FARM ORGANIZATION AND RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY: ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED CROP-LIVESTOCK FARMING SYSTEMS IN KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA
FARM ORGANIZATION AND RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY: ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED CROP-LIVESTOCK FARMING SYSTEMS IN KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA
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2000-09
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SANNI, SHUKURAT ADUNNI
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to assess ways of intensifying crop and livestock
production in Katsina state through an examination of farm level
reorganization of resources and activities in the integrated crop-livestock
system. Data were collected from 120 households in six villages of the state
using structured questionnaire. The tools of analysis used wer e simple
descriptive statistics; farm business analysis, profit function and Linear and
mixed programming models.
Households in the study area operated under a relatively secure tenurial
arrangement as most of them owned the plot of land they cultivated, In terms
of household labour supply, about 56%, 66% and 66% of the household
members in zones 1, 2 and 3 respectively were capable of providing the family
labour force. The farming systems in all the zones were still relatively
traditional as most of the households relied heavily on work bulls and hand
implements. Crops produced were predominantly cereal and legume based.
Work bulls were kept mainly for cultivation purposes while sheep and goats
were kept mainly for meeting household cash needs. Manure is becoming
increasingly important for soil improvement in the study area due to the high
cost of inorganic fertilizers.
There were about 59%, 17% and 46% increases in gross margins of the
integrated systems over the crop-based production systems of zones 1, 2 and
3 respectively. Efficiency of resource utilization wa s higher for the integrated
crop-livestock systems than the crop-based systems of zones 1 and 3 while
the reverse wa s the case in zone 2. The crop-based production systems were
relatively more capital intensive in production while the integrated systems
were relatively more labour intensive. The integrated farms in zones 1 and 3
were technically and economically more efficient than the corresponding cropbased
farms.
The optimum farm plans of the basic models show that higher
productivity and more revenue could be achieved by reorganizing resources
and activities in the integrated crop-Avestock production systems. Crop wa s
the major source of farm income in the integrated crop-livestock systems.
Land wa s the most limiting resource in both production systems. Labour wa s
a constraint to production in the peak labour demand periods of May-August
and September-December.
When land wa s not limiting, but capital and labour were restricted,
crop-based production systems were more favoured in terms of efficiency of
land utilization. As labour became limiting at a given level of land, livestock
size and capital, the livestock activities were reduced or eliminated from the
optimum plan. The inference from the results of the sensitivity analysis is that
integrated crop-livestock production systems favour a low-resource bas e
situation. Policy choice should therefore be geared towards tackling the
constraints that would militate against the achievement of optimum benefit
from integrated crop-livestock production system.
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A Dissertation Submitted To The Postgraduate School
Ahmadu Bello University, In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements For
The Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy (Agricultural Economics)
Department Of Agricultural Economics And Rural Sociology,
Faculty Of Agriculture,
Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria-Nigeria
SEPTEMBER, 2000
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ORGANIZATION,, RESOURCE,, PRODUCTIVITY:,, ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED CROP-LIVESTOCK,, FARMING,, SYSTEMS,, KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA