Assessing capital resource mobilization and allocation efficiency of small scale cereal crop farmers in Benue State, Nigeria

Odoemenem, I. U.; Alimba, Jonathan Okechukwu; Ezike, K. N. N.

doi:10.17485/ijst/2008/v1i5.6

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“…As further revealed by the study, those who were members of associations adopted the technology more than those who were non members. This is in support of study reported by Odoemenem (2007) stating that membership of association enhances access to information on improved technologies, material inputs of the technologies (fertilizers and chemicals) and credit for the purchase of inputs and pay for farm labour. Since a large number (56.3%) of farmers belonged to one organization or the other, the possibility of sharing knowledge among them concerning improved or new farm practices and new agricultural products is inevitable.…”

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confidence: 84%

Factors influencing the adoption of improved cowpea varieties in the Sudan Savannas of Northern Nigeria

Mbavai¹,

Shitu²,

Abdoulaye³

et al. 2019

J. Agric. Ext. Rural Dev

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The study was undertaken to determine the level and factors influencing adoption of improved cowpea varieties introduced by the Sudan Savanna Taskforce project in Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Data were collected from a random sample of 300 households from ten communities in the study area. The analytical tools used for data analysis include descriptive statistics to examine the level of adoption of improved cowpea varieties and Probit and Tobit regression models to identify factors that influence the adoption and intensity of use of the varieties respectively. Results from the analyzed data indicate that more farmers were aware of improved cowpea varieties by a magnitude of 40% and adoption improved by a magnitude of 35.7% adoption. In addition, households with formal education, extension contact, those who participated in the project activities, members of associations and cowpea growing experience are more likely to adopt improved cowpea varieties. Similarly, factors influencing the intensity of adoption were gender of farmers, extension contact, membership of association, participation in project activities and rearing of livestock. Finally, the study recommends that farm expansion and intensification of extension services would be an incentive to adoption decisions by small-scale farmers in the study area and extended to the less educated farmers. Furthermore, there is a need for special training, seminars, field demonstrations and technical support for the cowpea farmers.

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confidence: 84%

Factors influencing the adoption of improved cowpea varieties in the Sudan Savannas of Northern Nigeria

Mbavai¹,

Shitu²,

Abdoulaye³

et al. 2019

J. Agric. Ext. Rural Dev

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“…Because of its role in the circular flow of income in the economy, this assertion has been empirically established in both developing and developed countries (Blanchard & Giavazzi, 2016; Chamon et al, 2013; Lin & Peter, 2018). Odoemenem et al (2013) found that a farmer’s sex and income had a significant impact on savings based on their findings in Nigeria. Other authors, like Frączek (2011), argue that the amount of money saved is determined by a variety of factors, including income, interest rates, fiscal factors, demographics, psychological, cultural and social factors.…”

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confidence: 97%

Antecedents of Savings Behaviour Among Rural Households: A Holistic Approach

Bhat

Gomero

Khan

2022

FIIB Business Review

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The main purpose of this research is to empirically examine the antecedents of household savings behaviour in the Metekele, Beneshangu Guzu state of Ethiopia. In this study, three broader factors (household characteristics, socio-economic variables and institutional variables) influencing savings decisions of households have been identified and examined. This study followed mixed method research design with questionnaire and in-depth interviews as the main instruments. Binary logistic regression has been mainly utilized to analyse the quantitative data. The findings revealed age, educational level, family size, number of livestock unit, income, irrigation utilization, production season, participation in non-farm activities, use of credit, training and education significantly impact savings behaviour. However, sex, religion, marital status, land ownership and expenditure were found insignificant contributors to the model. The government and concerned parties should support more for the decision to save by facilitating and undertaking training on saving options, conducting regular review and monitoring to develop a clear policy on the importance of savings specifically for households on habit of regular savings.

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“…Belonging to cooperative societies will enhance participation in an intervention programme and Odoemenam [5] opined that cooperative membership enhances access to information on improved technologies.…”

Section: Agricultural Research and Technology: Open Access Journalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…About 79% of women in rural Nigeria consider agriculture as their primary source of livelihood and on average, comprise 43% of the agricultural labour force in developing countries. Yet, because of cultural attitudes, discrimination and a lack of recognition for the role in food production, women have less access to productive resources [5]. The author further explained that only 15% of landowners are women and they receive less than 10% of credit Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal and 70% of extension services.…”

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The National Root Crops Research Institution (NRCRI) Umudike embarked on massive capacity building and extension of technologies of new and improved food forms of cocoyam to rural farmers/women groups from 2005 to date in this country generally and south-east agricultural zone in particular. This study investigated how this training and extension of the technologies has empowered rural women to become entrepreneurs at various levels. A structured interview scheduled, were administered to 120 farmers in 2 agricultural zones of Abia (Ohafia and Umuahia). Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics like linear regression model and t-test was used to test the hypothesis. The result revealed that majority of the respondents was married (88%) while 12% were single and were reasonably aware of the technologies. However, on the utilization of the technologies, out of the 5 processing technologies, only 3 had high level of utilization, processing of cocoyam into cake (x ̅ =3.7) Bread (x ̅ 3.5 and Chin-chin (x ̅ =3.2). Also a tangible impact was made in the livelihood of the respondents as there was a reasonable difference in income of the respondents after the training. The major challenges associated with the utilization were no extension agents to answer their questions (x ̅ =3.90) lack of commitment =(x ̅ =3.25 and marketing of product = (x ̅ =3.17) among others. It is therefore recommended that re-training and provision of market facilities should be intensified to enhance the utilization of the processing technologies and their impact among the respondents.

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Assessing capital resource mobilization and allocation efficiency of small scale cereal crop farmers in Benue State, Nigeria

Cited by 10 publications

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Factors influencing the adoption of improved cowpea varieties in the Sudan Savannas of Northern Nigeria

Factors influencing the adoption of improved cowpea varieties in the Sudan Savannas of Northern Nigeria

Antecedents of Savings Behaviour Among Rural Households: A Holistic Approach

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