Assessment of the Impact of Fadama III Development Project on Beneficiaries in Nasarawa State, Nigeria (original) (raw)
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Assessment of the poverty alleviation among beneficiaries of Fadama III agricultural project was studied at midline of implementation in Benue State, Nigeria. The study focused on determining the average income of project beneficiaries and comparing with non Fadama III households based on their crop, livestock and off-farm activities as well as comparing the quality of life of Fadama users with non-users. A sample size of 314 households in 20 LGAS had a breakdown of 192 Fadama Community Associations (FCA) and 2727 Fadama User Groups (FUGs). Data was collected by ten enumerators deployed to the study area as research assistants using well-structured electronic questionnaires administered via pre-programmed computer templates for the households and community surveys. STATA software was used in cleaning raw data, matching households and community data as well as in analysis of results. The impact of Fadama III on income distribution by a Lawrence curve on income inequality, for the tre...
— The National Fadama Development Project III is a five years action program (2008-2013), which is aimed at increasing the income of fadama land and water resource users to reduce rural poverty and increase food security in the community. After five years of its operation in the state, there is need to examine the socioeconomic impact of the project so as to appreciate its effectiveness or otherwise towards achieving its set objectives. To achieve this, questionnaires were administered to some of the beneficiary groups to appraise the impact of the project on their annual farm output and farm income. Student t-test was used to test the difference on beneficiaries' mean farm output and income before and during Fadama III project participation. Findings of this study show that Fadama III project in Jalingo LGA is dominated by male (88.04%) and most of the beneficiaries are middle aged people (31-45 years). The beneficiary' groups are dominated by married persons (88.04%), most of whom are farmers (93.48%). Greater proportion of the beneficiaries attended one form of formal education or the other, though, only few (19.57%) attained tertiary education level. The mean annual farm output and annual farm income of the project beneficiaries increased by 35.32% (from 63.34 bags to 85.71 bags) and 45.79% (from ₦261,880 to ₦381,790) respectively per annum. Furthermore, test of difference on the average annual farm output and farm income of beneficiaries before and during participation in the project in the study area shows a significant increase in their mean annual output and income. However, the project suffered numerous challenges both from service provider and community officers. These challenges range from inadequate capital, untimely disbursement of inputs, and procurement of substandard materials among others.
Journal of Agricultural Extension
This paper examined the effects of National Fadama III programme on the scale and scope of beneficiaries farming activities in the study area.. Two hundred randomly selected beneficiaries were used. Data were collected with the aid of structured interview schedule and analyzed using frequency, percentage and mean statistics. Results revealed that beneficiaries' scope of crop production increased significantly for maize, cassava, yam, plantain and agro processing. The scope of livestock production also increased for goatry, fisheries, poultry and for fish processing and a sharp decrease for piggery. The scale of crop production also revealed an increase significantly for cassava production, maize, yam and plantain. For livestock production, the mean population rose for poultry, goatry, fisheries and piggery. The income of beneficiaries also rose by 58%. The study recommended that the federal government should sustain the Fadama programme after World Bank withdraws from funding the programme.
An Analysis of the Impact of Fadama III Project on Poverty Alleviation in Delta State, Nigeria
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This study specifically sought to determine the average income of Fadama user and non Fadama user households based on their crop, livestock and off-farm activities as relating to project implementation and also the proportion of the Fadama user households attaining the observed average income. 152 participating households in Fadama III Project and 50 non participating households were randomly selected for this study. Data were collected by well trained enumerators through the use of well structured and pre-tested questionnaire and analyzed through the use of Descriptive and Inferential statistical tools. The Double-Difference (DD) Estimator was used to compare changes in outcome measures. Findings indicate that average age of the respondents was 52.4 years while 54.95% were males and about 68% were married with 20% possessing no formal education. (73.71%) of the respondents have household sizes ranging from 4 to 10 members. The average per capita income of the Fadama user households before the project implementation was N 62,480.00 while that of the Fadama III non beneficiaries was N63,572.00. On the average, the real income of Fadama III beneficiaries increased by about 36.67% (From N62, 480.00 to N85,391.42) as a result of participation in the project. By contrast however, average real income of Fadama III non beneficiaries increased only by 11.6% from N63,572.00 to N73,743.52. The mean increase in income for participants in Fadama III was significantly different from that of non participants at p = 0.05. Appropriate policy to ensure proper education of rural populace is advocated.
International Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019
The study assess the impact of Fadama I project on income and poverty of beneficiaries in Goronyo Local Government area of Sokoto State, Nigeria. A total of 160 respondents were selected using multistage, purposive and random sampling techniques. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and Foster, Greer and Thobecke (FGT) poverty index. The findings of the study on the demographic characteristics shows that majority of the beneficiaries are aged (55-65years) with no formal education. The project beneficiaries expressed satisfaction with the approach and monitoring methods adopted by Fadama I project in the implementation of the objectives, they also opined that the project had increased their incomes and had succeeded in addressing the farming needs of households in the study area. Moreover, the result revealed that Fadama I project beneficiaries had a mean per capita income of N28,332.86 before and N83,364.47 after Fadama I project intervention. The result of the FGT poverty index indicated that 66 percent of the beneficiaries' households were poor and 34 percent were non-poor before the project intervention. The result revealed that Fadama I project beneficiaries had increased the beneficiaries' mean per capita income from N28,332.86 before the project to N83,364.47 after the project intervention. The study also revealed that Fadama I project decreased the number of poor beneficiaries from 66% before to 57% after the project intervention. The study recommends that Governments and Development partners need to continue to support agriculture through project interventions such as Fadama I project using appropriate strategies that suit the beneficiaries' peculiarities.
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The study examined the impact of Fadama III project on the food security status of beneficiary and non beneficiary farmers in Kabba/Bunu LGA of Kogi state, Nigeria. A two stage sampling technique was used to select 5 villages out of the 15 villages in the area and 18 beneficiary and non beneficiary farmers from each village giving a total o 180 respondents. Generated data were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis, logistic regressions, food security index (FSI), food insecurity gap (FIG), headcount ratio (HCR) and surplus index (SI). Analysis of the socioeconomic variables revealed that most of the beneficiary farmers are within the age of 40 – 49 years while most of the non beneficiary farmers are within the age of 30 – 39 years. About 15% of the beneficiary farmers had no formal education while 46% of the non beneficiary farmers had no formal education. The crop output level of the farmers showed that beneficiary farmers had more output than the non beneficiary farmers wi...
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he study examines the impact of Fadama III Tprogramme on poverty reduction amongst fadama beneficiaries in Jos North LGA of Plateau State, Nigeria. The methodology adopted includes descriptive research design of the ex-post facto in which questionnaires, interviews and Focus Groups Discussion were employed. Primary data were used and analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) and results were presented in tables, frequency, percentages, including the chi-square technique. The study purposively selected a sample size 250 farmers who befitted from the programme across the twenty two towns and villages in the LGA, focusing mainly on the effects/impact of the programme on productivity, output and income of its beneficiaries. It was found that Fadama III programme has impacted positively on output and income of the beneficiaries, and the gains of the project also provided support to the vulnerable groups within the community, implying a significant impact on poverty re...
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