Salman, K. K_2023 AGRODEP Annual ConferenceAKADEMIYA2063
This study examined the impact of financial inclusion on productivity among maize farmers in Nigeria. The researchers found that the level of financial inclusion and productivity among maize farmers was low, with only 27.3% financially included and most having low productivity. Factors like tertiary education and gender positively influenced financial inclusion. The study concluded that financial inclusion has a positive impact on the productivity of maize farmers in Nigeria, so expanding access to financial services could help increase their productivity and incomes. The researchers recommend providing training and education programs for farmers and establishing more rural banking services to facilitate greater financial inclusion.
Transforming Food and Agriculture Systems to Improve Food Security and Nutrition in Sri Lanka by Manoj Thibbotuwawa, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka.
Presented at the ReSAKSS-Asia - MIID conference "Evolving Agrifood Systems in Asia: Achieving food and nutrition security by 2030" on Oct 30-31, 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar.
Dr. Otitoju, M. A._2023 AGRODEP Annual ConferenceAKADEMIYA2063
1) The study examines rural household participation in the cassava value chain in Kogi State, Nigeria. It identifies the main areas of participation as production (48%), processing (14%), and marketing (22%).
2) A regression model found that cassava farming experience and income negatively influence participation in production, processing, and marketing, while farming experience, access to electricity, and dependency ratio positively influence participation in production.
3) Using factor analysis, the main constraints to participation were identified as literacy and access to information, poor agricultural extension services, high costs of inputs, and risk aversion in cassava value chain operations.
This document discusses trends in high-value agriculture in India. It notes a shift from grains to higher-value commodities like fruits, vegetables, dairy and meat due to rising incomes, urbanization, and trade policies. Exports of high-value products like fruits and vegetables have grown significantly. Contract farming has allowed small farmers to access high-value domestic and export markets. Overall high-value agriculture provides opportunities for commercialization and income growth for smallholders through arrangements like contract farming. The document analyzes crop area and production data and makes recommendations to promote diversification and infrastructure to support high-value agriculture.
Madagascar's agrifood system performed poorly from 2009-2019, with stagnant growth in agriculture GDP and agrifood system GDP. The domestic market-oriented value chains, particularly rice, were the main cause of poor performance. Looking forward, jointly promoting the growth of rice, livestock, and horticulture value chains could effectively achieve multiple development outcomes like reduced poverty and improved nutrition, as these value chains rank highly in their ability to drive inclusive agricultural transformation. However, no single value chain is optimal for achieving all development goals.
Value Chain of Corn in Indonesia (Based of Secondary Data)Muhamad Ahsan
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- East Java province where corn is a major crop
- The corn value chain from inputs and production to processing and retailing
- Indonesia's ranking as the 16th largest economy in the world
- Corn production trends from 2008-2012 and the gap in needed production in 2012
- Challenges and opportunities in the corn sector
- Governance policies to support the corn value chain
- Business linkages between corn and poultry and fast food industries
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1) The study examines rural household participation in the cassava value chain in Kogi State, Nigeria. It identifies the main areas of participation as production (48%), processing (14%), and marketing (22%).
2) A regression model found that cassava farming experience and income negatively influence participation in production, processing, and marketing, while farming experience, access to electricity, and dependency ratio positively influence participation in production.
3) Using factor analysis, the main constraints to participation were identified as literacy and access to information, poor agricultural extension services, high costs of inputs, and risk aversion in cassava value chain operations.
This document discusses trends in high-value agriculture in India. It notes a shift from grains to higher-value commodities like fruits, vegetables, dairy and meat due to rising incomes, urbanization, and trade policies. Exports of high-value products like fruits and vegetables have grown significantly. Contract farming has allowed small farmers to access high-value domestic and export markets. Overall high-value agriculture provides opportunities for commercialization and income growth for smallholders through arrangements like contract farming. The document analyzes crop area and production data and makes recommendations to promote diversification and infrastructure to support high-value agriculture.
Madagascar's agrifood system performed poorly from 2009-2019, with stagnant growth in agriculture GDP and agrifood system GDP. The domestic market-oriented value chains, particularly rice, were the main cause of poor performance. Looking forward, jointly promoting the growth of rice, livestock, and horticulture value chains could effectively achieve multiple development outcomes like reduced poverty and improved nutrition, as these value chains rank highly in their ability to drive inclusive agricultural transformation. However, no single value chain is optimal for achieving all development goals.
