The Growth Enhancement Support Scheme: Productivity and Shortcomings among Rice Farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Adenegan Kemisola Omorinre (), Osanyinlusi Oladele I. (), Awotide Bola Amoke (), Omotayo Abiodun Olusola () and Ogunniyi Adebayo Isaiah ()
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Adenegan Kemisola Omorinre: University of Ibadan
Osanyinlusi Oladele I.: University of Ibadan
Awotide Bola Amoke: University of Ibadan
Omotayo Abiodun Olusola: North West University
Ogunniyi Adebayo Isaiah: International Food Policy Research Institute

Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica, 2018, issue 14(3), 200-212

Abstract: Increasing access to improved farm inputs at a subsidized rate has urgently become the focus of government programmes. This study therefore examined the effect and shortcomings of GES Scheme on rice farmers’ productivity. A cross-sectional data of 160 smallholder rice farming households was selected through multistage random sampling technique from three major riceproducing local government areas. The total number of communities randomly selected was six. The data were collected using a well-structured questionnaire and the objectives were analysed using descriptive statistics and Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index. The results revealed that the average age of the rice farmers in the study area was about 46 years. More male farmers (73.1%) were involved in the Scheme than their female counterparts. Among the registered rice farmers, 58.7 percent received telephone alerts for the subsidized inputs (fertilizer and seeds), but not all the farmers were able to gain access to the inputs due to cash constraint, missing names at the redemption centres, untimely supply, among others. The results from the TFP index showed that the participants were productive. They had an average of 10% net gain from the cost incurred in production. Using the TFP index, it was revealed that rice farmers in Gbonyin local government area are the most (80%) productive among others. It was therefore recommended that timely supply of inputs should be ensured and an efficient monitoring team should be in place to check inadequacies in this Scheme.

Keywords: GES; Productivity; Rice; TFP Index and Shortcomings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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