Determinants of Productivity Among Smallholder Soybean Farmers in Federal Capital Territory and Kaduna State, Nigeria

Year 2025, Volume: 40 Issue: 2, 277 - 291, 30.06.2025

Olugbenga Omotayo Alabı , Ibrahim Maharazu , Jeremiah Aluwong , Adam Mohammed , Ademu Ocheni

Abstract

This research study focused on determinants of productivity among smallholder soybean farmers in Federal Capital Territory and Kaduna State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling design was employed, in the fourth stage a proportionate and random sampling technique was used to select 200 soybean producers. The sampling frame approximately 400 soybean producers. The data were evaluated using descriptive statistics, stochastic production frontier model, and Kendalls’ coefficient of concordance. The result shows that the mean age of soybean producers was 43 years (SD = 6.07). The soybean producers are small-scale farmers with an average of 1.45 (SD = 0.71) hectares of soybean farms. Averagely, the soybean producers had 15 years (SD = 5.12) of experience in soybean farming. The labour, farm size, fertilizer usage, seed, and agrochemicals were significantly different from zero in influencing productivity among smallholder soybean farmers. The major challenges faced by soybean producers include lack of improved seeds (1st , x ̅=10.92), lack of credit (2nd, x ̅=10.76), lack of farm technology(3rd , x ̅=10.56), and high cost of fertilizer (4th, x ̅=9.50). The study recommends that credit at single-digit interest rate be giving to soybean farmers to increase productivity. Also, farm technologies and farm inputs such as improved seeds, fertilizers and agrochemicals should be giving to soybean producers at appropriate time an affordable price.

Keywords

Productivity , Smallholder Soybean Producers , Stochastics Production Frontier Model , Kendalls’ Coefficient of Concordance

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Nijerya'nın Federal Başkent Bölgesi ve Kaduna Eyaletindeki Küçük Soya Fasulyesi Çiftçileri Arasında Üretkenliğin Belirleyicileri

Abstract

Bu araştırma çalışması, Nijerya'nın Federal Başkent Bölgesi ve Kaduna Eyaletindeki küçük soya fasulyesi çiftçileri arasındaki verimliliğin belirleyicilerine odaklandı. Çok aşamalı bir örnekleme tasarımı kullanılmış, dördüncü aşamada 200 soya fasulyesi üreticisini seçmek için orantılı ve rastgele örnekleme tekniği kullanılmıştır. Örnekleme yaklaşık 400 soya fasulyesi üreticisini kapsamaktadır. Veriler, tanımlayıcı istatistikler, stokastik üretim sınırı modeli ve Kendalls'ın uyum katsayısı. Sonuç, soya fasulyesi üreticilerinin ortalama yaşının 43 (SD = 6,07) olduğunu göstermektedir. Soya fasulyesi üreticileri, ortalama 1,45 (SD = 0,71) hektar soya fasulyesi çiftliğine sahip küçük ölçekli çiftçilerdir. Soya fasulyesi üreticilerinin soya fasulyesi çiftçiliğinde ortalama 15 yıllık (SD = 5,12) deneyimi vardı. İşgücü, çiftlik büyüklüğü, gübre kullanımı, tohum ve tarım kimyasalları, küçük soya fasulyesi çiftçileri arasında üretkenliği etkileme açısından sıfırdan önemli ölçüde farklıydı. Soya fasulyesi üreticilerinin karşılaştığı en büyük zorluklar arasında iyileştirilmiş tohum eksikliği (1., x ̅ =10.92), kredi eksikliği (2., x ̅=10.76), çiftlik teknolojisinin eksikliği (3., x ̅=10.56) ve yüksek maliyet yer alıyor. gübre (4. , x ̅ = 9.50). Çalışma, verimliliği artırmak için soya fasulyesi çiftçilerine tek haneli faiz oranıyla kredi verilmesini öneriyor. Ayrıca, gelişmiş tohumlar, gübreler ve tarımsal kimyasallar gibi çiftlik teknolojileri ve çiftlik girdileri, soya fasulyesi üreticilerine uygun zamanda ve uygun bir fiyatla sunulmalıdır.

Keywords

Üretkenlik , Küçük Toprak Sahibi Soya Fasulyesi Üreticileri , Stokastik Üretim Sınır Modeli , Kendalls Uyum Katsayısı

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