Value Chain of Corn in Indonesia (Based of Secondary Data)Muhamad Ahsan
The document provides an overview of the corn value chain in Indonesia. It discusses:
- East Java province where corn is a major crop
- The corn value chain from inputs and production to processing and retailing
- Indonesia's ranking as the 16th largest economy in the world
- Corn production trends from 2008-2012 and the gap in needed production in 2012
- Challenges and opportunities in the corn sector
- Governance policies to support the corn value chain
- Business linkages between corn and poultry and fast food industries
Commercialization of crops can help increase yields for smallholder farmers in Central Africa. A study analyzed data from 480 households in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to assess the effects of agricultural commercialization. The results showed that higher levels of commercialization were positively associated with increased use of fertilizer and improved seed varieties. Commercialized farmers also had higher crop yields, generating over $12 more per hectare than less commercialized farmers. However, commercialization's influence relied on other factors like access to credit, markets, and information. The study concluded that promoting commercialization could motivate smallholders to intensify production and boost yields in Central Africa.
IPAR-Rwanda's Annual Research Conference at Umubano Hotel from 28-29 January ...Bosco Hitimana
1) National agricultural production contributed significantly to household food security in Rwanda between 1980-2010, as agricultural exports and production were found to have long-run positive relationships with food security.
2) Livelihood options were found to be significant determinants of household food security in 2014, with activities like off-farm income, use of fertilizers, and livelihood options positively impacting food security.
3) The study concluded that while agriculture continues to be important for household food security, livelihood options will play a greater role in ensuring food security for future generations in Rwanda. It recommended expanding employment, mechanization, partnerships with industry, and funding for integrated food security and health programs.
IPAR-Rwanda's Annual Research Conference at Umubano Hotel from 28-29 January ...Bosco Hitimana
1) National agricultural production contributed significantly to household food security in Rwanda between 1980-2010, as agricultural exports and production were found to have long-run positive relationships with food security.
2) Livelihood options were also found to contribute to household food security in 2014, with variables like non-farm income, use of fertilizers, and participation in livelihood activities being significantly associated with improved food security.
3) The study concluded that while agriculture remains important, livelihood options will play a greater role in ensuring food security for future generations in Rwanda.
Analysis of milk production, butter marketing and household use of inputs in ...ILRI
Presented by Berhanu Gebremedhin, Kaleb Shiferaw, AzageTegegne and Dirk Hoekstra at Workshop on the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Vancouver, British Columbia, 28 July-2 August 2018
1. The document reviews Indonesia's development corridors strategy and argues for greater inclusion of agricultural research to support economic goals.
2. It notes that while outside Java has seen growth, inequality remains and food production remains centered on Java due to issues of economies of scale and efficiency for smallholder farmers.
3. The author recommends policy changes like land reforms, boosting agricultural productivity and research funding, strengthening food innovation networks, and regulatory reforms to better support development goals.
Challenges in intensifying India smallholder dairy production: Health risks a...ILRI
The document summarizes several studies conducted by ILRI on challenges in intensifying smallholder dairy production in India. It discusses health risks from milkborne pathogens and productivity gaps. Three projects are described: 1) A study in Assam evaluating knowledge gains from hygiene training, finding improvements but also ongoing risks. 2) A study of peri-urban dairy farms assessing zoonotic disease prevalence and antibiotic residues. 3) A scoping study in Bihar to identify animal health problems limiting production. The conclusion emphasizes the need for a one health approach to improve productivity while reducing human health risks from milk.
3rd Africa Rice Congress
Theme 4: Rice policy for food security through smallholder and agribusiness development
Mini symposium1: Trade policies to boost Africa’s rice sector
Author: Kuku-Shittu
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Hunger and food insecurity remained some of the serious challenges facing our world in present time with great concerns from Sub-Saharan Africa especially countries like Nigeria. This study investigates food insecurity (FI), health and environment-related factors, and agricultural commercialization among smallholder farm households. This study was conducted in Southwestern Nigeria utilizing cross-sectional survey data from 352 farm households and employed multi-stage sampling procedure. The household FI levels was determined using food insecurity access scale (HFIAS), crop commercialization index (CCI) was used to compute each household’s CCI (four levels), while ordered logit model was used to analyse factors influencing FI. Health and environment-related factors’ access were assessed across each FI category. The results indicated that about 13% of cassava farm households are non-participant in the marketing of their produce. The findings revealed that less than 20%, 30%. and 40% of households in all four FI categories had access to piped water, improved toilet facilities, and electricity respectively. The ordered logit regression analysis indicated that age, gender, education level, farm experience, nonfarm income, and ownership of motorcycle significantly influencing FI in the study areas. Therefore, this study stressed the implementation of policy actions capable of promoting rural infrastructure development that will lead to increased agricultural production, marketing, and improved quality of life of rural dwellers.
