Cost and returns analysis of upland and lowland rice production among farmers in North Central Nigeria

Oluwafemi Nathaniel Akanbi, Adebusola Adenike Adepoju, Seyi Olalekan Olawuyi and Luke Oyesola Olarinde
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Oluwafemi Nathaniel Akanbi: Department of Agricultural Economics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria
Adebusola Adenike Adepoju: Department of Agricultural Economics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria
Seyi Olalekan Olawuyi: Department of Agricultural Economics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria
Luke Oyesola Olarinde: Department of Agricultural Economics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria

International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), 2024, vol. 13, issue 1, 288-302

Abstract: Sustainability of the rice production and farmers’ income in Nigeria raises a serious concern due to the rising costs of production inputs and other factors beyond farmers’ control. As a result, the study compared the cost and returns of rice production in North central, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 387 rice farmers in the study area. Descriptive statistics, gross margin analysis and seeming unrelated regression were used to analyze the dataset collected. The findings revealed that most of the rice farmers were male, averagely young and have at least 9 family members in their respectively households. Results from Kwara State showed that total cost is higher among the upland rice farmers compared to their lowland counterparts, but reverse was the case in term of net profit, as this favoured the lowland rice farmers. For Niger State and pooled data, the lowland rice farmers had higher net profit than the upland rice farmers. Seemingly unrelated regression estimates indicated that costs associated with fertilizer, herbicide, seed, pesticide and labour used were significant and influencing factors affecting the revenue of rice farmers in the study area. While inaccessibility to cheap farm inputs was the major constraint affecting the rice farmers, other challenges include lack of storage, inadequate rainfall and inadequate credit facilities. The study recommended seamless access to improved rice varieties by the farmers as this can scale up adoption of improved technologies, boost production and ultimately the net revenue of rice farmers. Farmers are also advised to join and/or form a registered occupational groups through which credit facilities can easily be accessed, to expand the farming operations because of the positive and complementary role of social group and access to credit. Key Words:Rice production, gross margin, seemingly unrelated regression, Nigeria

Date: 2024
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