteristic of the respondents; determine the profitability of Sesame enterprise; establish the technical efficiency of Sesame farmers and establish the determinants of the efficiency of farmers. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources. Purposive and simple random sampling technique was adopted for the study. 82 structured questionnaires were administered and were retrieved. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Gross margin analysis and stochastic production efficiency frontier. The results of Socioeconomic Characteristics revealed that males constitute the highest population with over 64.6% of the household heads, majority of the farmers were within the age bracket of 31-40 years, constituting 48% among sampled households. The mean age of Sesame farmers was 42 years, 63.4% of the respondents were married. The result indicates that about 90.2 % of the respondents were literate at least having one form of formal education or the other with 70.7% have household sizes that are more than six with a mean of about 9 persons. Over 81% had 6-20 years of Sesame farming experience with the average years of experience of 10 years, access to extension services remains a challenge, as over 80% do not have access in the study area, 76.8 % of the respondents had no access to credit. The finding revealed that sesame production is h i g h l y profitable in the study area with profitability index of N 1.8 kobo. The result of the stochastic frontier production indicates that the coefficients of the variables Seed, farm size, labour, herbicide and fertilizer were positive and significant at 1% and 5% level of probability and hence play a major role in Sesame production in the study area except fertilizer which is negative and statistically significant at 5% level. The coefficient of age, farming experience, household size, extension contact with farmers, and access to credit (-0.139,-0.168,-0.004,-0.065 and-0.039 respectively), were negative and significant and therefore, increases technical efficiency which agree with a prior expectation. The researcher concluded, Sesame farmers were found to be highly technically efficient. It recommended that since Sesame farmers are not realizing their full production potential, there is a need for sustained improvements on performance through enhanced roles by the government in educating farmers.

ACTA UNIVERSITATIS AGRICULTURAE ET SILVICULTURAE MENDELIANAE BRUNENSIS, 2018

The purpose of this study was to analyse rural farm households' access to formal agricultural cre... more The purpose of this study was to analyse rural farm households' access to formal agricultural credit in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa state, Nigeria. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the primary data collected using structured questionnaire (from 140 rural farming households). Findings from the study have shown that, 90 % of the respondents were male, mostly educated (70 %) and married (89 %) engaging in farming as their primary livelihood activity (about 81 %) with an average farm size of 2.47 hectares. The result of the binary logit regression has shown that level of education and income do influence access to credit positively, while age and distance to access point negatively influence respondents' access to formal credit. The study further revealed that, lack of acceptable collateral / security, high interest rates, low financial literacy, and complex banking procedures were the main factors that limits the respondents' access to credit facility from formal sources. In order for farmers to have an improved access to formal credits, the formation of strong groups that are viable to provide the needed capital is encouraged, banking operations should be simplified to suite farmers' needs / convenience and financial literacy among farmers should be improved through awareness campaigns (in agricultural extension packages).

Journal of Plant & Agriculture Research, 2018

The study analyzed the economic of rice production in Gassol local Government area of Taraba Stat... more The study analyzed the economic of rice production in Gassol local Government area of Taraba State. Data were collected using structured questionnaires administered to 140 respondents' selected using multi-stage random sampling technique. The analytical tools employed were descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The finding revealed that, majority (70%) of the respondents were male and married. Most (55%) of them were in their prime age and 62% had farming as a primary occupation. The gross margin per hectare of land was N72, 914.1655 implying that rice production is profitable in the study. Multiple regressions result revealed that, the Linear function gave the best fit, and was selected as the lead equation; farm size (X 2), Seeds (X 3), Hire labour (X 6), agro-chemicals (X 5) and Farming experience (X 8) contributed significantly to rice farmers' output in the study area. High cost of inputs, lack of contact with extension agents, poor storage facilities and high cost of transportation were the major production challenges. The study recommended among others; the creation of opportunities for enhanced farmers' accessibility to inputs and as well extension agents should be giving incentive so that they can education farmers' using different mass media communication strategies.

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences

This study used stochastic frontier Analysis to estimate the technical efficiency of cassava prod... more This study used stochastic frontier Analysis to estimate the technical efficiency of cassava production in Ardo-kola Local Government Area of Taraba state. A multi-stage sampling was employed in selecting 142 respondents in the study area. The maximum likelihood estimates of the stochastic frontier production function revealed that farm size, family labour, cassava cutting planting and fertilizer were significantly and positively related to cassava output. Technical efficiency (TE) scores ranged from 0.43 to 0.96 with a mean TE of 0.74, implying that there is a scope for increasing technical efficiency in cassava production by 0.26 in short run under current technology. The study proffered the following recommendations; That Cassava farmers should have access to extension agents to increase their probability of being productive and efficient, policy should be targeted to provide adequate training to extension agents to enhance their performance to their clientele.