Henry Okodua_2023 AGRODEP Annual ConferenceAKADEMIYA2063
This document discusses modeling the economic impacts of climate change and adaptation strategies in Nigeria using macroeconomic and microeconomic models. It presents the following key points:
1) Climate change is projected to reduce agricultural GDP and productivity, especially for crops like oilseeds, coffee, and maize. This will negatively impact overall economic growth, employment, and incomes.
2) Rural and poor households as well as medium-skilled laborers will be most severely affected by climate impacts in terms of reduced consumption, higher poverty rates, and job losses.
3) Potential adaptation strategies like soil conservation, improved varieties, irrigation, and fertilizer use could help increase crop yields by 8-50% according to evidence, though their economic
Dr. Emmanuel Orkoh_2023 AGRODEP Annual Conference - Parallel Session IIIaAKADEMIYA2063
This document summarizes a study on the impact of Namibia's COVID-19 Emergency Income Grant on household food security. The study used a survey of 250 households to collect data. Key findings include:
1) The income grant benefited 39% of households, with higher receipt among female-headed and less educated households.
2) Propensity score matching estimates found the grant significantly improved household food security, as measured by two indices.
3) Effects were larger for female-headed households, suggesting the grant particularly helped vulnerable groups.
4) Over half of households reported being satisfied with the income grant policy. Satisfaction levels were similar across demographic groups.
In 3 sentences, this summary
It gives an outlook to the position of Indian farmers and indian agriculture . It provides an idea about the measures that can be adopted in order to double thefarmers' income by 2022.
Strategies for Doubling the Farmers Income Through Temperate Fruit Crops Tawseef Baba
The document discusses strategies for doubling farmers' incomes in India through the cultivation of temperate fruit crops. It outlines Prime Minister Modi's goal of doubling farmers' incomes by 2022. Currently, over 20% of rural households earn less than the poverty line, and farming is uneconomical for many with small landholdings. The document then proposes several strategies to achieve this goal for temperate fruits, including enhancing crop productivity through improved varieties; efficient resource management with protected cultivation and precision farming; enhancing fruit quality; developing climate-resilient technologies; integrated pest management; minimizing post-harvest losses; and conducting marketing and economics research.
Uganda has made commitments at the global, regional and national levels to improve food and nutrition security through frameworks like the SDGs and CAADP. However, the review found that commitments have not fully translated into improved indicators. The review assessed Uganda's progress on SDG2 targets related to ending hunger and malnutrition, doubling smallholder incomes and productivity, sustainable agriculture, genetic diversity, and investment in the agricultural sector. Key findings included high levels of food insecurity, stunting and micronutrient deficiencies. The review identified opportunities to accelerate progress through strengthening implementation and addressing gaps like low yields, climate impacts, and limited access to resources and markets.
Ghana has experienced strong economic growth above sub-Saharan Africa averages since 2007. However, employment growth has lagged behind GDP growth, with the majority of jobs being low quality in the informal sector. While poverty has declined, inequality is increasing. Constraints to higher employment include a shortage of high-skilled and technical workers due to low education levels, and growth being concentrated in capital-intensive industries rather than high-employment sectors like agriculture and manufacturing. Targeted employment policies have had limited success, and job creation needs greater focus in national strategies to link growth to reductions in poverty and inequality.
This document analyzes the relationship between farm size and household welfare and food security in Ethiopia using data from 7,000 households. It finds that while large farms have much higher crop production incomes, there are only small differences in welfare and food security outcomes across farm sizes. Small farms achieve food security through strategies like renting additional land, intensifying crop production, growing calorie-dense crops, earning non-farm income, and consuming cheaper foods. The conclusions are that well-functioning land rental markets, a strong off-farm job sector, and technologies to intensify crop production on existing land are important for ensuring food security for smallholder farms.
Philippines HDI Value and Ranking and Highlights of the 5th MDG Progress Reportkukaii
The document discusses the Philippines' progress on human development and achieving the Millennium Development Goals based on two reports. It finds that:
1) The Philippines' Human Development Index increased 16.5% from 1980 to 2013, ranking 117 out of 187 countries, though inequality lowers the index by 18.1%.
