Effects of Land Acquisition for Large Scale Farming on the Performance of Small Scale Farming in Nigeria

Ojo, S. O.

doi:10.1080/09709274.2008.11906096

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“…Also, the study by Ojo [20] examined the effects of land acquisition for large-scale farming on the performance, productivity and technical efficiency of small-scale farming in Nigeria. The farmers were grouped into two groups: farmers whose families donated land for large-scale oil palm project (A) and those who did not (B).…”

Section: State Of Land Acquisition and Land Market In Nigeriamentioning

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Land Acquisition and Use in Nigeria: Implications for Sustainable Food and Livelihood Security

Oluwatayo¹,

Timothy²,

Ojo³

2019

Land Use - Assessing the Past, Envisioning the Future

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Land acquisition and use remain a critical issue of great policy relevance in developing countries such as Nigeria. This study therefore examined land acquisition and use in Nigeria within the context of food and livelihood security. The chapter used secondary data obtained from the World Bank website, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and other sources. It was found that there are gender, location and income-group considerations in the allocation of land in Nigeria. While the urban land market is relatively more formal, the rural land market is informal and the transactions were not documented in most cases. The study found that bureaucratic bottlenecks, high cost of registering land and long registration procedures, and inconsistent policy regimes impede the development of land market in Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that the government should reduce and make the processes to be completed in registering lands in Nigeria easier. The Land Use Act 1978 should be amended to capture the prevailing realities around customary laws and informal markets. The government should reduce the cost of land registration in Nigeria. Multilateral organisations and government should co-create and co-finance innovative interventions to improve activities in the land market.

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Section: State Of Land Acquisition and Land Market In Nigeriamentioning

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Land Acquisition and Use in Nigeria: Implications for Sustainable Food and Livelihood Security

Oluwatayo¹,

Timothy²,

Ojo³

2019

Land Use - Assessing the Past, Envisioning the Future

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“…Ojo [12] reported that the stochastic frontier models are better estimated using either the Cobb-Douglas or Translog functional form.…”

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Efficiency Evaluation of Small Holders Palm Oil Production in Edo State, Nigeria

Bankole

Ojo

Olutumise

et al. 2018

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This study evaluates the efficiency of palm oil production in the Edo State of Nigeria. Primary data were collected using a set of structured questionnaire from one hundred and ten (110) smallholders' palm oil producers which were selected using multistage sampling techniques. The stochastic frontier production and cost functions model were used to predict the firm level technical and economic efficiencies respectively. The results of the Stochastic Frontier Production Function analysis indicated that the major factors that influenced the output of palm oil production in the study area were quantity of Fresh Fruit Bunch, labour and water. From the result of the inefficiency model, the major factors which influenced the technical efficiency of the respondents were; gender, level of education and years of experience. The return to scale (RTS) yields 0.188 which indicates a positive decreasing return to scale and that the palm oil production in the study area was in stage II of the production.The technical efficiency of palm oil producers ranges from 0.65 to 0.95 with a mean Original Research Article

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“…At a more descriptive level, the results suggest that Nigeria adheres to land governance indicators related to recognition of western style land rights, restrictions, and basic compensation. Ojo (2008) examined the effects of land acquisition for large scale farming on the performance; productivity and technical efficiency of small-scale farming in Nigeria. The primary data for the study were collected from 200 small-scale farmers selected using the multistage sampling technique, from three local government areas in Ondo State, Nigeria.…”

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Land Tenure, Governance and Accountability in Nigeria: The Implications on Food Production to Feed the Present and the Future

2017

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Land is very vital for agricultural production, and for any nation that wants to be self-food sufficient. Different land reforms have taken place in Nigeria since 1960 with the aim of facilitating access to agricultural land, and make the nation self-sufficient in food production, but little changes have only been recorded. Bureaucracy by approving authorities in practice in communities where land is situated still hinders land acquisition for agricultural investment. This study therefore analyzes land policy, governance and accountability and draw out some implications on food production in Nigeria. The percentage of arable land to the total land area was 37.3 percent by available data in 2013, which suggests that smaller area is only available for cultivation with little for agricultural expansion. There may likely be a great challenge in producing enough food to sustain the future population of Nigeria if issues on land tenure and governance are not addressed. Even though our finding revealed that Nigerians cultivate more land at present than ever before with a percentage increase of 19.2 percent in 2000 to 2010, much needs to be done considering challenges confronting agricultural investors. Some of the identified challenges in Ogun State include: the activities of nomadic, high cost of land acquisition, land grabbing which has dispossessed members of the communities of their large parcels of land, scarcity of labor in rural community due to youth rural-urban drift and high cost of modern agricultural input preventing them to adopt. This is a dangerous trend for the future considering the current food deficit problem in Nigeria. Transparency in land governance with customary laws can improve land access. Removal of gender biases in access to land, bureaucracy and cost of securing and perfecting title, short-term lease which cannot be used as collateral for agricultural loans in the Land Use Act need to be amended.

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Effects of Land Acquisition for Large Scale Farming on the Performance of Small Scale Farming in Nigeria

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Land Acquisition and Use in Nigeria: Implications for Sustainable Food and Livelihood Security

Land Acquisition and Use in Nigeria: Implications for Sustainable Food and Livelihood Security

Efficiency Evaluation of Small Holders Palm Oil Production in Edo State, Nigeria

Land Tenure, Governance and Accountability in Nigeria: The Implications on Food Production to Feed the Present and the Future

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