Browsing by Author "Muhammad-Lawal, A"

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    Perception of Government intervention and constraints in cultured fish production in Kwara State, Nigeria
    (Nasarawa State University, Nasarawa., 2016) Akanbi, S. O.; Muhammad-Lawal, A
    This study examined the perception of government intervention by cultured fish farmers, and as well, the constraints faced by cultured fish farmers in Kwara State where there is an upsurge in the number of new entrants into the cultured fish business. Data used for this study were collected over one production cycle in 2012. A total of total 63 respondents were drawn through random sampling technique from a sampling frame of 121 registered cultured fish farmers. Analytical tools used for the study were descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, Likert-type scale. The results from the State’s government’s support showed that 32.8% and 23.8% of the sampled fish farmers were assisted with provision of fingerlings and formal credit respectively; subsidized feed-inputs and extension services were received by 46% and 68.3% of respondents respectively. The study further revealed that there was a significant relationship between fish output and government intervention strategies (p<0.05). Consequently, the production of cultured fish can considerably be improved in the study area if the government can substantially increase the fish farmers’ access to formal credit to a new level which should be comparatively close to that currently being enjoyed by crop farmers under the Kwara State demand-driven off-takers crop farming scheme. Government should create a support system by establishing of a number of one-stop shops at convenient locations, so that farmers can easily access fish inputs and the services of more efficient extension workers in the study area. Keywords: cultured fish, farmers’ perception, government intervention
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    Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Cocoa Production in Gboyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria
    (Association of Women in Forestry and Environment (AWIFE) Forestry Research Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2012) Ayanlere, A. Fatimah; Ekenta, Cornelius Michael.,; Mohammed, A. B; Afolabi, Kayode Ojo; Muhammad-Lawal, A; Saibu, R.O
    Abstract The study carried out an economic analysis of Cocoa production in Gboyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Data for the study were collected during year 2011 farming season from 100 respondents who were selected through two-stage sampling procedures. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analyses were used in data analysis. The study revealed that 91.84% of the farmers are male while 8.16% are females with the farmers having mean age of 65 years, mean household size of 8 people and majority of the farmers have both primary and secondary education. With an adjusted R2 value of 0.736, the regression analysis show that variables that were significant accounted for 73.6% of the total variation in output. Household size, quantity of agro-chemical and educational level were significant factors influencing output of cocoa in the study area. It was recommended that more farmland should be open for cocoa production. Credit should be made available at low interest rate to enable the farmers have better access to it and inputs like agrochemicals and improved cultivars of cocoa should be supplied at low price in order to boost cocoa production and to encourage youth participation in cocoa production in the study area.