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Development impact of agricultural projects on smallholder farmers: A case study from the Fadama iii project in Ebonyi state, NigeriaEgenti, Stanley January 2020 (has links)
Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS) / Nigeria has over 100 million people living below the US$1.90 poverty line. Most of these poor
people are rural smallholder farmers. Agricultural interventions are ongoing to alleviate poverty
and food insecurity amongst smallholder farmers in Nigeria, but these interventions have been less
successful when compared to similar interventions implemented by developed countries. One such
intervention in Nigeria is the Fadama III project. It is against this background that this study
evaluated the development impact of the Fadama III project on the agricultural yield, food security,
and income of smallholder farmers. The aim was to draw lessons from the evaluated project that
would guide the design of future agricultural projects that are more effective.
Using primary data from 300 farmers, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, probit regression,
propensity score matching, and a quasi-experimental research design, this study found that the
Fadama III project increases agricultural yield (rice yield), three dimensions of food security (food
availability, food access, food utility), and some type of income (income from cassava production)
of smallholder farmers in Ebonyi State. However, Fadama III does not significantly cause an
increase in the food stability dimension of food security and other types of income like income
from rice production. It also found that youth and female farmers are under-represented in Fadama
III project. Also
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Water resources development: opportunities for increased agricultural production in NigeriaOlagunju, Emmanuel Gbenga January 2007 (has links)
<p>Agriculture has been the backbone of the economy in Nigeria providing employment and source of livelihood for the increasing population and accounting for over half of the GDP of the Nigeria economy at independence in 1960. However, the role it plays in the regional and economic development of the country has diminished over the years due to the dominant role of the crude oil sector in the economy. With the increasing food demand in Nigeria, the country has available input natural resources and potential for increasing the volume of crop production towards meeting the food and nutritional requirement of the rapidly increasing population and guarantee food security in the country. The study was undertaken to analyse the effect of different factors and policies on the changes in trend of crop production and investigate the possible effect of water resources development on increased volume of agricultural crop production in Nigeria.</p><p>The study revealed that there are opportunities for water resources development in the country through irrigation to supplement the water requirements and needs of farmers for agricultural production activities in many areas in the semi-arid and arid regions. Available data shows that there are available land and water resources that could be developed to support the production of food and agricultural development with opportunity for increased productivity.</p><p>However, while the water resources are unevenly distributed in the country, there is need for the efficient use and management of the available water resources and increasing the productive use especially in the northern region of the country where there is increasing incidence of drought and competing need for water among the different sectors of the economy. The study also made possible recommendations for policy formulation to address the current problems facing the agricultural sector in conjunction with the requirement for the development of the water resources.</p>
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Water resources development: opportunities for increased agricultural production in NigeriaOlagunju, Emmanuel Gbenga January 2007 (has links)
Agriculture has been the backbone of the economy in Nigeria providing employment and source of livelihood for the increasing population and accounting for over half of the GDP of the Nigeria economy at independence in 1960. However, the role it plays in the regional and economic development of the country has diminished over the years due to the dominant role of the crude oil sector in the economy. With the increasing food demand in Nigeria, the country has available input natural resources and potential for increasing the volume of crop production towards meeting the food and nutritional requirement of the rapidly increasing population and guarantee food security in the country. The study was undertaken to analyse the effect of different factors and policies on the changes in trend of crop production and investigate the possible effect of water resources development on increased volume of agricultural crop production in Nigeria. The study revealed that there are opportunities for water resources development in the country through irrigation to supplement the water requirements and needs of farmers for agricultural production activities in many areas in the semi-arid and arid regions. Available data shows that there are available land and water resources that could be developed to support the production of food and agricultural development with opportunity for increased productivity. However, while the water resources are unevenly distributed in the country, there is need for the efficient use and management of the available water resources and increasing the productive use especially in the northern region of the country where there is increasing incidence of drought and competing need for water among the different sectors of the economy. The study also made possible recommendations for policy formulation to address the current problems facing the agricultural sector in conjunction with the requirement for the development of the water resources.
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