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Women and Land Tenure Security: The Nigerian Experience
Remi Adeyemo,
Michael Kirk,
Olaitan Olusegun
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2019
Pages:
41-47
Received:
29 January 2019
Accepted:
11 March 2019
Published:
27 March 2019
Abstract: This study investigated the farm level efficiency and farm income among tenure secured and unsecured women farmers in Osun State, Nigeria. Structured questionnaires were used to obtain information from one hundred and fifty farmers. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, stochastic frontier and farm budget analyses. Results from the farm budget analysis showed that women with secured land tenure generated higher income which was one hundred and fifty four thousand naira while that of women with unsecured land tenure was about eighty two thousand naira. Additional analysis revealed that land tenure secured women farmers were more efficient (64%) than their counterparts with unsecured tenure (48%). There was an overwhelming affirmation arising from the study which confirmed that women with tenure security were better off with respect to farm efficiency and farm income than women with unsecured tenure.
Abstract: This study investigated the farm level efficiency and farm income among tenure secured and unsecured women farmers in Osun State, Nigeria. Structured questionnaires were used to obtain information from one hundred and fifty farmers. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, stochastic frontier and farm budget analyses. Results from the f...
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Evaluation of the Determinants of Smallholder Famers’ Participation in Agricultural Extension in Western Ethiopia
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2019
Pages:
48-54
Received:
31 January 2019
Accepted:
6 March 2019
Published:
27 March 2019
Abstract: The study brought new estimates of determinants of smallholder farmers’ decision to participate in agricultural extension service in Western Ethiopia using 2017/18 farm household survey data. Multi-stage proportionate random sampling technique wasused to collect farm data of 360 households of which 245 farm households are participants and the remaining 115 farm households are non-participants in extension service. Both quantitative and qualitative research method was used and Primary data was obtained using structured questionnaires. Secondary data was also collected from reports, journals, past research works, official documents and the internet. The result of maximum likelihood estimation showed that sex of household, education level of household, family size, age of household, experience in extension, farming experience, farmers’ access to social network and DAs’ frequency of visitwere found to be significant determinants for the household participation in agricultural extension services. The conclusion is that the local and regional government should focus and invests massively in supply of extension services to smallholder farmers in order to promote crop production and food consumption.
Abstract: The study brought new estimates of determinants of smallholder farmers’ decision to participate in agricultural extension service in Western Ethiopia using 2017/18 farm household survey data. Multi-stage proportionate random sampling technique wasused to collect farm data of 360 households of which 245 farm households are participants and the remai...
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Structure, Conduct and Performance of Groundnut Markets: The Case of Fogera Woreda, South Gondar Zone of Amhara Regional State
Wubalem Gobie,
Teshale Wolde Amanuel,
Tewodros Tefera
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2019
Pages:
55-69
Received:
17 February 2019
Accepted:
22 March 2019
Published:
26 April 2019
Abstract: This paper looks at and assesses the structure, conduct and performance of groundnut markets in Fogera Woreda, South Gondar Zone of Amhara Regional State. Households and traders concerned in groundnut were interviewed for obtaining primary data. The study was conducted by incorporating from two kebeles of 175 groundnut producing households and seven markets of 34 traders. A multi stage sampling procedures were employed to select sample producers while for groundnut traders snowball sampling techniques was used. The result shows that nine major groundnut marketing channels were identified and using the respondents a total of 7432.8 quintals of groundnuts were transacted in 2015/16 production season and among its rural assemblers and urban wholesalers purchased about 66.7% and 29.33% of the total produce respectively. The analysis of the market structure indicates that the concentration ratio of 76.61% at Bahirdar market, which shows an oligopolistic market structure and which resulted in a groundnut market conduct characterized by a market strategy in which the traders have an upper hand in fixing the price of the groundnut as well as effecting payment by the time in favor of the traders. Concerning the market performance, the findings show that the benefit from groundnut marketing is skewed to few actors in the market chain. Notably, street vendors had the highest gross marketing margin with estimated share of 51% found in the channel III and followed processors and urban retailers with estimated share of 43.7% and 38.89% in channel I and II of the consumer’s price respectively. The highest total gross marketing margin found in channel IX which accounts for 64.81% of the consumer’s price and followed by channel VII and VIII which accounts each with estimated share of 64.05% of the consumer’s price. The lowest producers’ share is appropriated in channel IX which accounts 35.19% of the consumer’s price. The findings from this study, so strongly recommended that establishing well organized cooperatives for reducing the inefficiency due to high marketing margin as well as the oligopolistic market structure.
