The main focus of this study was to evaluate marketing of processed catfish in Kaduna-Metropolis, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected from 152 respondents using structured questionnaire. Continue Reading
The broad objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the National Program of Food Security (NPFS) on the income, technical efficiency, food security and poverty status of smallholder farmers in Kano, Kaduna and Katsina states. A multi-stage sampling technique was used for the study. Three sites were purposively selected in each state wh... Continue Reading
The study was conducted to evaluatethe economics of farmers‟ participation in the Nigeria agricultural insurance scheme in Kaduna State of Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 148farmers.Primary data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaires.The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, logit regr... Continue Reading
This study analyses farmers‟ overall efficiency in Pineapple production in Edo State, Nigeria. Data were collected through structured questionnaire administered on 175 Pineapple farmers selected using a multi-stage sampling technique and analyzed using descriptive statistics and the stochastic frontier production and cost function models. Continue Reading
This study examined the economics of millet-based cropping systems in Bindawa and Charanchi LGAS, Katsina state. The specific objectives were to identify and describe the millet-based cropping systems; determine the inputs and output levels; determine the production functions; determine the resource use efficiencies; determine the costs and returns... Continue Reading
The study was conducted in Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A multistage sampling technique was used for this study. The study analyze the economics of maize production in the study area; described the socio economic characteristics of the maize farmers, determined the profitability of maize production, estimate the technical, allocativ... Continue Reading
This research carried out an economic analysis of groundnut processing and determined its effects on the poverty level of the processors in Zamfara State, with main focus on groundnut oil and cake processing ventures. Continue Reading
This study examined the profitability and efficiency of catfish production in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Purposive random sampling technique was used to sample 60 catfish farmers from whom the primary data used were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire. Continue Reading
The study was carried out to evaluate the economics of catfish production and its contribution towards achieving household food security in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 155 farmers for the study. Data were collected using structured questionnaire. Information was collected on socioe... Continue Reading
The study examined the economic analyses of bread baking enterprises in Kaduna and Zaria Metropolis of Kaduna state, Nigeria. Primary data were collected from 124 bread producers selected using multi-stage sampling technique. The data from 2015 season were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using stocha... Continue Reading
The study examined the economic analyses of bread baking enterprises in Kaduna and Zaria Metropolis of Kaduna state, Nigeria. Primary data were collected from 124 bread producers selected using multi-stage sampling technique. The data from 2015 season were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using stocha... Continue Reading
The broad objective of this study is to comparatively analyze gender accessibility to productive resources in ginger production for alleviating poverty in Kaduna State. Reconnaissance survey was conducted with the assistance of extension workers. A sample of 129 male and 121 female farmers were selected to give a total of 250 ginger farmers random... Continue Reading
This study compares economics of Maize production with DTMA and NDTM Maize variety. The study used farm level data to estimate Profitability, efficiency, yield gap, varietal gap, determinants of profitability and constraints to maize production in seven local government of Gombe state. Continue Reading
This study was under taken to assess the effects of International Centre for Bio-saline Agriculture project activities on the level of living of Farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The data used for this study were collected through the use of questionnaire administered to 171 respondents selected randomly from seven villages within the State. Descri... Continue Reading
The study assessed the impact of Women-in-Agriculture (WIA) groundnut processingprogrammeon poverty alleviationin Kano State, Nigeria. Two groups (each consisting of 25 members) of women groundnut processors that benefitted from WIA programme were purposively selected from the three zones of the State. This gave a sample size of 150 women across th... Continue Reading