2) The Philippines has made high progress on reducing food poverty, boosting education rates, empowering women, and improving access to water and sanitation, but medium progress on reducing income poverty and nutrition levels.
3) Several Millennium Development Goals on reducing poverty, hunger, disease, and improving education, gender equality and environmental sustainability are on track to be met by 2015
This document discusses the socioeconomic challenges and potential for hydrogen (H2) production in West Africa. It provides background on West Africa's economic development strategies since the 1950s, which have shifted from industry-led growth to agriculture-led growth and poverty reduction. Charts show current electricity production, access, and renewable energy capacity in the ECOWAS region are still relatively low. The document forecasts significant growth in renewable energy generation capacity through 2030, which could enable production of green hydrogen in the region at an affordable price of under $1.5/kg by 2040. In conclusion, it presents on the technical potential for green hydrogen production in West Africa.
The document summarizes the key discussions and conclusions from the 2023 ReSAKSS Annual Conference. Some of the main points discussed include:
1) The need for quality data and integrated data systems to inform decision-making and track progress on food system transformation.
2) Challenges in achieving CAADP/Malabo targets and setting priorities for the post-Malabo agenda given legacy issues and new challenges.
3) Emerging themes that should be research focus areas, such as nutrition-smart pathways, food safety, climate adaptation economics, and gender transformation.
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1. University of Ibadan, NIGERIA
Productivity Growth and Food Security:
The Case Of Maize-based Farming Households
in Nigeria
Ogheneruemu Obi-Egbedi
2. #2023 AGRODEP CONFERENCE
Outline
• Introduction
• Problem statement
• Research questions
• Motivation
• Material and methods
• Results
• Conclusion
3. Introduction
• Maize is the second most cultivated crop in the world . Global
production, harvested area and yield of 1.48 billion MT, 249.2 million
ha, and 5.1 t/ha, respectively (FAOSTAT, 2023).
• Most important cereal staple in Africa and Nigeria, for food security.
• Africa and Nigeria’s average yields stand at 2 t/ha and 1.6 t/ha,
respectively (FAOSTAT, 2023).
• Low maize productivity portends negative implications for the
country’s food security position.
4. Problem statement
• Plummeting food security remains a key public policy problem in
Nigeria.
• Ranks 103rd out of 116 nations and scores 28.3% with respect to
food quality, affordability and access (Global Food Security Index,
2021).
• Government programmes to improve food security and productivity
had little successes, with the poor results attributable to mis-
targeting of interventions and short-term rather than long term
nature (Sallawu et al., 2021; Aboaba et al., 2020).
• Empirical knowledge of maize productivity growth and its effect on
food security is required to properly direct policy.
5. Research questions
• What is the level of productivity and productivity growth among
maize-based farmers in Nigeria?
• What proportion of maize-based farmers transit from being
unproductive to productive over time in Nigeria?
• What are the determinants of productivity growth among maize-
based farmers in Nigeria?
• What is the level of food security among maize-based farming
households in Nigeria?
• What is the effect of productivity growth on food security among
maize-based farming households in Nigeria?
6. Motivation
• Most studies on Nigeria have dwelt on the determinants of
productivity (Ibitola et al., 2019; Ukoha et al, 2010).
• Mumba (2019) focused on productivity growth as the Total Factor
Productivity (TFP) change of maize smallholders in Southern Zambia.
• The link between productivity growth and food security is limited
despite abundance of studies on food security determinants
(Ogunniyi et al., 2021; Olufemi and Oladele, 2021; Ojoko et al., 2021;
Opaluwa et al., 2018; Sekhampu, 2013).
• This knowledge will help to design appropriate public policies to
address the issues of poor productivity growth and food insecurity.
8. Study area, data type and source
• Nigeria is the study area
• Secondary data sourced from Nigeria’s General Household Survey
(GHS) for 2015/2016 and 2018/2019 were used.
• A sample of 572 maize-based farming households was extracted that
produced complete information in both waves.
• The data were analysed using
-descriptive statistics -Total Factor Productivity (TFP)
-Markov chain model -Food security measures of Foster–Greer-
Thorbecke (FGT) -Tobit and logit regression models.
