Tractor owner-operators in Nigeria: Insights from a small survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa states

Hiroyuki Takeshima, Hyacinth Edeh, Akeem Lawal and Moshud Isiaka

No 1355, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This paper presents results of a small survey of tractor owner-operators conducted in Kaduna and Nasarawa states in Nigeria. Following are the key findings from simple descriptive statistics: (1) owner-operators who buy tractors from the private market or from private individuals are more efficient than those who receive tractors through government programs, providing services to a greater area at lower costs, including during the off-peak season; (2) providing access to a wider range of tractor horsepowers may improve efficiency over diverse soil types; (3) similar to some Asian countries in the 1980s, tractor operations are mostly concentrated in interviewees’ local home districts, though a fraction form groups and serve in distant locations to earn greater revenues.

Keywords: tractors; farm inputs; agricultural mechanization; mechanization; Nigeria; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Western Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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