Production Efficiency among Farm Credit and Non Farm Credit Users in the Smallholder Farming Systems of Rivers State, Nigeria

Anyanwu, SO

doi:10.1080/09766898.2011.11884677

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“…Credit availability and the efficiency of their utilization in the smallholder farming systems are two sides of the same coin. If credit is available but cannot be accessed by the smallholder farmers due to the existence of structural rigidities in credit administration, then the needed economic development will not be realized (Anyanwu, 2011). It has been argued that restricted access to finance, dearth of agricultural inputs, inefficient market systems and continued use of traditional agricultural techniques are among the factors responsible for low agricultural growth and development (Omanukwue, 2007).…”

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Problems and prospects of cassava production in Rivers State, Nigeria: A case study of Oyigbo local government area

Iyagba¹,

Anyanwu²

2012

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Cassava farmers generally are confronted with a lot of challenges especially in the Niger Delta. This study therefore examined the problems and prospects of cassava production in Oyigbo L.G.A. Multistage sampling technique was used in the data generation exercise. Six (6) villages were randomly selected from the seventeen villages that make up Oyigbo L.G.A. Descriptive statistical tools, such as frequency and percentages were used in analyzing the data. Results showed that majorities (65.6%) of the cassava farmers were above 51 years which implied that able bodied young men and women were scarcely available for farm work. The result further showed that about 50% of the farmers received only primary education. Most of them rented their farmlands, used old cassava stem cuttings and were scarcely visited by extension agents. It is therefore recommended that adequate infrastructural facilities such as good roads and electricity, etc be made available in the rural areas to reduce the migration of the youths to urban centers in search of non existent white collar jobs. Credit liberalization policy should also be implemented by the Government to enable the farmers increase their farm sizes and purchase improved planting materials. Adult education programmes should be intensified by the Government to raise the educational standards of these farmers. The training of more extension agents is hoped to increase the number of extension contacts among these smallholder cassava farmers.

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Problems and prospects of cassava production in Rivers State, Nigeria: A case study of Oyigbo local government area

Iyagba¹,

Anyanwu²

2012

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“…According to Xu and Jeffrey (1998), introducing new agricultural technologies do not result consequently in improving productivity in most developing countries. Therefore, an efficiency analysis was chosen as a way of investigating the reason that prevents productivity and efficiency growth in Malian rice farming.After its establishment by Farrell (1957), technical efficiency and technological gaps have been widely used in various agricultural researches to estimate the performances of given firms (Anyanwu, 2011;Dhungana, Nuthall, & Nartea, 2004;Mailena, Shamsudin, Radam, & Mohamed, 2014;J. A. Onumah, E. E. Onumah, Al-Hassan, & Bruemmer, 2013;Toma, Dobre, Dona, & Cofas, 2015).…”

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Stochastic Meta Frontier Analysis of Smallholder Rice Farmers’ Technical Efficiency

Korotoumou¹,

Macalou²,

Li³

et al. 2019

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The aim of this study is to compare the technical efficiency of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and Conventional Rice Production System (CRPS) farmers in Mali. Using cross-sectional data for 208 randomly selected rice farmers, the Stochastic Meta Frontier model is applied. The results indicate that the mean technical efficiency is 0.96 and 0.79 for SRI and CRPS respectively. This implies that SRI farmers were more technically efficiency than their counterpart. Similarly, the mean technology gap ratio was 0.98 and 0.91 for SRI and CRPS farmers, respectively. We also find that rice paddy production (SRI) was positively influenced by labor and negatively by organic manure while rice paddy production (CRPS) was positively linked with inorganic fertilizer and land. Further investigation reveals that family labor and flooding level increased the technical inefficiency for SRI adopters whereas education had a negative impact. For the CRSP farmers, the current factors were unable to account for technical inefficiency except age of farm household head. Our study finds strong cause to encourage SRI adoption as it could be the highly searched for solution for farmers to increase their yields and eventually enhance their food security status.

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“…More specifically, in this chapter we analyse the relationship between access to savings and technology adoption, by comparing the technical efficiency of farmers with and without access to a formal savings account. Technical efficiency and technological gaps have been addressed by many agricultural researchers to estimate farm performance (Anyanwu, 2011;Feder, 1985;Hernandez et al,2005. Some examples include the effect of farm size and technology adoption on productivity ; or technical efficiency of SMEs based on firm access to credit (Hernandez et al, 2005).…”

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The long walk to economic freedom: smallholder farmers’ access to technology and capital

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Having worked in the private sector and NGOs for some years prior to starting my PhD, I was greatly surprised to what extent the joint efforts of multilateral organisations, international governments, NGOs and private sector efforts are not enough to help Africa's smallholder farmers produce the right crops in optimal quantities, and more importantly, to make enough income through farming to sustain themselves beyond the minimum income of $US1.25 per day. A great majority of African farmers are still smallholders, despite the evident lack of scale economies. Exploitation of the continent's resources by the rest of the world persists, given our inability to cultivate oil palm, coffee or cocoa in the Northern hemisphere; yet the added value of production of raw materials for farmers remains fundamentally unrewarding. Much of today's farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are oppressed by unregulated capitalism and failing institutions which are not able to form the kind of welfare states that we enjoy in the Northern hemisphere.The aim of this thesis is to assess to what extent farmers can bypass dysfunctional institutions and enhance welfare by getting access to technology and capital. As we will see, access to these assets is necessary to help farmers optimize farm productivity and give them a choice -independence and freedom -of what they produce, what they sell and to whom, who they borrow from etc. The title of this thesis was inspired by Mandela's book "The Long Walk to Freedom", an autobiography which stands as a symbol of fight against apartheid and colonialism, a life-long battle to liberate the oppressed from the oppressor.The main question my thesis aims to address is this: can access to technology and capital bypass failing states and help alleviate farmers out of poverty? Before explaining how access to technology and capital can help farmers on the road to freedom, I will briefly elaborate on why inefficient institutions keep African farmers in a vicious circle of poverty. Problem statement: Implications of poor institutions in AfricaA common justification of poverty across farmlands in Africa are poor institutions (North, 1989, Acemoglu et al, 2005, which are arguably a result of poor management of resources, red tape, persistent corruption, conflict, etc. Part of the problem in post-colonial Africa are traditional pluralistic societies and political objectives which combine religions and kinship on the one hand and economic demands of modern democracies on the other hand (Skalnik 2013). Locally segmented governments struggle with a barrier between modern and traditional Africa, where the latter is largely dominated ritual, religious, economic and kinship limitations (see a broad review of relevant literature provided in Skalnik, 2013, p. 111). Levcenko (2007) argues that strong institutions enhance contract enforcement, property rights and shareholder protection. On the other hand, countries with weak institutions suffer from incomplete contracts and higher transaction costs of doing business. Poor instit...

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Production Efficiency among Farm Credit and Non Farm Credit Users in the Smallholder Farming Systems of Rivers State, Nigeria

Cited by 3 publications

References 4 publications

Problems and prospects of cassava production in Rivers State, Nigeria: A case study of Oyigbo local government area

Problems and prospects of cassava production in Rivers State, Nigeria: A case study of Oyigbo local government area

Stochastic Meta Frontier Analysis of Smallholder Rice Farmers’ Technical Efficiency

The long walk to economic freedom: smallholder farmers’ access to technology and capital

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