Determinants of Household’s Poverty Among Crop Farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Adamu, B. D.; Tanko, F.; Barnabas, T. M.; Adejoh, E. U.

doi:10.33003/fjs-2021-0501-600

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“…This finding is in line with that of Abdulmumini et al (2019) who stated that the age population of the respondents in a similar study in Jigawa State was young and energetic that can affect the adoption of technologies. The result also agrees with the findings of Adamu et al (2021) who reported that young farmers in the productive age have the capacity of carrying out agricultural production.…”

Section: Socio-economic Characteristics Of Respondentssupporting

confidence: 92%

Factors Influencing Adoption of Agroforestry Farming System as a Means for Sustainable Environmental Conservation Method in Jere Lga, Borno State, Nigeria

Ibrahim¹,

Nabage²

2023

JASD

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Farmers were exposed to agroforestry but did not adopt the system due to some perceived factors. However, unless they adopt agroforestry farming system, the potential benefits of the technology for livelihood improvement and sustainable environmental management will not be realized. Thus, this study was carried out to assess the factors influencing adoption of agroforestry farming systems as a means for sustainable environmental conservation method in Jere L.G.A of Borno State. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select the respondents for this study. A total of one hundred and twenty (120) respondents interviewed for the study. Data were collected using structured questionnaires. Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics which include frequency distributions, means, and percentages. The ordered logistic regression was used to estimate the factors influencing the adoption of agroforestry as a means of sustainable conservation practices by farmers in the study area. The result revealed that majority of the farmers were aware of agroforestry mostly through their farmers’ association. The major factors that positively influenced adoption of agroforestry include gender, household size, extension services and farming experience. Despite the numerous benefits of agroforestry to environmental conservation, farmers were constrained by land fragmentation possibly due to inheritance, inadequate nurseries where seeds/seedlings can be accessed, inadequate incentives and poor government policies, poor access to extension services, inadequate capital, long gestation period of trees, damage caused by animals/humans, limited use of machineries and unavailability of labour. It was recommended that land fragmentation should be discouraged, extension services, seedlings and incentives should also be provided to farmers in the study area to encourage and motivate them to go into agroforestry farming to sustain environmental conservation in the area.

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Section: Socio-economic Characteristics Of Respondentssupporting

confidence: 92%

Factors Influencing Adoption of Agroforestry Farming System as a Means for Sustainable Environmental Conservation Method in Jere Lga, Borno State, Nigeria

Ibrahim¹,

Nabage²

2023

JASD

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“…fertilizer input) at affordable prices, and to sell their farm produce in bulk. According to Adamu et al (2021) membership in a cooperative association exposes women rice farmers to vital information as well as to access to production inputs. The sources of capital for rice production include the following: personal savings (72%), friends and family (16%), banks/ financial institutions (02%), cooperatives (8%), and money lenders (2%) (Figure 2).…”

Section: Institutional Variables Accessed By Women Rice Farmersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…About 88% of the women rice farmers did not have access to credit facilities, while 12% had access. According to Adamu et al (2021) access to credit facilities will go a long way in improving the individual farm enterprises in terms of agricultural production. The access to agricultural credit by women rice farmers has the propensity to break the vicious cycle of poverty and raise the purchasing power of farm households.…”

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confidence: 99%

Economic efficiency of rice production among the small-scale women farmers in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

