The Impact of the Adoption of Dixon Cassava Variety on the Poverty Status and Sustainable Welfare of Smallholder Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 6, 861 - 867, 15.11.2025

Oluwaseun Joseph Taiwo , Olumide Abiodun Olasupo , Eniola Elijah Akindele , Samuel Igbatayo , Olufemi Gabriel Dayo-Olagbende

https://doi.org/10.47115/bsagriculture.1775969

Abstract

This study evaluates the impact of the adoption of the Dixon cassava variety on the poverty and sustainable welfare of smallholder farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. Using the multi-stage sampling procedure, a total of 240 respondents were selected, and responses were collected in 2024 using primary data The descriptive statisitics, probit regression, Foster-Greer-Thorberke (FGT), and the Endogenous Switching Regression (ESR) models were used in the analytical stage. Determinants such as contact with extension agents, cost of planting, household size, and years of education positively inflences the adoption of the Dixon cassava variety while farm size and farm experience negatively influences its adoption. Results of the Endogenous Switching regression model at a significant level of 1% shows that the Dixon cassava variety reduces poverty by a 10.72% point in adopters compared to non-adopters. To improve cassava farmers’ welfare, the study recommends enhancing extension services, providing subsidies for planting materials, and implementing education and awareness programs to promote adoption benefits.

Keywords

TMS-9800581 (Dixon) cassava , Adoption , Welfare , Endogenous switching regression

Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval was not required for this study because there was no study on animals or humans.

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