Economic Impact Assessment of the National Fadama Development Project on Rural Farming Communities in Niger State of Nigeria (original) (raw)
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The prevalent food shortage and food insecurity in Nigeria can largely be attributed to over dependence on oil. This problem has become a perennial one. It has led to increase in poverty level in the country. This is disheartening considering the fact that the country is endowed with enormous agricultural and human resources. This ugly situation has been of great concern to agricultural administrators, policy makers and agricultural development practitioners. This research sought to ascertain the impact of Fadama project on income and productivity of Fadama users. Two sets of interview schedules were used. One was administered on Fadama User and the other on Non-Fadama users. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. It was observed that Fadama users had mean output of 5158(kg) of cassava, 6456 (kg) of Yam. Non Fadama users had mean output of 1950 (kg) of Cassava, 3621 (kg) of Yam. Experts have highlighted the challenges confronting adequate food production to include; poor infrastructural base, low capacity utilization, capital constraint, technical know-how, labour and manpower constraint, as well as policy, environmental and cultural constraints.
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International Journal of Business and Management, 2018
Since 1975, the World Bank has committed well over USD 1.2billion for Agricultural Development Projects (ADPs) to increase farm production and welfare among smallholder farmers in Nigeria. Evidence of evaluation of these ADPs and recently FADAMA in Nigeria is limited. Thus, this study aimed at assessing the impact of World Bank assisted Fadamaprogramme among smallholder rural farmers in Edo State, Nigeria. To achieve this objective, data were collected from 248 farmers who participated in the World Bank assisted Fadama programme randomly sampled from 52 Fadama User Groups (FUGs) in 18 communities, covering 6 LGAs from two senatorial districts. Primary data were obtained from the respondents by means of questionnaire and interview schedule, which were analysed using frequency distribution, mean, t-test and chi-square. An assessment of the poverty profile of the farmers revealed that the World Bank project was effective in enhancing farmers’ livelihood. Regarding the effectiveness of the programme in poverty reduction among smallholder farmers, the study found that the proportion of farmers/respondents who were very poor reduced from 59.3% to 17.3% after participating in the programme, while the non-poor increased from 32.3% to 59.3% after joining in the programme. Based on some limitations identified in the study it was recommended among others that the government should increase its counterpart support to agriculture development projects and link farmers with sources of better agricultural inputs and market. Keywords: Policymaking, World Bank, smallholder, Fadama, programme, poverty
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