DETERMINANTS OF ADOPTION OF CROP PRODUCTION PRACTICES: EVIDENCE FROM SOME FADAMA AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA

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Abstract:

Most of the studies that have been conducted on the impacts of the Nigeria’s
“FADAMA” (cultivation and farming of crops in irrigation conditions) agriculture have been
silent on the aspects of exposure to and adoption of the accompanying FADAMA production
practices (FPPs). However, studying the effects of these important factors is widely seen as
panacea to the problems confronting the uptake of the associated FADAMA technologies. This
paper uses the ‘average treatment effect (ATE)’ framework and data collected from 1177
households in South-western Nigeria to estimate the actual and potential adoption rates of FPPs
and the determinants of their exposure and adoption. About 94% of the sampled households were
exposed to at least one of the FPPs during the 2018/2019 survey period. The actual and potential
adoption rates of at least one FPP were about 33% and 36% respectively in the same period. The
main determinants of exposure and adoption were extension contact, household size, land
holding, gender, input and credit access, owning ICT (Information and Communication
Technology) assets and location dummies for Abeokuta north, Obafemi Owode, Odeda,
Akinyele and Ido Local Government Areas (LGAs). Improving farmers’ awareness and adoption
of productivity enhancing crop production practices is important. This can be achieved by
enhancing credit access to facilitate inputs and ICT assets’ acquisition.

DETERMINANTS OF ADOPTION OF CROP PRODUCTION PRACTICES: EVIDENCE FROM SOME FADAMA AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA