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Item MAPPING THE EFFECT OF FOOD PRICES, PRODUCTIVITY AND POVERTY IN THE DEVELOPMENT DOMAINS OF NIGERIA(EBSCO Industries, Inc, 2013-12) Olayide, O.E.; Ikpi, A.E.; Okoruwa, V.O.; Akinyosoye, V.O.; Alabi, T.; Omodele, T.Poverty remains the major obstacle to economic emancipation and achievement of development agenda in Nigeria. Worse still, rising food prices pose a major threat to feeding the teeming population in Nigeria. Declining food production, high population growth, and negative food trade balance combine to worsen the food and poverty situations in Nigeria. We stand on the premise that surging and volatile food prices could have a hardest hit on those who could not afford it – the poor. This study used spatial data on food prices and poverty levels. We mapped food prices and poverty levels by development domains in Nigeria. We found that food price has significant effect on poverty levels in the identified development domains. The food price analysis showed high and rising food prices with high food price instability and price spread. The high food price had effect on purchasing power and poverty levels of Nigerians. The food price surge also had a direct impact on overall inflation because the weight of food in the consumption basket is high. Food inflation ranges over 60 percent, and food inflation has reached double digits. The poverty change analysis revealed that some States witnessed improvement in poverty reduction, while others had their poverty situation worsened. The GIS mapping and overlay of food prices and poverty levels by development domains showed critical policy intervention areas in Nigeria. Policy recommendations that are consistent with food price stabilization and poverty reduction strategies were canvassed. There is need for more effective policy to help the poor and farmers to respond to the opportunity posed by the rising demand for food.Item Market potentials for selected organic leafy vegetables(International journal of vegetable science, 2015) Adenegan, K.O.; Fatai, R. A."Increased consumer awareness has raised concerns over food safety and production methods. In Nigeria, consumption of organic produce is low. This study assessed consumer willingness to pay for selected organic leafy vegetables. Data from 129 respondents were obtained using a simple random sampling technique. Conjoint analysis and contingent valuation were used to analyze willingness to pay and determinants of willingness to pay. Contingent valuation indicated that 84.5%, 76%, and 62.8% of the respondents were willing to pay extra for Amaranthus cruentus L., Celosia argentia L., and Cochorus olitorius L., respectively. Average willingness to pay a price premium was 46%, 42.4%, and 35.8% for A. cruentus, C. argentia, and C. olitorius, respectively. Conjoint analysis indicated that quality was the most valued attribute of leafy vegetables with relative importance of 42.2%. Income, health status, and work experience were key determinants of willingness to pay; all increasing the likelihood of willingness to pay. Income was significant with marginal effects of 0.005 and 0.006 for A. cruentus and C. olitorius, respectively. Health status was significant with marginal effects of 0.366 and 0.225 for A. cruentus and C. olitorius, respectively. Work experience was significant for all species. There is strong market potential for organic leafy vegetables, especially if quality is high and prices are reasonable. "Item Scale efficiency and determinants of productivity of new rice for Africa (nerica) farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria(Agrosearch, 2014) Nosiru, O.M.O.; Rahji, M.A.Y.; Ikpi, A.E.; Adenegan, K.O.Rice productivity is low in Nigeria, and NERICA was introduced by West Africa Rice Development Agency (WARDA) to solve this problem. This study focused on NERICA productivity and efficiency in Kaduna State. A three-stage sampling technique was used with Kaduna State being purposively selected. Igabi and Soba Local Government Areas (LGAs) were randomly selected. Five villages were randomly selected from each LGA, with a total of 129 NERICA farmers selected and used for the analysis. There were technical and managerial inefficiencies among the farmers. NERICA production is characterized by increasing returns to scale with a value of 1.4954. The farmers were cost inefficient, hence there was room for improvement in NERICA production in the study area. The average productivity (AP) was 26.30. The average marginal productivity (MP) is 9.213. The average total factor productivity (TFP) is 12.87. Farmer’s age and access to credit had negative influence on both AP and MP. Extension contact and adoption of NERICA technology positively influenced the AP and MP. Farmer’s age had negative influence on total factor productivity. Formal education, farming experience, extension contact, farm commercialization and adoption of NERICA technology had positive influence on the total factor productivity of the NERICA farmers. Improvements in the supply of NERICA seed, extension services and level of farm commercialization are recommended.Item Spatial price analysis of tomatoes in nigeria(International Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 2012) Adenegan, K. O.The study examined market integration in tomato markets in selected producing and consuming states in Nigeria. Secondary data on tomato prices spanning 2003 -2006 were sourced from National Bureau of Statistics. The data were analyzed using Augmented Dicker Fuller (ADF) and Granger Causality tests. Results indicated that the maximum tomato price was recorded in Ekiti in November, 2006 while the minimum price was recorded in Kano state in August, 2006. The results also revealed that prices of tomato were not stationary in their level form but become stationary at the first difference lever Seven tomato markets rejected their respective null hypothesis of no granger causality. None of the markets exhibited bi -directional granger causality or simultaneous feedback relationships Seven markets exhibited unidirectional granger causality. The results also indicated that Ekiti and Katsina states occupy the leadership position in tomato price formation and transmission. We recommend there should be efficient flow of information and good access road and infrastructural development among the states to improve market performance.Item Productivity impact differential of improved rice technology adoption among ricefarming households in Nigeria(Journal of Crop Improvement,, 2011) Dontsop Nguezet, P. M.; Okoruwa, V. O.; Adeoti, A. 1.; Adenegan, k. O.The contribution of technological change to agricultural productivity in developing countries has long been documented. It is believed that the adoption of new agricultural technologies, such as high-yielding varieties, could lead to significant increases in agricultural productivity and stimulate the transition from low-productivity, subsistence agriculture to a high-productivity agro-industrial economy. The article uses the local average treatment effect (fATE) to estimate the impact of adoption of improved rice varieties on rice farmers' productivity in the three major rice ecologies of Nigeria. A stratified random sampling was adopted by the study to select a sample of 500 rice farmers across ecologies. Findings of the analysis indicated that adoption of improved varieties helped raise farmers' area harvested and yield per hectare, respectively, by 0.39 hectare and 21 7.9 kg/ ha for NERTCA and 0.51 hectare and 2.10.4 kg/ ha for other improved varieties, thereby increasing their productivity. In addition, NERICA varieties performed better than any other upland improved variety and the impact of its adoption on both area harvested and yield was greater among female rice farmers than among their male counterparts. Intervention programs to increase the dissemination of high-yielding rice varieties to areas with low productivity are, therefore, a reasonable policy instrument