Efficiency, food security and differentiation in small-scale irrigation agriculture: Evidence from North West Nigeria
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Date
2020
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Cogent OA
Abstract
Ambiguity over the effectiveness of agricultural intervention is more
pronounced in rural areas where the majority of North West Nigeria’s poor population, and those involved in agriculture, reside. Further characterising these areas is
the paucity of research on the issue of differentiation within the smallholder community. Specifically, definite classification of households based on efficiency, food
security and income status remains inadequate. The study explores smallholder
households’ differentials on the basis of these three phenomena, and other factors
that affect smallholder typologies. Data was collected from 306 randomly selected
smallholders involved in the Middle Rima Valley Irrigation Project, Sokoto State,
Nigeria. Smallholders’ technical efficiency and households’ Food Consumption Score
(FCS) were assessed. Also, Pearson correlation analysis, a segmentation approach
using cluster analysis and multinomial regression model were used for the study.
The study showed that the mean efficiency level of smallholder farms was 85.9%
and that the majority of the households were food insecure.
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Keywords
Smallholder, Food security, Income, Development studies, Agriculture, Nigeria
Citation
Adeniyi, D. A., Dinbabo, M. F. (2020). Efficiency, food security and differentiation in small-scale irrigation agriculture: Evidence from North West Nigeria. Cogent Social Sciences, 6(1), 1749508. 10.1080/23311886.2020.1749508