Towards food security in developing economies: a purposive household survey of credit accessibility and rice productivity in North East Nigeria

Obukohwo Efayena () and Patricia Buzugbe ()
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Obukohwo Efayena: University of Nigeria
Patricia Buzugbe: University of Nigeria

Economics Bulletin, 2025, vol. 45, issue 1, 344 - 356

Abstract: This study investigated the influence of credit accessibility on rice productivity in North East Nigeria. The study used a multistage sampling strategy to choose 865 rice farming households. We analyzed the data using the endogenous switching regression model (ESRM) and inverse probability weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA). According to the conditional treatment effect, having access to financing increases the average farmer's yield by 0.731 times. The conditional treatment effect, which measures the impact of credit availability on rice yield, was 0.739 and statistically significant. As a result, the average farmer with credit would produce 0.739 times more than he or she would without credit. After accounting for both observable and unobservable variables, the study discovered that access to finance improves rice productivity among farmers in North East Nigeria. The study concludes by proposing policy options to improve rice productivity in North East Nigeria, and other rice-production regions in Nigeria generally.

Keywords: rice; accessibility; credit; welfare; household (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 Q1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-03-30
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