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Item Comparing income poverty status of value adders and nonvalue adders: A case study of cassava farming households in Kwara State, Nigeria.(Faculty of Food and Agriculture, The University of the West Indies, 2016) Falola, A.; Jonathan, A.; Olowogbon, S.; Jimoh, J. O.Value addition is currently being advocated as an ingredient to food security. Meanwhile, value addition has its own opportunity cost, based on utility theory - the time spent by a farmer on value addition could be used by other farmers to engage in other income-generating activities. Thus, it is pertinent to know whether value adders are better than non-value adders. Therefore, this study compares the poverty status of value-adders and non-adders in Kwara State, Nigeria using cassava farmers as a case study. Specifically, the study described the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers, profiled the poverty status of the value adders and non-adders and identified the factors influencing the poverty status of the farmers. The data for the study were collected with a structured questionnaire involving 160 cassava farming households (60 value adders and 100 non-value adders) using a three-stage random sampling techniques. The data collected were analysed with descriptive statistics, FGT (Foster, Greer and Thorbecke) index and binary logistic regression model. The results revealed that the majority of the value adders were female while most of the non-value adders were male. About 38% of the value adders were poor while 51% of the non-value adders were poor. Also, the poverty depth and severity of the value-adders were 0.081 and 0.026 respectively whereas they were 0.144 and 0.0536 respectively for the non-value adders. These results indicate that value addition contributes to poverty reduction among the farmers. The logistic regression model revealed that non-farm income, cassava output and decision to add value contributed significantly to poverty reduction while the household size had a positive effect on poverty as it increased the farmers’ poverty status. This study therefore recommends measures needed to encourage the practice of value addition and improve the welfare of farming households.Item Determinants of value addition to cassava in Kwara State, Nigeria.(University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius., 2016) Falola, A.; Oyinbo, O.; Adebayo, S. A.; Jonathan, A.; Jimoh, J. O.This study focuses on factors influencing value addition to cassava by farming households in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study emanated from the need to harness the benefits of value addition to cassava in Nigeria, being the world’s largest producer of the crop. Data were collected from 160 cassava farming households through a combination of purposive and random sampling techniques. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and two-stage Heckman model. Results showed that the farmers were still in their active age, married with an average household size of seven persons. Those who engaged in value addition among the farmers were 37.5%. The products of the value-adders were cassava flakes, flour, cassava paste, cassava chips and starch. Decision to add value to cassava by the farmers was significantly influenced by availability of processing equipment, cassava output, farm size, age and access to extension services. The study further revealed that the extent to which value addition is carried out is influenced by availability of processing equipment, being a female, age and hours spent on non-farm activities. The study therefore recommends encouraging the youths to engage in cassava farming, providing farmers with processing equipment, overhauling extension services and putting measures that will improve farmers’ output in place.