Determinants of productivity level among rice farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria
Abstract
The need to improve the productivity and subsequently the local production of rice to reduce the huge wage bill expended on the importation of rice necessitated this study. The factors that determine the productivity level achieved by the rice farmers were assessed in this study. Structured questionnaire was administered to 120 randomly sampled rice farmers from Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun State. Results of the study reveal that majority of the respondents cultivate the improved version of the local variety, which is Ofada OS6. They also cultivate small farm holdings and they are knowledgeable in seed identification and sowing, fertilizer identification and application as well as intercropping of rice with other crops. However, their knowledge in herbicide use is low, indicating their low use or wrong use of herbicides. Productivity level of most of the respondents is low, while factors that determine their productivity level are farm size, knowledge of improved practices, quantity of labour used and respondents' level of education. There is thus the need to enhance respondents' knowledge of improved practices through extension education as well as exposing them to literacy programmes to boost their rice productivity.
... This is in consonance with the position of Ekong (2003), that married people in rural areas, see marriage as a very essential factor for facilitating farming and production activities. This is also consistent with the position of Akinbile (2007) that the effect of marriage enhances the release of family labour, thus making more hands available for productive activities in the farm. ...
... Hence, respondents cannot actively practice agricultural production of any form. Farm size has the tendency of propelling farmers to be more productive (Akinbile, 2007). ...
... It is expected that with increased SPFS, there is likely to be higher quantity of SPP, hence increased SPFS will enhance/stimulate high level SPP. Farmers with small farm size have limited production potentials, thus making them to remain at subsistence production level (Akinbile, 2007). ...
This study ascertained the determinants of sweet potato production level (SPPL) among farming households (FH) in Imo State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 135 respondents. Data were collected through structured interview schedule and analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics. The study reveals that the average sweet potato (SP) farm size and farming experience were 2.42 ha and 6 years, respectively. Majority of the respondents were male (55.6%) and married (50.4%). The mean age and household size of the respondents were 59 years and 5 persons, respectively. Most respondents had formal education (80.7%) and were not cultivating SP as their major livelihood activity (74.1%). Sweet potato information was accessed through neighbour (1.45). Unavailability of land (1.56) was the most severe constraints to high production of SP. Over 68% had low sweet potato production (LSPP). Determinants of SPPL were total farm size (β=0.31), cultivation of SP as a main livelihood activity (β=0.16), sweet potato farm size-SPFS (β=0.16), and constraints (β=-0.19). It is recommended that government and stakeholders should formulate and promote policies oriented toward mitigating unavailability of land for agricultural production, to bring about increase in farm size, this will led to increase production of SP.
... In order to determine the productivity level among rice farmers in Nigeria, in his research Akinbile (2007) analyzed the important factors, which are the following: farm size, educational level of respondents, the quantity of labor used and their knowledge of use of recommended practices. This research demonstrates that farmers with larger farm size are more productive than the ones who cultivate small holdings, thus, farm size factor significantly affects the production and consequently, productivity levels. ...
Currently, a lot of directions are being successfully developed in the field of resource and energy saving, but it is worth noting the special role of the housing and communal services sector, which is the largest consumer of fuel and energy resources and has a huge potential for energy saving. The measures taken by the state policy in the town-planning sector in the period from 2007 to 2015 allowed to reduce the specific consumption of energy resources by 13 percent. Russian buildings and structures still have the largest reserves of savings: 102 million here or 22 percent of the total energy saving potential in the country. The urgency of the system approach to the selection of energy-saving measures is justified by the need to prioritize the introduction of buildings that require capital repairs in energy saving programs to save budget funds. The lack of a methodology for the systematic development of such programs within the framework of reconstruction does not allow obtaining informed decisions in a short time with minimal effort. The examples show the possibility of using the results obtained in the development of capital repair programs for buildings for various purposes. In the presented article the conclusions of applicability of this technique for buildings of various purposes are formulated. In addition, the possibility of using the results obtained within the framework of the capital repair program in buildings for various purposes is determined, as a result of which the energy consumption of these facilities can be reduced.
... Rice is an important staple food in Nigeria, with about 180 million people estimated to consume nearly several million tons of rice annually (Fakayode et al., 2010;Ojogho and Erhabor, 2011;Grow Africa, 2018). The production and consumption of rice, specifically the locally cultivated rice, has been taking place in Nigeria for a long time (Akinbile et al., 2008). Rice is important in Nigeria from different perspectives: first, based on the number of kilocalories it supplies per person and per day in Nigeria, the supply of milled rice from domestic production and imports has increased at a rapid rate and contests with cassava and yams as a principal staple (Johnson and Dorosh, 2015). ...
The paper analyzed the demand for imported rice, local rice, maize, and other cereals in Nigeria. Using the second wave data of the Nigerian Living Standard Measurements Survey-Integrated Survey on Agriculture, it employed the Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System model for empirical analysis. The result indicates that the imported and local rice are proved to be normal goods. However, imported rice is a luxury item while local rice is a necessity. The compensated and uncompensated own-price elasticities for imported and local rice are negative, indicating that an increase in own-price will decrease its own-demand in line with the law of demand. The estimates of uncompensated cross-price elasticity show that imported rice and local rice are complements in Nigeria. Finally, the study represents an effort to disaggregate food demand analysis to obtain useful information on price and other factors determining the demand for specific foods. Contribution/ Originality This paper is an attempt to provide information on the demand for locally produced and imported rice in Nigeria and their views as either necessity and/or luxury commodities, across the different income quintiles, as well as in urban and rural areas across the country using the Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System model.
