Effect of Land Tenure on the Adoption of Sawah Rice Production System in Nigeria.

Alarima, Cornelius Idowu; Aromolaran, A. K.; Masunaga, Tsugiyuki; Wakatsuki, Toshiyuki

doi:10.18765/jes.v32i2.6602

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“…Oluwatayo et al (2019) reported that inheritance is the major form of land ownership in Nigeria. Similar results were presented by Eze et al (2011) and Alarima et al (2012). Purchase is land acquisition through outright purchase from the owner.…”

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Analysis of Social Dynamics Among Groundnut Farming Households in the Tropical Legume Project States in Nigeria

Ahmed¹,

Egwuma²,

Mohammed³

et al. 2020

JASD

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The study examined gender differences and social dynamics in groundnut producing communities in Nigeria with a view to understanding the adoption process, enhance programme targeting and ensure equitable access to improve groundnut production technologies among male and female groundnut farmers. Using a survey approach and Focus Group Discussion tool, male and female groups were selected from 3-4 communities/villages in 3-4 local government areas from Bauchi, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina and Kebbi States in tropical legume project states in Nigeria and interviewed. The result showed that female and male members of the groundnut farming households exhibit diverse and dynamic social relations. Average age of males was 45 years and females was 40 years with farming being the main occupation for both males and females but with females having agricultural processing as a second major occupation. Access to land is by inheritance for both men and women farmers but there is differential access to other farm inputs, key decisions on household resource control and utilization of revenue from farm. Understanding the dynamism of the gender relationships in terms of who takes decisions concerning access to farm resources such as land, variety of crops and types of seed to plant, contribution of harvest for home use and to market and control of income from sale of produce as well as provision for healthcare, education and other social welfare of the household will go a long way in designing policies to close the gender gap. It was recommended that the men should facilitate access to farm inputs to boost female groundnut production, encourage them to decide on their choice of variety to cultivate and take control of the use of income from its production.

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Analysis of Social Dynamics Among Groundnut Farming Households in the Tropical Legume Project States in Nigeria

Ahmed¹,

Egwuma²,

Mohammed³

et al. 2020

JASD

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“…However, given the stipulation of the Nigerian Land Use Decree of 1978 that all land belongs to the government which holds the same trust for the public, the beneficiaries of the communal land allocation system are not formally recognized as the legal land right holders (Alarima et al, 2012). The government, therefore, has the sole right to allocate land to individuals and corporate entities based on the objectives of the interested parties (Oloyede et al, 2014).…”

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SDG 2 – ending hunger: the effect of Nigeria’s land titling on production output and food security of farming households

Adeyemo,

Adeagbo

2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Achieving zero hunger is intricately linked to sustainable agricultural production and the workings of a farming system. With land being the most important resource in smallholder agriculture in developing countries; including Nigeria; the effect of legal land ownership is a sine qua non for the process of achieving zero hunger in Nigeria. This study examined Nigeria’s attempt at making agricultural land both accessible and utilizable for smallholders in Nigeria through the Presidential Technical Steering Committee on Land Reforms in 2009. The aim was to explore the extent to which land ownership had become legalized; so that it had positive investment incentives for smallholder farmers to improve their investment portfolio on their holdings. A secondary dataset of 4,032 respondents obtained from the Living Standard Survey Integrated Survey on Agriculture (LSMS/ISA) of the 2018/2019 season, was used for the study. Data analysis included descriptive statistics and a 2-stage least square model. The apriori being that legal land ownership provided a perception of security that would enhance farm-level investment; which would therefore increase production output and hence food security. The findings revealed that although land titling was low (~12%) within the agricultural system; its return on production output was highly significant (5.3; p < 0.05). The possession of land title would also increase per capita food consumption expenditure (0.35; p < 0.05) among the farming households. On average, households with access to land titles had a significantly higher (at p < 0.01) food expenditure (N9, 868.00) than those without land titles (N6171.72). Other farm-level investment variables such as credit use, and mechanization through tractor use were significant in improving food security amidst the security presented by possession of land title. Thus, expediting the implementation and coverage of formal land registration and titling may be a first step to contributing meaningfully to the food security drive of the SDGs in Nigeria.

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“…The green revolution package of high-yielding crop varieties (HYVs), irrigation and agrochemicals is mainly a technological intervention to boost food production, which can only be effective if properly communicated and disseminated to the farmers through appropriate channels. Sawah is a bunded, puddled and levelled field with inlet and outlet for irrigation and drainage (Alarima et al, 2016). Wakatsuki et al (2018) asserted that sawah rice farming system is the only solution to the long awaited green revolution in West Africa.…”

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Effect of information sources on farmers’ adoption of Sawah eco-technology in Nigeria

Idowu¹,

Kazeem²,

Enitan³

et al. 2020

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This study examined the effect of information sources on farmers’ adoption of Sawah eco-technology in Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 166 sawah farmers from Delta, Ebonyi, Kebbi, Kwara, Niger and Ondo states. Interview guide was used to elicit information on the farmers’ personal and production characteristics, sources of information and the sawah eco-technologies. Frequency counts, percentages, means, and chi-square were used to analyse the data. The results of the study revealed that average years of rice production and sawah rice production of the respondents were 34.0 years and 6.9 years respectively. The average farm size and yield of sawah rice of the respondents were 0.46 ha and 3.25 tonnes/ha, respectively. Commonly adopted sawah eco-technologies by the farmers were nursery bed preparations (100.0%), bund construction (92.9%), canal construction (84.9%), flooding (78.3%), puddling (73.4%) and use of power tiller (65.2%). The main sources of information on sawah by the respondents were contact farmers (92.4%), farmers’ association (87.3%), extension agents (87.3%), researchers (79.3%) and friends/relations (77.9%). There was significant (p<0.05) association between respondents’ use of contact farmers (χ2 = 31.28), extension agents (χ2 = 22.19), farmers association (χ2 = 23.06), researchers (χ2 = 19.62) and friends / relations (χ2 = 31.09) and adoption of sawah eco-technology. This study concluded that information sources are important in dissemination of sawah technologies in Nigeria. Therefore, improving the use of information sources that significantly affect adoption of sawah technology should be encouraged among farmers.Keywords: Information sources, Sawah eco-technology, technology adoption

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Effect of Land Tenure on the Adoption of Sawah Rice Production System in Nigeria.

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Analysis of Social Dynamics Among Groundnut Farming Households in the Tropical Legume Project States in Nigeria

Analysis of Social Dynamics Among Groundnut Farming Households in the Tropical Legume Project States in Nigeria

SDG 2 – ending hunger: the effect of Nigeria’s land titling on production output and food security of farming households

Effect of information sources on farmers’ adoption of Sawah eco-technology in Nigeria

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