Abstract: This paper looks at and assesses the structure, conduct and performance of groundnut markets in Fogera Woreda, South Gondar Zone of Amhara Regional State. Households and traders concerned in groundnut were interviewed for obtaining primary data. The study was conducted by incorporating from two kebeles of 175 groundnut producing households and seve...
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Evaluation of the Impact of Partnership Program on the Technical and Economic Efficiency of Irrigation Water Use for Moroccan Citrus Farms
Nassreddine Maatala,
Aziz Fadlaoui,
Philippe Lebailly
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2019
Pages:
70-79
Received:
13 February 2019
Accepted:
19 March 2019
Published:
29 April 2019
Abstract: A public-private partnership (PPP) in irrigated area is a mode of collaboration and governance that allows the Moroccan Government to entrust the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of irrigation equipment to a private enterprise. In this research, we want to estimate technical efficiency of farms, the technical and economic efficiency of irrigation water use, analyzing the determinants of each of these aspects. The sampling was undertaken using the propensity score matching. The estimation of the farms’ technical efficiency was carried out using FRONTIER 4.1 software and a stochastic parametric method with the functional form Translog. The transition from an output orientation to an input orientation in order to estimate the technical and economic efficiency scores of the irrigation water was carried out through the use of the Reinhard derivative. The determinants of these aspects were analyzed with the Gnu Regression, Econometrics and Time series Library (Gretl) software using the Tobit model. A survey was carried out among 130 citrus growers (65 pairs). The average of the technical efficiency increased from 62% in 2009 to 72% in 2016. This improvement is explained by the presence of highly qualified employed who assure the management and the technical supervision of the workers on the farms. Conversely, the analysis shows that the PPP irrigation program has had no impact on the farms’ technical efficiency scores. On the basis of the results, it is appropriate to focus on several aspects in order to improve the different types of efficiencies. Indeed, the Moroccan Government must ensure the aspect of the technical supervision of farmers in the two perimeters, which will better help to control the technical conduct of citrus farms.
Abstract: A public-private partnership (PPP) in irrigated area is a mode of collaboration and governance that allows the Moroccan Government to entrust the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of irrigation equipment to a private enterprise. In this research, we want to estimate technical efficiency of farms, the technical and economic ...
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Constraints of Agricultural Input Supply and Its Impact on Small Scale Farming: The Case of Ambo District, West Shewa, Ethiopia
Tilahun Kenea,
Ahimed Umer,
Zinabu Ambisa
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2019
Pages:
80-86
Received:
17 February 2019
Accepted:
25 March 2019
Published:
29 April 2019
Abstract: Agriculture is a principal economic activity mainly for those developing countries. This study was intended to analyze the impact of agricultural input supply on small scale farming in the study area; to examine the trends and forms of farming practiced by the farmers, to identify the farm input constraint existed in the study area, to assess input supply and its link with forms of farming. Both primary data and secondary were used for the study. In the survey three different forms of farming were identified. These are farmers who cultivate their own lands, rent out their land and rent in other’s land. A formal and informal survey was conducted to gather information in Ambo district by using descriptive sampling techniques. The major output of the study indicates that agricultural input supply is poor in the study area. Moreover, input supply is influenced by major factors like input price, absence of input supply at the right time, credit constraint, farm size and annual income. Therefore, it is recommended that, improving the efficiency of credit system, timely and sufficient amount of delivering credit to farmers who engaged on crop production has to be considered, establishing efficient extension service in the study area is mandatory.
Abstract: Agriculture is a principal economic activity mainly for those developing countries. This study was intended to analyze the impact of agricultural input supply on small scale farming in the study area; to examine the trends and forms of farming practiced by the farmers, to identify the farm input constraint existed in the study area, to assess input...
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