Food production in Nigeria is almost entirely rain fed despite the great potential of irrigation in Nigeria to boost agricultural productivity. The study assessed the profitability and efficiency of dry season irrigated okra farming in Adamawa State using primary data collected from 180 farmers through a simple random sampling technique. Profit efficiency and stochastic frontier function were used in analyzing the data. The result revealed that labor costs accounted for 48% of average variable cost while a farmer’s total revenue from irrigated okra produce was ₦228,642.56K ($408.2), total fixed cost and variable input cost was ₦102,440.37K ($182.93), resulting in a net farm income (NFI) of ₦126,201.63K ($225.36). The coefficients of farm size, household size, and fertilizer were positive and significant at the 1%, 10%, and 5% levels of probability, respectively, as revealed by the OLS results. Empirical estimate shows that the mean technical efficiency value of vegetable farmers was about 0.73 while Technical inefficiency coefficient of farming experience (−0.420), adjusted household size (−0.193), and extension contacts (−0.162) are variables that increased technical efficiency. Lack of access to water, high cost of equipment, and inadequate finance were identified as lead constraints of the okra farmers. Therefore, recommendations by the study are that farmers be encouraged to establish cooperative organizations so that they can pool their resources to create an irrigation system that is affordable. Also, sustainability of small scale irrigation scheme should be promoted by the government through skill enhanced trainings.
En este estudio, se utilizaron datos de una encuesta transversal reciente en el estado de Níger, Nigeria, África para examinar la relación entre el impacto de la crisis, la percepción del riesgo y la adopción de métodos de mitigación de riesgos entre los hogares agrícolas en el estado de Níger, Nigeria. Los objetivos específicos fueron: (i) describir la percepción de riesgos entre los hogares agropecuarios; (ii) examinar los determinantes de la percepción del riesgo futuro entre los agricultores; y (iii) describir los métodos de mitigación aplicados por los hogares. Se utilizó una tabla de frecuencias para describir el impacto y la percepción del riesgo futuro; Se utilizó la regresión de mínimos cuadrados ordinarios (OLS) para analizar los determinantes de la percepción del riesgo futuro entre los hogares agrícolas, y se utilizó un gráfico para describir los métodos de mitigación aplicados por los hogares. El resultado mostró que la mayoría de los encuestados experimentaron eventos climáticos extremos con un promedio de dos veces por hogar y experimentaron la mayor severidad. Los riesgos futuros más percibidos en cinco años fueron eventos climáticos extremos con una media de 6 veces por hogar durante cinco años y pronosticados con la mayor gravedad. El resultado de la regresión OLS mostró que el impacto climático, el impacto biológico, el impacto económico, el impacto sociopolítico y la edad del cabeza de familia fueron determinantes significativos y positivos de la percepción del riesgo futuro. Mientras que el estado civil se relacionó negativamente con la percepción de riesgo futuro. Los métodos de mitigación más empleados en la zona fueron los cultivos tolerantes a la sequía (63 %), diversificación de cultivos, parcelas y ganado (61 %), reservas (55 %), cultivo de arroz con riego en la estación seca (41 %). El estudio recomienda que se aliente a los agricultores a diversificar sus fuentes de sustento para aumentar su capacidad de adaptación. El gobierno debe invertir más en la expansión de las instalaciones de riego para garantizar la producción de alimentos durante todo el año y mejorar el bienestar de los hogares.
A fatal and rapidly spreading viral disease known as "Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHD)" ravaged the rabbit industry recently in Nigeria and had devastating effects. This posed a new threat to the Nigerian rabbit farming business and resulted in significant economic losses. The economic effect of this lethal rabbit disease on Nigerian rabbit farmers is yet to be examined by any study hence, the present study examined the economic impact of RHD on farmers in Kwara State, Nigeria, was examined. The study involved 120 rabbit farmers sampled using a snowballing technique. The description of the farmers’ socioeconomic characteristics and the analysis of the economic loss to rabbit farmers were done using descriptive statistics, while Garrettˈs ranking technique was used to determine the extent of damage to the rabbit farmers by the outbreak. The economic loss analysis revealed that an affected rabbit farmer lost ₦383,600 as a result of the outbreak, and the high mortality rate was identified as the first significant damage experienced by the rabbit farmers and the precursor of other economic losses to the affected farmers. We recommended a continuous extension education on the need for practicing stringent biosecurity to be provided to the farmers.
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