10. Total factor productivity of maize-based farmers in Nigeria
Total Factor Productivity Frequency Percent Mean SD
(n=572)
2015/16
No productivity (<1) 360 62.94 0.696 0.494
Low productivity (1.00-2.00) 206 36.01
High productivity (>2.00) 6 1.05
2018/19
No productivity (<1) 399 69.76
Low productivity (1.00-2.00) 89 15.56 1.015 1.682
High productivity (>2.00) 84 14.68
Total 572 100.00
11. Total factor productivity growth between 2015/16 and
2018/19 among maize-based farmers in Nigeria
Productivity growth Frequency Percent
age
Mean Standard
deviation
Negative and No
growth (≤0.00)
334 58.39 0.8659 1.681818
Low growth (>0.00–
≤1.00)
86 15.04
High growth (>1.00) 152 26.57
Total 572 100.0
12. Markov probability transition matrix of total factor productivity
2018/19
No
productivity
Low
productivity
High
productivity
Total
2015/16
No productivity 244
(0.6777)
57 (0.1583) 59 (0.1639) 360
(0.6294)
Low
productivity 152
(0.7379)
32 (0.1553) 22 (0.1068) 206
(0.3601)
High
productivity 3 (0.5000) 0 (0.0000) 3 (0.5000) 6 (0.0105)
Total
399
(0.6976)
89 (0.1556) 84 (0,1469) 572
13. Tobit regression estimates for determinants of
productivity growth among maize-based farmers
Variable Coefficient Std. Error t-value
Age -0.0077** -0.0034 2.26 0.024
Sex 0.4618* 0.2398 1.93 0.055
Marital Status -0.1261 0.2106 -0.60 0.549
Education (formal) -0.1467 0.1297 -1.13 0.258
Household Size 0.0018 0.0116 0.16 0.876
Farm income -0.1296 0.0849 -1.53 0.127
Farm size (ha) 0.2105*** 0.0336 6.27 0.000
Access to credit -0.0270 0.1303 -0.21 0.836
Membership of cooperative -0.3213*** 0.1016 -3.16 0.002
Sector (rural) -0.5498*** 0.1898 -2.90 0.004
Constant 1.9682 1.0143 1.94 0.053
Number of obs = 572
LR chi2(10) = 92.67
Prob > chi2 = 0.0000
Pseudo R2 = 0.0603
Adjusted R2 = 0.0482
14. Food insecurity indices of maize-based farming
households from 2015/16 to 2018/19
Food
insecurity
incidence
Food
insecurity
depth
Food
insecurity
severity
Food insecurity
line (two-thirds of
MPCHFE) ₦
Mean per capita
household food
expenditure
(MPCHFE) ₦
2015/16
0.4266 0.1546 0.0772 3843.01 5764.52
2018/19
0.520979 0.22547 0.134381 3669.96 5504.94
15. Logit regression estimates for the effects of productivity growth on food security among
maize-based farmers
Variable Coefficient Std. Error Z P>|z| dy/dx
Productivity growth sq 0.0007* 0.0004 1.91 0.057 0.0001
Sex 0.4736 1.2961 0.37 0.715 0.0829
Age sq -0.0001 0.0002 -0.40 0.689 -0.0004
Marital status 1.8572* 1.0133 1.83 0.067 0.3250
Household size 0.1358*** 0.0468 2.90 0.004 0.0238
Farm size (ha) -0.0978 0.1099 -0.89 0.374 -0.0171
Primary educational level -0.2729 0.5187 -0.53 0.599 -0.0455
Secondary educational level 0.9786* 0.5119 1.91 0.056 0.1763
Tertiary educational level 2.4287*** 0.6618 3.67 0.000 0.4086
Access to credit -1.0368* 0.6202 -1.67 0.095 -0.1815
Sector 0.8681 0.6687 1.30 0.194 0.1453
Constant -5.4885 1.3962 -3.93 0.000
Number of obs = 238
LR chi2 (16) = 80.71
Prob > chi2 = 0.0000
Pseudo R2 = 0.2452
16. Conclusion
• Productivity growth was low between 2015/16 and 2018/19
• Most maize-based farmers either remained unproductive in both
periods or transited from being productive to unproductive.
• Age, membership of cooperatives and living in the rural area impeded
farmers’ productivity growth, whereas being male and farm size
improved it.
• Food security levels worsened between 2015/16 and 2018/19.
• Productivity growth, household size, secondary and tertiary
educational levels improve food security.
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Policy recommendations
• Food security interventions by the government should include a
long-term plan to improve productivity growth of farmers in
Nigeria.
• Education interventions for farmers should go beyond the basic
level, which is the current drive of the Nigeria government.
• Government should investments in the rural areas to improve
the production environment for the farmers