Profitability and Productivity Analysis of Tractorised and Non-Tractorised Maize Production in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria
- September 18, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS Team
- Categories: Agriculture, IJRIAS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS) | Volume V, Issue III, January 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
]Usman, M. B., Aaasa, O. S., Balogun, O. S and Yahaya, U. F
Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Abstract: In the recent time, reducing food insecurity and poverty is now regarded by many as the most important goal of the twenty first century. To achieve this laudable objective requires removal of drudgery associated with farming and improve productivity. This study compares the profitability and productivity of tractorised and non-tractorised maize farmers. Purposive and random sampling techniques were used to select eighty (80) maize farmers for the study. The result revealed that majority of the respondents was male. In addition, (85%) and (80%) of the tractorised and non-tractorised respectively have formal education. Based on their farm size majority (60%) of the manual farmers cultivated between 2.1-3.0 ha while (50%) of the tractorised cultivated between 4.1-5.0 ha. Furthermore, the net farm incomes for the tractorised and manual maize farmers were found to be N310, 100.00 and N 127,950.00 naira respectively. The total labour and capital productivity for the mechanized farmers were higher than that of their manual counterparts. Nevertheless, there were many constraints militating against the production of this staple food crop in the area, thus the respondents perceived inadequate capital as first(1st),poor producer price and high cost of inputs were ranked second (2nd) and third(3rd) respectively. In other to improve productivity and output the study recommends the need to subsidize the cost of acquiring farm machininaries especially tractors by the government, price control of farm inputs and provision of production loans to the maize farmers at low interest rate to facilitate speedy adoption of mechanization.
Key words: Profitability, Productivity, Tractorised and Non-tractorised, Maize Production.
