Input Use Efficiency of Cocoa Farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria

Oluyole, K. A.; Usman, J.; Oni, O. A.; Oduwole, O. O.

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“…Higher household size is expected to result in more family labour and hence to reduce the need for hired labour. This is in spite of the observation by Oluyole et al (2013) who reported that there was no relationship between household size and labour use structure in a similar study carried out in Nigeria. The fact that hired labour use increased with an income may not be unconnected with the availability of more money from which wages of hired labour could be paid.…”

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“…Hunger and poor nutrition with their resultant ill-health and sometimes deaths, have also taken its toll on available labour from farming families. Rural-urban migration and the more attractive off-farm labour requirement have left mainly the aged and less mobile farmers to work on the farms (Oluyole et al, 2013). Amsalu et al (2013) opined that shortage of farm labour at peak seasons may be a reason for households to hire farm labour.…”

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Assessment of hired labour use and food security among rural farming households in Kwara State, Nigeria

2014

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This study examined the relationship between hired labour use and food security among rural farming households in Kwara State, Nigeria. It determined the food security status of rural farming households and investigated the determinants of hired labour use. A four-stage random sampling technique was used to select 135 rural farming households from which data were collected with the use of a well-structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and the Tobit regression model were the analytical tools used for the study. The study revealed that only about half of the households (51.1%) were food secure and that there is a positive correlation between the hired labour use and their food security status. Dependency ratio, age and educational qualification of the household head, total household size, and household income significantly influenced hired labour use (p<0.01). The study recommends the need for agricultural credit schemes in Nigeria to accord higher priority to older farmers and poor rural households. In addition, extension education which emphasizes agriculture as a business rather than a mere way of life should be promoted among farmers.

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Assessment of hired labour use and food security among rural farming households in Kwara State, Nigeria

2014

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“…It shows that the value of domestic resources used in cocoa production in the three management systems is lower than the value added. This implies an efficient use of domestic resources in production and that production is socially profitable (Oluyole [14]). However, cocoa production under Owner management system had the highest comparative advantage with the DRC value of 0.52 since the lower the value of DRC, the higher the comparative advantage.…”

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“…According to Oluyole et al [14], there are three cocoa production management systems. These are Owner-managed farms, Lease-managed farms and Sharecropped farms.…”

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Competitiveness and Comparative Advantage of Cocoa Production in Southwestern Nigeria: A Policy Analysis Approach

Oluyole¹

2018

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The study investigated the competitiveness and comparative advantage of cocoa production management systems in the study area. The project was carried out among cocoa farmers in Ondo and Osun States of Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to collect data from the farmers. Data were collected from the respondents with the aid of structured questionnaire and the data obtained from the questionnaire were analysed using Descriptive analysis, Private Profitability, Private Cost Ratio, Social Profitability and Domestic Resource Cost. Most (63.64%) of the respondents are of age 50 years and below while majority (84.09%) of the farmers are having formal education. However, 87.50% of the farmers are having farm size 5 hectares and below. The result of Private Profitability was positive in all the three management systems while the Private Cost Ratio (PCR) was less than one in all the management systems considered. The result of Social Profitability was positive while that of Domestic Resource Cost (DRC) was less than one in all the production management systems. The study concluded that cocoa production is highly competitive in the study area.

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“…Until recently, Nigeria used to be the second producer of cocoa in the world and the highest source of foreign exchange earnings, but due to a combination of several factors, its production has continued to dwindle over time (Adegbola and Abe, 1983;Oluyole and Sanusi, 2009;Oluyole et al, 2013). For instance, Olaiya (2016) attributed the cause of decline in cocoa production to the oil boom syndrome coupled with other socio-economic factors.…”

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Adoption of Some Cocoa Production Technologies by Cocoa Farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria

Akintelu

Mele

Sobanke

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IJAITG

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This study examined the cocoa production technologies adopted by cocoa farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria. Data used for the study were collected from 134 cocoa farmers through the use of a structured questionnaire. Using descriptive and inferential statistics for the analysis, our study revealed that production technologies adopted by cocoa farmers in Kogi State includes planting hybrid cocoa varieties (4.55), weed control (4.34), control of black pod disease with fungicides (4.39), fertiliser application (4.21) and control of capsids with insecticides (4.30). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) shows that there is a significant difference (0.68, p < 0.05) between production technologies adopted and cocoa production output among farmers. This indicates that production technologies has led to quality of output and improved farm practices. This paper concludes that farmer should strive to improve more on these technologies. Where there is inadequate enabling environment for farmers, the possibility of reduction of cocoa product is inevitable.

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Input Use Efficiency of Cocoa Farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria

Cited by 18 publications

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Assessment of hired labour use and food security among rural farming households in Kwara State, Nigeria

Assessment of hired labour use and food security among rural farming households in Kwara State, Nigeria

Competitiveness and Comparative Advantage of Cocoa Production in Southwestern Nigeria: A Policy Analysis Approach

Adoption of Some Cocoa Production Technologies by Cocoa Farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria

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