... Presently in the existing literature some importance studies are also underlined the issue, few notable studies among them are, Mundlak et al. (1997), Zohir et al. (2002), Akinbile (2007), Tanko et al. (2016), Khan et al. (2018), Jan et al. (2019), which highlighted the determinants of the rice production in difference countries. Nevertheless Iqbal et al. (2001), Mundlak et al. (1997) and Memon et al. (2015) underscored the issue specifically in Pakistan but no study has been conducted in Nasirabad Balochistan. ...
... Majority of the respondents were married which will make them to be emotionally stable and responsible which could contribute to labour and ideas in the growth of the business. This is in consonance with Akinbile (2007) that the effect of marriage could enhance the release of family labour, thus making more hands available for productive activities on the farm. Also, most of the respondents involved in livestock farming in the study area were Christians with majority in poultry farming and few in pig farming. ...
The attempt to improve protein consumption among Nigerians through an increase in livestock production has led to an upward trend in the quantity of waste generated in recent years. In this study, we examined the perceived effect of livestock waste on the wellbeing of farmworkers and residents within the farm catchment area in Oyo State.
A multistage sampling technique was used to select 148 respondents for the study. Data were obtained using a structured interview schedule and analysed using descriptive statistics, namely frequency, percentages, and t-test. The data revealed that 34.5% of respondents fell in the age range of 21–30 years. Most (68.9%) of them were males
and 56.8% had tertiary education. A majority (56.1%) had a poultry flock size ranging from 1,001 to 10,000 birds, 67% had piggery herd size ranging between 101 and 500 with 57.3% of livestock farms situated within farm settlements. The respondents generated more cracked eggs, manure, and litters as wastes. Forty-seven percent of the respondents
utilised disinfection and 40.0% used treatment of feeds as the major waste management practices whereas biomass production was least used (5%). Closing of windows early was the major indicated coping strategy for disturbances from waste. A significant difference exists between residents’ and farmworkers’ perception of livestock wastes on their wellbeing in the study area (t = 3.693, P = 0.000). Farmworkers and residents perceived the effect of livestock waste on their wellbeing to below. The wellbeing of residents was more affected by livestock waste than that of workers. There is a need to formulate rules and regulations governing the safe handling of waste in order to minimize its impact on the wellbeing of citizens.
... Rice grows in varied agroecologies on the continent but the yield of lowland rice surpasses other rice agroecologies. Akinbile (2007); Nascente and Kromocardi (2017) reported a grain yield in upland rice of 0.8-3.0 t ha À1 , which is considerably lower than those reported for the upland rice of 5-7 t ha À1 by (Oyekanmi, Okeleye, and Okonji (2008). ...
Iron deficiency is a major production constraint of upland rice in the tropics despite is abundance in the soil. This investigation aimed to explicate the effect of iron deficiency on the growth, development, grain yield and its attributes of some selected upland rice in the rainforest. Field experiments were established at Africa Rice sub-Station, Ibadan, Nigeria. The treatments consisted of 35 upland rice genotypes and availability of iron in the soil (Fe-sufficient and Fe-deficient). The treatments were arranged in alpha lattice design with three replications. It was observed that upland rice sown in iron (Fe) deficient soils had significantly lower growth (plant height, number of tillers and seedling vigor), flowered later, with significantly lower yield attributes (1000 grain weight, filled grain) and grain yield than those sown in Fe-sufficient soils. Conversely, the number of unfilled grains were significantly higher in upland rice sown in Fe-deficient than those in sufficient soils. Percentage yield loss was in the range 98.00% to 22.95% for China best and Faro 65 respectively. Genotypes were identified to be tolerant (Faro 65, NERICA 3 and IRAT 109) and susceptible (Ofada 2, NERICA 5 and China Best) to Fe-deficiency based on their percentage grain yield loss. These evidences suggested that despite the increased phenology of upland rice sown in Fe-deficient soils their reproductive growth was suppressed through increased number of unfilled grains as witnessed in China Best and Faro 64.
The study determined allocative efficiency among rainfed rice farmers in Ardo-kola and Jalingo local government area of Taraba State, Nigeria. The objectives of the paper were to determined allocative efficiency of rice farmers in the study area. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to collect data from 180 rice farmers through a structured questionnaire. Both descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier approach were used to analyze data collected. Diagnostic statistic, gamma (0.856) and sigma squared (0.191) were statistically significant at P≤ 0.01. probability level. The result further revealed that cost of seed and cost of fertilizer were significant at P≤ 0.01, while cost of family labour and cost of agrochemicals were significant at P≤ 0.05. The mean allocative efficiency (AE) is 0.89. The study also revealed that education, age and extension contact and gender increases allocative efficiency of rice farmers in the study area. The study recommends diversification of income, especially to rice farmers with large household size. However, farmers should be encouraged with improved facilities either from government and non-governmental agencies.
The burden of poor access to financial services tends to be heavier on rice farmers because of the government's predisposition to bridge rice demand-supply deficit through importation. Improving yields is insufficient to lift rice farmers from poverty. It is necessary to understand and change the system in which the farmers operate one of which is the debt-equity mix of the enterprise. This study analyzed the relationship between socioeconomic characteristics and leverage ratio of rice farmers in Anambra State Nigeria with a view to informing and influencing policy. A hundred rice farmers were randomly selected. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. The debt-equity ratio was 0.33. Therefore, the rice farmer could employ more debt to increase yield. In terms of solvency and credit worthiness, the rice farmer had the capacity to employ more debt for profitable investment. Targeted financial and risk management assistance should be extended to the farmers.
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