Effect of the Third National Fadama Additional Financing Project on the Output and Poverty Levels of Rice Farmers in Enugu State, Nigeria

C. U. Nwaobiala and C. Ubeh

Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology, 2019, vol. 19, issue 01

Abstract: The study analysed effect of the Third National Fadama Additional Financing project on the output and poverty levels of rice farmers in Enugu state, Nigeria. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 240 respondents (120 Fadama and 120 non - Fadama rice farmers). Data for the study were collected through a structured questionnaire as well as field observation and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Z-test analysis. Results showed that 60.0% (Fadama farmers) and 61.7% (non-Fadama) farmers were males, both farmer groups had mean household sizes of 6 persons and mean annual income ofN479, 398.37 (Fadama farmers) and N179,426.80(non - Fadama farmers). Results indicate that Fadama farmers had mean rice output of 2014.58kg/ha as against 802.50kg/ha for non-Fadama farmers, Poverty status showed that 67% and 71.0% of Fadama and non – Fadama farmers were poor, while 53.0% (Fadama farmers) and 49.0% (non – Fadama farmers) were non poor. Results of Z-test on rice output and poverty levels showed that there were significant differences in rice output and poverty levels of Fadama and non – Fadama rice farmers at (Z= p<0.01)in the study area. The study recommended prompt delivery of farm inputs, payment of counterpart funds by Federal, State and Local Governments and extension of the project to non-beneficiary communities in order to increase rice output and reduce poverty.

Keywords: Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.347216

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