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    Awareness of Small Scale Farmers and Their Willingness to Adopt the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) Scheme In Oyo State, Nigeria
    (2018) Adepoju A. O; Aweda O.; Obayelu O.A.
    Fertilizer and seeds have been recognized as two of the most critical farm inputs needed to enhance and sustain increased farm productivity in Nigeria. However, total fertilizer use remain far below the potential and economic demand. This study examined the awareness of small-scale farmers and their willingness to adopt the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme. The scheme encourages the resource-constrained farmer and the critical actors in the fertilizer value chain, to work together to improve productivity, household food security and income. Data were obtained from 200 farmers, selected through a multi-stage sampling technique. Probit and Logistic Regression models were employed for analysis. Results showed that most of the respondents were aware of the GES scheme as well as the type of farm inputs supported under the scheme. While factors such as years of farming experience (β= 0.078), farm size (β=1.648) and membership of farmers’ association (β=0.053) significantly influenced the level of awareness of the farmers about the scheme at 5 and 1% level of significance respectively, farmers’ willingness to adopt the scheme was influenced by land ownership (1%), access to subsidized inputs (1%) among others. Awareness and access to timely and relevant information about a scheme play a central role in the adoption decision process of small-scale farmers. To enhance the adoption of schemes such as the GES, there is the need for capacity building programmes as well as the identification of the key determinants of the willingness of smallscale farmers to adopt such schemes.
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    Post-harvest losses and welfare of tomato farmers in Ogbomosho, Osun state, Nigeria
    (academicJournals, 2014) Adepoju, A. O.
    Crop losses, especially along the post-harvest food supply chain, have been identified as one of the major causes of food shortage problems in most developing countries and in Nigeria in particular. Vegetable farmers such as those that grow tomatoes often record great amount of produce loss which translates to a waste of resources, a reduction in their income and ultimately their welfare. This study examined the effects of post-harvest losses on the welfare of 107 tomato farmers in Ogbomosho selected through a multi-stage sampling procedure. The analytical tools used in the study include descriptive statistics, gross margin analysis, Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and regression model. Results revealed that majority of the tomato farmers were male, married and had no formal education. The average gross margin values of N3, 229.45 and N72, 905.80 were obtained with and without postharvest losses for the tomato farmers respectively. This implied a 95.5% post-harvest loss incurred by the farmers. Household size and the total value of post-harvest losses were found to significantly affect the per-capita income and hence welfare of the tomato farmers negatively. The study recommends that farmers engaged in tomato production be adequately trained on post-harvest crop handling techniques. In addition, priority should be given to investment in post-harvest processing technologies and establishment of processing industries especially in the production areas.
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    Awareness of Small Scale Farmers and Their Willingness to Adopt the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) Scheme In Oyo State, Nigeria
    (2018) Adepoju A. O.; Aweda O; Obayelu O.A
    Fertilizer and seeds have been recognized as two of the most critical farm inputs needed to enhance and sustain increased farm productivity in Nigeria. However, total fertilizer use remain far below the potential and economic demand. This study examined the awareness of small-scale farmers and their willingness to adopt the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme. The scheme encourages the resource-constrained farmer and the critical actors in the fertilizer value chain, to work together to improve productivity, household food security and income. Data were obtained from 200 farmers, selected through a multi-stage sampling technique. Probit and Logistic Regression models were employed for analysis. Results showed that most of the respondents were aware of the GES scheme as well as the type of farm inputs supported under the scheme. While factors such as years of farming experience (β= 0.078), farm size (β=1.648) and membership of farmers’ association (β=0.053) significantly influenced the level of awareness of the farmers about the scheme at 5 and 1% level of significance respectively, farmers’ willingness to adopt the scheme was influenced by land ownership (1%), access to subsidized inputs (1%) among others. Awareness and access to timely and relevant information about a scheme play a central role in the adoption decision process of small-scale farmers. To enhance the adoption of schemes such as the GES, there is the need for capacity building programmes as well as the identification of the key determinants of the willingness of smallscale farmers to adopt such schemes.