SEGUN BAMIDELE FAKAYODE

University of Ilorin | unilorin · Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management

Background: Many studies have focused on agricultural-related health hazards globally; however, little is known about agricultural stressors among crop farmers in the developing countries. This study identified agricultural stressors, their causes and ascribed effects among crop farmers in Nigeria. Methods: There were 70 crop farmers randomly se...

This study examined the socio-demographic determinantsof the type of land tenure system used by smallfarmers in Kwara State, Nigeria. A two-stage sampling techniquewas used to collect data from ninety six farmers for thepurpose of this study. Once collected, the data was analyzedusing both descriptive statistics and a multinomial regressionmodel. T...

The present study examines relationship between malaria and labour/income loss in rice production. Also, factors influencing sickness absence and choice of care provider among rice farming households in Nigeria were analyzed. Multistage sampling technique was employed in data collection where 570 rice farmers were selected. Data were analyzed using...

This study examined the pattern and drivers of agricultural land market in the rural part of Oyo state, Nigeria. The demand and supply models with cross-sectional survey were used to collect data from rural farm house-heads in order to examine the pattern and drivers of agricultural land market. Descriptive statistics and ordinary least square tech...

Household poverty, especially among the farm families which are the highest population in Nigeria is still a major issue of discourse among policy makers and analysts. This study assesses the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Federal Government of Nigeria (IFAD/FGN) poverty reduction programme among farm households in Ondo Sta...

Recently, it is acknowledged that mobile phones, as an asset, exhibits multiple functionalities and diverse applications that cut across all forms of capital accumulation necessary for sustainable livelihood. However, empirical result is sparse in Nigeria as to the impact of mobile phones on asset accumulation. This study examined the socio-economi...

Grain cereals are the food security staples of the poor masses around the globe. However, a significant proportion of these crops, especially cowpea are lost during storage. This is more so the case in Africa where postharvest losses due to the absence of efficient storage for cowpea is alarming: between 30-70 percent. This study, therefore, examin...

This paper examines the sources used by resource poor maize farmers in search of agricultural information on Striga control methods in Kwara State, Nigeria. A well structured interview schedule was used to elicit information using random sampling technique from one hundred and sixty (160) maize farmers in Edu and Patigi Local Government Areas which...

The current rate of micronutrient malnutrition which afflicts over two billion people worldwide calls for a paradigm shift to approaches aimed at linking agricultural production to improved human health, and livelihood. Recent findings indicate the potentials of Moringa tree value-chain development in achieving a sustainable agriculture-agriculture...

Sustainable development and diversification of income sources are goals that are pursued through the Nigerian Agricultural Policy and which can all be satisfied through biofuels. However, the extent to which small-scale farmers will be able to realize the benefits derived from bio-fuels depends on many conditions Identification of business models t...

The study reveals how palm oil mill technology alleviates poverty level of modern users better than the traditional users. This study is based on Primary data collected from a sample of 144 modern users of palm oil mill technology and traditional users using multi-stage random sampling. This research work used descriptive statistics to obtain socio...

This research investigated the adoption of smoking chokor among fish processors in Kwara state, Nigeria. The study made use of structured questionnaire along with interview schedule to a sample size of one hundred and seventy (170) processors randomly selected through a two-stage random sampling technique. The data were analyzed with descriptive an...

Investing in farm safety is a win-win game. Apart from improving the financial bottom line of a farm business, it increases and improves the labour productivity of farm workers, which in turn improve agricultural sector. Consequently, agricultural accidents place a great burden on the economy resulting in reduced return on investment (ROI) in agric...

The study reveals how palm oil mill technology alleviates poverty level of modern users better than the traditional users. This study is based on Primary data collected from a sample of 144 modern users of palm oil mill technology and traditional users using multi-stage random sampling. This research work used descriptive statistics to obtain socio...

ABSTRACT: The quest to meet the challenges of global food insecurity and low total factor productivity in African agriculture necessitated the adoption of massive use of agrochemical by small scale farmers. Nigerian agricultural sector just like most developing countries is dominated by small scale farmers with increased usage of agrochemicals i...

The quest to meet the challenges of global food insecurity and low total factor productivity in African agriculture necessitated the adoption of massive use of agrochemical by small scale farmers. Nigerian agricultural sector just like most developing countries is dominated by small scale farmers with increased usage of agrochemicals in this case...

The objectives of this study were two-folds; examined the use of mobile phone technology to facilitate catfish marketing and identified the determinants of variations in the frequency of mobile phone use for catfish marketing among agents involved in the marketing chain. The study was carried out in Kwara-state, Nigeria. One hundred and forty respo...

Copyright 2013 by [authors]. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.

This study examined the viability of prospective Jatropha based firms vis–a-vis employment opportunities in Nigeria, specifically the study identified the Jatropha bio-diesel and other allied products that were been researched into in Nigeria, estimated the costs and returns structure to Jatropha cultivation and the production of Jatropha based pro...

Nigeria loses about $750 million annually to the depletion of its 350 000 hectares of land by direct human activities and climate change. Consequently, the Sahara Desert has been moving southwards by 600 metres annually. 10 000 farming families have already been forced to move off the degraded land that has become barren. In the light of this, this...

Global trends nowadays towards long term sustainable crop production is hinged on either supplementing the use of chemical fertilizers with organic materials or a complete use of organic materials. This is more so since substituting chemical fertilizers with organic materials reduces the risks of exposure to ailments that arise on account of synthe...

