Access to Subsidized Certified Improved Rice Seed and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Rice Farming Households in Nigeria

Awotide, Bola Amoke; Awoyemi, Taiwo Timothy; Diagne, Aliou

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“…The findings corroborate the study of Awotide et al . (). The difference in impact of participation was also estimated between male and female farmers as regards their productivity.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The positive influence of GESS on household per capital expenditure ( welfare ) corroborates the findings of the study of Awotide et al . () and Ogunniyi and Salman ().…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The massive distribution of high yielding varieties of seeds to farmers started two years ago and in particular, efforts have been focused more on the increase in rice production relatively to other crops. Rice has become a national commodity as the majority of the population now live on rice and their primary food security is entirely dependent on the volume of rice produced (Awotide et al ., ). A massive public‐private partnership with local seed companies and the Africa Rice Centre launched the free distribution of Faro 44 and Faro 52 to rice farmers across the country and two bags of fertilizer per farmer.…”

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Scaling Up Agricultural Innovation for Inclusive Livelihood and Productivity Outcomes in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Case of Nigeria

Adebayo¹,

Oluseyi²,

Ogundipe³

et al. 2017

African Development Review

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Agricultural research programmes driven by agricultural innovation system concepts usually aim to change the way in which low income rural agrarian households in a nation like Nigeria communicate with the market and the decisionmaking strategies pertaining to development of their agri-business and the scarce resources which are at their disposal. We assess the extent to which the use of these innovative agricultural research interventions impact upon the livelihood and productivity outcomes of rural smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan African using a case study of Nigeria. Using propensity score matching as a means of establishing a valid counterfactual and single differencing to measure impact, the study establishes that rural incomes and output are significantly impacted by agricultural research interventions that are driven by agricultural innovation systems concepts. The study finds that participating households had better livelihood, productivity and more diversified income portfolios during the implementation of innovative research intervention as a result of greater linkages to markets and capacity building opportunities; phasing out of the research programme reduced the diversity of income portfolios and led to the erosion of livelihoods. Therefore, agricultural innovation system concepts should be mainstreamed in all public agricultural extension and research programmes.

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“…The findings corroborate the study of Awotide et al . (). The difference in impact of participation was also estimated between male and female farmers as regards their productivity.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The positive influence of GESS on household per capital expenditure ( welfare ) corroborates the findings of the study of Awotide et al . () and Ogunniyi and Salman ().…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 97%

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confidence: 97%

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Scaling Up Agricultural Innovation for Inclusive Livelihood and Productivity Outcomes in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Case of Nigeria

Adebayo¹,

Oluseyi²,

Ogundipe³

et al. 2017

African Development Review

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“…Many studies have been conducted to assess the determinants and intensity of agricultural technology adoption (Adesina and Seidi, 1995;Adesina, 1996;Awotide et al 2012) and its impact on welfare and poverty reduction (Diagne and Demont, 2007;Diagne et al 2009;Wu et al 2010;Awotide et al 2011;Dontsop-Nguezet et al 2011;Amare et al 2012). These studies underline the positive impact of adoption of improved (seed) varieties on household livelihoods.…”

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Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers’ welfare in rural Nigeria

Karimov²,

2016

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This study assessed the determinants of intensity of adoption of Improved Rice Varieties (IRVs) and the effect of market participation on farmers' welfare in Nigeria using the Tobit and Heckman two-stage models, respectively. The sample consists of crosssectional data of 600 rice farmers selected randomly from three notable rice producing States in Nigeria. The variables that positively and significantly influenced the intensity of IRVs adoption include income from rice production, membership of a farmers' organization, and the distance to the nearest sources of seed, cost of seed, yield and level of training. Gender of household head, access to improved seed, years of formal education, and average rice yield were those variables that are positive and statistically significant in increasing the probability that a farmer would participate in the market. The result further suggests that any increase in the farmers' welfare is conditional on the probability of the farmer participating in the rice output markets. In addition, higher yield, income from rice production, gender of household head, and years of formal education are the variables that are positive and statistically significant in determining households' welfare. Therefore, it is recommended that formation of associations among the rural farmers should be encouraged. Access to seed and information about the IRVs are also essential to increase the intensity of its adoption. Programmes to improve contact with extension agents, increased access to credit, raising educational background and increasing the area devoted to cultivating IRVs are the factors to be promoted in order to increase market participation and hence improve the welfare of rural households.

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“…A study in the Philippines showed that use of the best quality seed available could increase rice yield by 7-20% (Diaz, Hossain, Merca, & Mew, 1998). Similarly, in Vietnam, 429 experiments demonstrated that the use of good-quality seed resulted in significant yield increases compared with 'local practice' plots, and that farmers benefitted from lower seeding rates, better yields and higher prices (Tin, Struik, Price, & Be, 2008), and in Nigeria, the use of certified improved rice seed increased the income from rice production by 18.5% and the per capita household income by 2.3% in 2010 (Awotide, Awoyemi, Diagne, & Ojehomond, 2011). The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI, 2012) confirmed that using quality seed could increase rice yield by between 5% and 20%.…”

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Rice productivity improvement in Cambodia through the application of technical recommendation in a farmer field school

Chhay

Suon²,

Tanaka

et al. 2016

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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Innovation in rice (Oryza sativa) productivity improvement is a major goal for rice research. However, many studies have tended to analyse the various factors that affect productivity separately, while farmers invest their scare resources in farm inputs that impact on multiple factors in the real farm. This study assessed the effectiveness of integrated pest management practised during farmer field school (FFS) training in Cambodia on the production efficiencies, yields and profitability of rice farming. In total, 270 FFSs on rice cultivated in the early wet, wet and dry seasons were randomly selected from three provinces in 3 years to analyse the production practices and productivity using six cost-related factors: seed, planting methods, field management, fertilizer use, pesticide application and harvesting. It was found that yields and profits were significantly higher with the technically recommended practices (TRs) than with traditional farmer practices (FPs). However, the reverse was true for production costs due to the overuse of seed and pesticides in FP, neither of which are correlated with yield increase for both FP and TR. Thus, the FFS approach is a knowledge-intensive field management tool that enables the rational use of farm inputs and that is expected to be highly effective for sustainable rice production improvement.

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Access to Subsidized Certified Improved Rice Seed and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Rice Farming Households in Nigeria

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Scaling Up Agricultural Innovation for Inclusive Livelihood and Productivity Outcomes in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Case of Nigeria

Scaling Up Agricultural Innovation for Inclusive Livelihood and Productivity Outcomes in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Case of Nigeria

Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers’ welfare in rural Nigeria

Rice productivity improvement in Cambodia through the application of technical recommendation in a farmer field school

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