Analysis of Productive Resources of Maize Crop Among Farming Households in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Owoeye R. S.,
Adetule F. S.,
Ajayi G. T.
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 5, September 2017
Pages:
142-148
Received:
28 June 2017
Accepted:
7 July 2017
Published:
15 August 2017
Abstract: This study examined productive resources of maize crop among farming households in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study used multistage sampling techniques. Data were collected from 120 maize farmers through well-structured questionnaires from three Local Government Areas of Ekiti State. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, and stochastic frontier regression model. Results from descriptive analysis showed that 30 percent of the maize farmers had secondary school education and above. Majority of the respondents (66.70%) had between 5 and 8 members that made up the household in the study area. It was revealed through the study that the majority of the respondents produced on a fairly large scale with average maize farm size of 3.39 hectares. Also, 80.0% of the maize farmers in the study area had more than 15 years farming experience. With profit of ₦116,590 per hectare and percentage profit of 58.63%, the venture is considered to be highly profitable. Farmers who invested ₦1 realized revenue of ₦1.59. The level of technical efficiency in maize production in Ekiti State ranged from 29.8% to 96.5% with a mean of 64.3%. This means that there are substantial opportunities to increase productivity and income through more efficient utilization of productive resources The RTS parameter (0.931) was obtained from the summation of the coefficients of the estimated inputs (elasticities) which indicates that maize production in the study area was in the Stage II of the production surface. Depreciation, hired labour, family labour, farm size and quantity of seed are the major farm specific variables that influence efficiency of the maize farmers while farming experience, extension access, land acquisition and access to credit contributed to technical inefficiency. It is therefore suggested that effort should be geared towards increasing the technical manpower of farmers, land redistribution policy that will increase the farm size of farmers in order to boost maize production should be encouraged; and in order to increase farmers’ profit, variable costs have to be cut down, since the bulk of the variable cost is incurred on labour, which would lead to greater gross margins and hence the profitability of the enterprise.
Abstract: This study examined productive resources of maize crop among farming households in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study used multistage sampling techniques. Data were collected from 120 maize farmers through well-structured questionnaires from three Local Government Areas of Ekiti State. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, ...
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Adoption of Improved Technologies in Maize-based Cropping Systems on Income of Farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 5, September 2017
Pages:
149-153
Received:
10 March 2017
Accepted:
7 April 2017
Published:
4 October 2017
Abstract: This study examined the effect of adoption of improved technologies in maize-based cropping systems on income of farmers in Ondo state, Nigeria. It specifically identified the socio-economic characteristics, determine the intensity of adoption of improved technologies introduced to maize-based farmers and examine the effect of adoption of improved technologies introduced to maize-based farmers on their income in the study area. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to obtain data from 160 maize-based farmers that were selected from 3 Local Government Areas in Ondo State. Descriptive Statistical Analysis, Budgetary Technique Analysis and Tobit Regression Analysis were used to analyze the data. Results on socio-economic characteristics disclosed that most (59.82 percent) of the respondents were relatively old (more than 50 years) with the mean age of 54.76 years. Also, 50.63 percent of the respondents had between 5 and 8 members in their households. It was revealed that only 29.62 percent of the respondents had secondary education and above. The farmers were well experienced with 65 percent of them having more than 20 years of farming experience and 73.75 percent of them had less than 2 hectares of land as farm size. The result of profitability analysis shows that the total revenue, gross margin and net farm income for the improved technology adopters are N750,450, N573,130 and N52,1940 respectively. On the other hand, the total revenue, gross margin and net farm income for the non-adopters of improved technology are N320,140, N244,180and N 227,830 respectively, implying that improved technology adopters performed way better than non-adopters in terms of total revenue, gross margin and total cost. The determinants of intensity of adoption of improved technologies in the study area as shown by Tobit regression estimate revealed that age, extension access, farming experience, marital status, household size, farm size and educational level were statistically significant, implying that they are the important variables found to greatly influence the intensity of adoption of improved technologies by maize-based farmers in Ondo state. It is therefore recommended that policy option requires the traditional technology users to embrace the improved agricultural technologies in order to increase their earning per unit of land cultivated should be introduced.
Abstract: This study examined the effect of adoption of improved technologies in maize-based cropping systems on income of farmers in Ondo state, Nigeria. It specifically identified the socio-economic characteristics, determine the intensity of adoption of improved technologies introduced to maize-based farmers and examine the effect of adoption of improved ...
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The Role of Honey Production in Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel of Major Global Producers
Nicholas Apergis,
Sofia Eleftheriou
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 5, September 2017
Pages:
154-159
Received:
4 August 2017
Accepted:
1 September 2017
Published:
12 October 2017
Abstract: This paper investigates the contribution of honey production to economic growth. Considering a sample of the major honey producers coming from the Americas, Eastern and European groups, as well as by taking advantage of panel methodological approaches, the empirical analysis documents that honey production could serve as an engine of growth. The results also highlight that the honey industry seems to stronger contribute to economic growth in the case of the Eastern group followed by the Americas and European groups.
Abstract: This paper investigates the contribution of honey production to economic growth. Considering a sample of the major honey producers coming from the Americas, Eastern and European groups, as well as by taking advantage of panel methodological approaches, the empirical analysis documents that honey production could serve as an engine of growth. The re...
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