ALABI,

ALUWONG,

ATTEH

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This study evaluated the economic efficiency of rice production among the small-scale women farmers in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 100 small-scale women rice farmers. The primary data were collected with the aid of a well-designed and well-structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, farm budgeting technique, financial analysis, the Stochastic production frontier efficiency model, and the Tobit dichotomous regression model. The results show that 88% of women rice farmers were below 50 years old. The mean age was 44 years. Averagely, they were small-scale farmers with 1.31 hectares of farm land. The labor input in man-days constituted the highest percentage of about 50.8% of the total costs of activities involved in rice production. The net farm income and gross margin ratio was estimated at 416,800 Naira and 0.63 respectively. This shows that the rice production by women farmers was profitable and worthwhile. The mean allocative, economic, technical efficiency scores were 50.3%, 50.8%, and 51.20% leaving the efficiency gaps of 49.7%, 49.2%, and 48.8% for improvement respectively. The significant factors influencing the economic efficiency of the rice production among women farmers include the following: – farm size, labor input, household size, seed input, fertilizer input, chemical input, farm experience, and access to credit. The major constraints encountered by women rice farmers include the following: inadequate credit facilities (1st), high cost of labor (2nd), high cost of fertilizers (3rd) and high cost of herbicides (4th). The study recommends that farm inputs such as improved seeds, fertilizer input, chemical input and herbicides should be made available to women farmers at affordable prices. Credit facilities devoid of rigorous administrative procedures at low interest rate should be made available to women farmers Keywords: economic efficiency, rice production, Tobit regression model, small-scale women farmers, Abuja, Nigeria

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“…The States with the highest production (Taraba, Benue and Niger) are not those with the highest yields (Nassarawa, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo and Imo) (Adamu, Esheya, & Tanko, 2021). High production States have larger areas under cultivation, suggesting that yam production may be more intensive in the high yield States.…”

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confidence: 96%

Socio-Economic Determinants of Yam Production in Ohaukwu Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

2023

JAEESS

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The study examined the socio-economic determinants of yam production in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. This study employed multistage sampling technique in selection of respondents for the study. Primary data were collected from 160 respondents in the study area using a structured questionnaire that was administered as interview schedule. Analytical techniques such as descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the specific objectives. Majority (70%) of the yam farmers were males, with mean age of 46 years. Majority (62%) of the yam farmers were married; and had an average household size of 8 persons. Most (39.4%) of the farmers engaged in civil service in addition to farming occupation and operated on an average farm size of 1.45 hectares. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that the coefficient of multiple determination (R2) of the regression model was 0.945. The co-efficient of sex (7873.994) had a positive sign and was statistically significant at 1% level of significance. Marital status (4426.857) of the respondents bore positive relationship with quantity of yam produced and statistically significant at 1% level of probability. The coefficient of household size (6012.118) of the farmers had a positive relationship with the output of yam in the area. The coefficient of farm size (36532.842) was found to be positive and statistically significant at 1% level of probability. The result had shown that the annual income of the respondents bore positive relationship with the output of yam in the area and statistically significant at 1% level of probability. The F-ratio of 255.209 which was significant at 1% probability level showed that the coefficient of the explanatory variables included in the model were statistically different from zero, thus the goodness-of-fit of the model and its explanatory power. Constraint to the yam production were of infrastructural, institutional and economic factors as bad roads, lack of Storage facilities, lack of improved varieties, lack of government assistance and lack of extension agents’ visit among others. The null hypothesis (Ho) which stated that the socio-economic characteristics of the yam producers have no significant influence on the quantity of yam produced in the area was tested using F-test at 5% level of significance, rejected and the alternative accepted. This study concludes that yam production is profitable although the farmers were hindered by infrastructural, institutional and economic factors. Agricultural extension agents who are saddled with the responsibility of disseminating timely, complete actionable information should be repositioned and strengthened to ensure farmers access to information, through appropriate channels. This will shift the balance between success and failure of the farmers.

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Determinants of Household’s Poverty Among Crop Farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Factors Influencing Adoption of Agroforestry Farming System as a Means for Sustainable Environmental Conservation Method in Jere Lga, Borno State, Nigeria

Factors Influencing Adoption of Agroforestry Farming System as a Means for Sustainable Environmental Conservation Method in Jere Lga, Borno State, Nigeria

Economic efficiency of rice production among the small-scale women farmers in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Socio-Economic Determinants of Yam Production in Ohaukwu Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

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