Impact of community based agriculture and rural development project on participants output in Kaduna state

This study was designed to assess the Impact of Community Based Agriculture and Rural Development Project (CBARDP) on the participants Output in Zaria and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to: describe the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents; determine the impact of the project on the participants? output; and; identify the constraints encountered by the project participants. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select a sample size of 185 respondents from a sample frame of 1852. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit primary data. Descriptive statistics, t-test and chow test were utilized for data analyses. Findings revealed that; majority (70.0%) of the participating farmers were females and 27.0% of the participating farmers attended postsecondary school, 85.0% of the non-participating farmers were also females with average age of 41 years and 91.0% married, having a household size between 6-10 persons and 32% of the non-participating farmers having an educational attainment of primary. The various constraints encountered by the project participants were inadequate extension contact, lack of involvement of farmers in planning and inadequate co-operation among the participants. The Chow test analysis revealed that CBARDP had a positive impact (p<0.05) on participants output (2.17). It was therefore, concluded that CBARDP had positive impact on the participants output in Kaduna State. It was recommended that the project should be scaled out to other non-benefitting Local Government Areas of the State. Project implementers should adopt the use of community driven development projects (CDD).