Determinants of total factor productivity in rain-fed lowland rice production system in Nigeria

Akintayo, OI; Rahji, M. A. Y.

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“…Nigeria's long coastline, tropical climate, reliance on agriculture, and low family capacity for climate change adaptation all contribute to the country's vulnerability to shocks, particularly those related to climate change (Adepoju and Salman, 2013). Akintayo and Rahji (2011) states that "agriculture is the most prevalent income-generating activity in many Nigerian households," which is consistent with the Maplecroft Report (2013) finding that countries susceptible to climate change depend significantly on agriculture. As a result, rural livelihoods in Nigeria are extremely sensitive to climate change.…”

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“…In line with Fakayode et al, (2008) the inputs that considered in this study are: cost of labour, cost of planting materials, cost of inorganic fertilizer, Cost of herbicide and cost of pesticide. Following Akintayo and Rahji, (2011) to examine the effect of some socio-economic variables as well as Climate smart techniques on the "Total Factor Productivity" (TFP), the TFP estimate was subjected to ordinary least square regression to obtain the coefficient of multiple determinations (R 2 ), F-Statistics, standard error and their values. The ordinary least square regression model is a best linear unbiased estimator whose estimate possesses the desirable properties of unbiasedness, efficiency and consistency.…”

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Evaluation of Rural Households Practices For Climate-Smart Agriculture Technology In Zamfara State, Nigeria

Alhassan¹,

Sanchi²,

Ikpe³

et al. 2023

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This study assessed the Climate Smart Agricultural Practices (CSAP) adopted by arable crop farmers in adapting to climate change and environmental issues in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling techniques was used to select six local government areas in the state. Three hundred and fifty (350) farmers were randomly selected and administered questionnaire. Sets of standardized questionnaires survey and interview were used to elicit information on CSAP from the farmers. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Total Factor Productivity (TFP), and Least Squares Regression (LSR). The analyzed results were presented on tables and charts. The results show that the prevalent CSAP adopted by the farmers were: cover cropping, application of organic manures, adoption of minimum tillage, practice of crop rotation with legumes, usage of mulching, application of inorganic fertilizers and planting of improved seed varieties. Results of the determinants of TFP estimate reveals that age (-1.328), education (0.427), farm size (0.41), organic fertilizer (0.48), access to extension services (0.342), cover cropping (0.023), inorganic fertilizer (.47), improved seed varieties (0.503), crop rotation with legumes (0.54), access to credit facilities (0.273) significantly contribute to productivity at different levels of significance in the study area. While age impacted negatively on productivity, all others impacted positively on productivity. The study concluded that CSAP had positive impacts on crop productivity. The study recommends the adoption of sustainable CSAT such as the use of organic and inorganic fertilizer, cover cropping, and the use of improved seed varieties; provision of agricultural credit facilities to the farmers and availability of extension workers in the study area.

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Evaluation of Rural Households Practices For Climate-Smart Agriculture Technology In Zamfara State, Nigeria

Alhassan¹,

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Ikpe³

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“…The Cobb-Douglas production function is specified as: The expanded form is: Based on the view of Hussain and Perera, (2004) and as adopted by Akintayo and Rahji, (2011), Adepoju and Salman, (2013) the following factors were hypothesized as the determinants of TFP of arable crop farmers in the study area.…”

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Soil Conservation Techniques and Productivity of Arable Crop Farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria

AGBOOLA

Balogun

2021

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The study examined soil conservation techniques and its effect on productivity of arable crop farmers in Kogi state, Nigeria. Data were collected from 184 farmers using three stage sampling technique. Data analyses were carried out using descriptive statistics, Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and regression analysis. Result shows that the soil conservation technique prevalent in the area was application of inorganic fertilizer. About 36.4% of the sampled household heads have productivity value above average across all the soil conservation categories (productive). Result also reveals that age (-1.801), household size (-0.310) and access to credit (-0.056) impacted arable crop farmers negatively while alley cropping (0.357), crop rotation (0.380), application of inorganic fertilizer (0.503), mulching (0.560) and organic manure (0.373) positively impacted arable farmers’ productivity. The study concludes that soil conservation techniques are productivity enhancer. Promoting sustainable conservation techniques that are farm or farmer specific is recommended.

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Determinants of total factor productivity in rain-fed lowland rice production system in Nigeria

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Evaluation of Rural Households Practices For Climate-Smart Agriculture Technology In Zamfara State, Nigeria

Evaluation of Rural Households Practices For Climate-Smart Agriculture Technology In Zamfara State, Nigeria

Soil Conservation Techniques and Productivity of Arable Crop Farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria

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