This study examined the local cow milk products marketing in Nigeria, using Kwara as a case study. Specifically, the study appraised socio-economic characteristics of local cow milk products marketers, the marketing profile and identified problems limiting marketing activities for local cow milk products. For the study 75 respondents were surveyed...

Prevalence of malnutrition among under-five children is very high in many developing countries of the World. As a step towards reducing the prevalence, there is need to identify the important determinants of malnutrition in the specific context. This study examined the prevalence and determinants of malnutrition among under-five children of farming...

This study investigated constraints and training needs of oil palm fruit processors- ‘palm oil extractors’ in Nigeria, using Afijio Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria as a case study. A two stage sampling technique was used to select one hundred and sixty (160) households involved in palm oil extraction activities across the study area. Da...

There has been an intense debate in the last two decades on the nature of the relationship between income andcalorie intake. This paper relooks at the relationship using parametric and nonparametric techniques. The paperemployed a survey data set collected from farm households in rural Nigeria. Our analysis indicates that averageper capita daily ca...

The efficiency and profitability of yam-based cropping systems in Ekiti State was investigated using 120 randomly selected farming households. Descriptive statistics, costs and returns and regression model were employed as analytical tools. The results revealed yam-based cropping systems were profitable in the study area with return per hectare hig...

This study examined the nature and patterns of rice consumption in Nigeria, using Kwara State as a case study. The study methodology comprised a two stage sampling technique which was used to survey 110 rice consumer households across two villages and six towns in Kwara State. Analytical tools used in the study include descriptive statistics and th...

This study examined the viability of the sweet orange market in Nigeria using Kwara State, Nigeria as a case study. The study specifically estimated the distribution of net margins among the various marketing agents: wholesaler and retailer in the sweet orange market and identifies the constraints limiting the sweet orange commodity market. Data we...

The study examined beekeeping activities in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Specifically the study appraised the costs and returns structure of beekeeping activities by beneficiaries of the ESACA scheme, examined the constraints to beekeeping under the scheme and outside the scheme and identified factors that affect beekeeping under the scheme and outside th...

Off-farm activities have become an important component of livelihood strategies among rural households in most developing countries. It is often assumed that shrinking land availability is the main reason for the growing role of off-farm income among farm households in developing countries. In this paper, we used survey data from 220 small-holder f...

This study examined the role of cooperatives in agricultural productivity in Kwara state, Nigeria. Ninety (90) farmer cooperators and ninety (90) non-cooperator farmer households were randomly sampled across the state. The study data were analysed using the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression methods. Stu...

Maize and rice are two important cereals that have been identified by the Food and Agricultural Organisation as crops capable of remedying food insecurity situations in the developing nations, especially in sub-saharan Africa. However, rice and sometimes maize are usually cultivated as sole crops. Though monocropping results in high outputs, the gr...

The study tried to identify the determinants influencing Commercial banks decision to ration agricultural credit in South-Western, Nigeria. Data for the analysis were sourced from the agricultural credit transactions of the banks. Evidence from the multinomial logit model estimated shows that the borrowers are heterogeneous. Farm size, previous inc...

We performed an empirical economic analysis of the on-lending loan scheme of the Ekiti State Agricultural Credit Agency (ESACA), Nigeria. Specifically, we compared the cropping practices of the ESACA's loan beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries as well as the structure of cost and returns and factors affecting farmers' output. One hundred and sixty f...

This study examined the food security situations of the Nigerian's major farm households using Ekiti State, Nigeria as a case study. The study comprised a random sample of 160 farm households selected across 16 villages in the 2 Agricultural Development Project (ADP) zones of Ekiti State. The USDA approach for the analysis of farm household food se...

This study examined empirically the place of infrastructures in the agricultural productivity of majority farm households in Nigeria, using farm level data from Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study specifically surveyed eight infrastructures: roads, health centers, market centers, water supply, electricity supply, banks, communication gadgets, and educa...

The study specifically examines the nature of rice consumption in Nigeria, using Kwara State as a case study. The study methodology comprised a two-stage sampling technique which was used to survey 110 rice consumer households across two villages and six towns in Kwara State. Analytical tools used in the study include the descriptive statistics and...

The study examined the supply response of rice at the aggregate level over successive policy environments in Nigeria. Rice data for the period 1967-2004 were analyzed in order to meet the objectives of this study. Trend equations, Growth Decomposition and Kinked Growth models were estimated. Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) and Phillips-Peron (PP) uni...

This study examined empirically the place of infrastructures in the agricultural productivity of majority farm households in Nigeria, using farm level data from Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study specifically surveyed eight infrastructures: roads, health centers, market centers, water supply, electricity supply, banks, communication gadgets, and educa...

This study examined the ornamental plant nursery business in Nigeria, using Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State as a case study. The study specifically identified the factors affecting receipts from ornamental plant nursery operations and assessed the costs and returns structure for ornamental plant nursery business in Nigeria. For the study ornamental...

This study identified and assessed saving mobilization determinants by the farmer cooperators in Kwara State, Nigeria, Ninety (90) farmer cooperator household savers were purposively selected from 30 registered and active cooperative societies from the 4 zones of the state following the Kwara Agricultural Development Project's Zoning pattern. A wel...

This study assessed the productivities of prevalent cassava-based farms in the large Guinea Savannah ecology of Nigeria. For the study, 160 cassava producing households were selected across the Kwara State Agricultural Development Project (KWADP) zones and interviewed. The study data were analysed using the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and the O...