ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF MILLET-BASED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA

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2021-02
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OFFOKANSI, Chukwunonso Chidera
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This study examined the economics of millet-based production systems in Kastina State, Nigeria. This was done using structured questionnaire administered to 196 millet-based farmers. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used, the first stage involved purposive selection of 3 LGAs in the state based on the predominance of millet-based production systems. 10% of villages were selected randomly. Farmers were grouped into millet enterprises which were; Millet/Sorghum, Millet/Sorghum/groundnut/Cowpea, Millet/Sorghum/groundnut, Millet/Sorghum/Cowpea and Sole millet. 10% of farmers in each group were randomly selected to give a sample size of 196 respondents. The analytical tools used were the descriptive statistics, gross margin analysis, data envelopment analysis and Tobit regression model. The results of the socio-economic analysis showed that the mean age of farmers was 49 years, Majority (95.4%) of the farmers were married. About 57.1% had one form of formal education or the other. The mean household size was 9 persons, and the mean farming experience was 31 years. The result of the study shows that about 72.5% of the farmers were mostly engaged in the crop mixture of millet with sorghum, groundnut and cowpea. The study shows that millet production is profitable with millet/sorghum/cowpea with the highest gross margin ₦169,534.7 per hectare. The study revealed that sole millet farmers had the highest mean technical (0.48), allocative (0.91) and economic (0.41) efficiencies than other millet-based farmers. Millet/sorghum farms (75 percent) were operating on constant return to scale which implies that they were more scale efficient than other millet-based farms. Lack of extension service delivery was the major constraint experienced in all the millet-based enterprises. The study recommends encouraging farmers to belong to cooperative societies among others. This is to enable them to benefit from each other and any external support services. It was concluded that of all the enterprises; millet/sorghum/groundnut/cowpea was the most widely practiced millet-based production systems in the study area and that millet-based production systems in the study area are profitable.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS,, MILLET-BASED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS,, KATSINA STATE,, NIGERIA
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