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Rural infrastructure and production efficiency of food crop farmers: Implication for rural development in Nigeria

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  • Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso
  • Saidat Adebola Daud
  • Luke Okojie
  • Abiodun Olusola Omotayo

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This study investigated the impact of rural infrastructure on production efficiency of food crop rural farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria. A total of 160 farming households from 20 communities in Abeokuta and Ilaro in Ogun State Agricultural Development Programme (OGADEP) were randomly selected. Descriptive statistics, budgeting, Infrastructure Index Estimation (IIE) and Stochastic Production Frontier (SPF) were used to analyze the collected data. Results revealed that rural dwellers’ major economic and livelihood activities were farming (51.9%), trading (26.3%) and food processing (19.4%). The budgeting analysis showed that food crop production was more profitable in developed areas than in less-developed areas with Net Farm Income (NFI) of $328.900 (₦119,402.90/hectare) and $179.496 (₦65,163.68/hectare), respectively. SPF showed that total land cultivated (p

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  • Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso & Saidat Adebola Daud & Luke Okojie & Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, 2022. "Rural infrastructure and production efficiency of food crop farmers: Implication for rural development in Nigeria," African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(1), pages 197-203, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rajsxx:v:14:y:2022:i:1:p:197-203
    DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2020.1821441
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