patience opata

University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Agricultural Economics, Post-Doc

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The place of information and communication technology in promoting agro-based enterprises in third world countries

International Journal of Agricultural Technology, 2011

Opata, P.I., Nweze J.N. and Rahman M.A. (2011). The place of information and communication techno... more

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The Triple Challenge: Food Security and Vulnerabilities of Fishing and Farming Households in Situations Characterized by Increasing Conflict, Climate Shock, and Environmental Degradation

Land, Nov 5, 2022

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Determinants of technical efficiency among lowland rice farmers in Enugu State, Nigeria: a stochastic frontier production function approach

Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Feb 27, 2022

The study examined the determinants of technical efficiency among lowland rice farmers in Enugu S... more The study examined the determinants of technical efficiency among lowland rice farmers in Enugu State, Nigeria. Primary data were sourced from rice producers through the use of welldesigned questionnaires. The study was conducted in four agricultural zones of Enugu State, during the 2017/2018 cropping season. Multistage and simple random sampling technique was employed to select 300 sampled rice farmers for the study. Cobb-Douglas stochastic production frontier function was used for the analysis. The result revealed that (98%) of random variation in the output of farmers was because of their inefficiency in their use of productive inputs in the study area. .Apart from farm size with estimated coefficient of (0.0531), fertilizer (0.0329), seed (0.2319), labour (0.0804) and agro-chemical (0.1711) were underutilized by the rice farmers. The average technical efficiency for the farmers was 0.71 implying that, on the average, the respondents are able to obtain 71% of potential output from a given mixture of production inputs. Thus, in a short run, there is a minimal scope (29%) of increasing the efficiency, by adopting the technology and techniques used by the most technically efficient farmer. High cost of inputs (MS=3.69), bad roads (MS=3.67), poor credit accessibility (MS=3.40) and inadequate storage facilities (MS꞊2.90) were found to be the major constraints of the rice farmers. The study recommends that in order to improve efficiency of resource use by the farmers in the study area, more of labour, seed, fertilizer and agro-chemicals should be utilized.

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Agroecology as a Response to Sustainable Development Under Climate Change in Southeast Nigeria

Springer climate, 2023

Indigenous tehnologies in cocoyam processing: implications for food security in Nigeria

Heterogeneity of adaptation strategies to climate shocks: Evidence from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

Bio-based and Applied Economics

There is overwhelming evidence to suggest that climate shocks undermine food security and livelih... more There is overwhelming evidence to suggest that climate shocks undermine food security and livelihood well-being of the climate-impacted Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Employing survey data collected from farming and fishing households in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the study investigated the range of adaptation practices prevalent in the region, as well as factors influencing the adoption of these adaptation strategies. Five hundred and three (503) households (252 fishing households and 251 farming households) were selected using multi-stage sampling techniques. Multinomial logit model was used to determine factors affecting the household choice of adaptation strategies. The results show that adaptation strategies adopted by farming households were livelihood diversification (78.5%), crop management (77.7%), and soil and water management (64.5%). Factors influencing their choice of adaptation strategies were age, gender, household size, education, extension, and farm size. Th...

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Factors Affecting Women Labor Utilization in Staple Crops Value Chains Activities in Southeast Nigeria

Asian review of social sciences, Apr 26, 2022

This paper identified socioeconomic, institutional and technological factors affecting women labo... more This paper identified socioeconomic, institutional and technological factors affecting women labor utilization in an on-farm and less rewarding staple crop value chain activities such as clearing, cultivation, planting and weeding compared to more rewarding off-farm post-harvest activities that facilitate input and output market such as threshing, shelling, processing, storage and marketing using data collected from 400 randomly selected women farmers in southeast Nigeria during 2019/20 crop year. Multinomial-logit results show that complementary input such as the use of credit, hired labor, fertilizers, agrochemicals, more land, adult men/women and extension services had a negative relationship with women's engagement in less rewarding farm operations. The constraint militating against women's labor utilization in staple crop value chain activities were lack of storage facilities, lack of credit, lack of improved input, poor road network and land tenure problems. The paper recommends institutional framework through extension education, technology-supply industries, financial institutions, improved road network to enhance women's labor engagement in more beneficial value chains activities such as post-harvest operations since women farmer selling to the market are more rewarding than engagement in clearing, cultivation, planting and weeding so that more women will participate in the market.

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A comparative study of farming and fishing households’ livelihood vulnerability in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Sep 8, 2022

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Modeling Crop Production under Climate Change in Southeast Nigeria: Agroecology as a Response

Nations of the world have seen unprecedented changes in climate variables in recent decades. But ... more Nations of the world have seen unprecedented changes in climate variables in recent decades. But it is unclear to what extent climate change has impacted and will impact food systems in some developing regions, and how policymakers can frame an approach to encouraging adaptation and advancing climate-smart agriculture. Many studies attempting to link agroecology to climate change adaptation do so without understanding the potential of Agroecology not only to mitigate climate change – which is the weak response – but to reverse its impact and ‘climate proof’ our food systems. By modeling the near and far future impacts of climate change on crop production, we showed how climate will impact crop production under two crop production systems (agroecology and non-agroecology production systems). The overarching aim is to derive sustainable development strategies and lessons for policymakers and climate researchers - essential components of environment and Agricultural development. Using ...

Determinants of Capacity Utilization among Agribusiness Firms in Nigeria

Asian Journal of Managerial Science

For agribusinesses in developing economies to realize their potential, enhancing their overall pe... more For agribusinesses in developing economies to realize their potential, enhancing their overall performance in terms of capacity utilisation is essential. The objective of thiepaper is to provide information on the determinants of capacity utilization among agribusinesses in Nigeria. Providing this information is necessary to deliver good policies and strategic support from governments as well as providing a favourable business environment that will help agribusinesses reach their potential. This study adopted the survey design. Data were collected from 2014 the World Bank Enterprise survey. Purposive sampling technique was used to select all the agribusiness enterprise categories included in the World Bank data. These categories include food, tobacco, textiles, garments, leather, wood, and paper industries. The data were analyzed with instrumental variable estimation technique. Result from the analysis showed that size of enterprise and legal status were statistically significantly ...

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Socio-economic Determinants of the Performance of Informal Women Co-operatives in Enugu state, Nigeria

Socio-Economic Determinants of the Performance of Informal Women's Cooperative Microfinance S... more Socio-Economic Determinants of the Performance of Informal Women's Cooperative Microfinance Societies in Enugu State, Nigeria P. I. OPATA AND N.J. NWEZE Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, E-mail [email protected] The problem of lack of access to credit to rural women is symptomatic of deep rooted structural inequalities, which not only curtail access to microfinance services but also the capacity to participate in other aspects of social life. Given such limitations, rural women organize their own forms of microfinance institutions (MFIs) which are peculiar to their own needs. The study was guided by the key null hypothesis that informal women's groups have not significantly increased the volumes of savings and that informal women's cooperatives have not significantly increased the volume of credit available to their clients. Six women groups were purposively selected from each LGA, making a total of 36 groups. A total of 216 clients we...

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Rethinking smallholder market participation drivers in West Africa: the case of yellow pepper farmers in southeast Nigeria

The place of information and communication technology in promoting agro-based enterprises in third world countries

International Journal of Agricultural Technology, 2011

This paper explored the availability and uses of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) b... more This paper explored the availability and uses of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by farmers in order to add value to agricultural products and promote agro-based enterprises. A total of 216 randomly selected farmers from Enugu state, south-east Nigeria constituted the sample size for the study. Primary data emanated from structured questionnaires, interview schedules and focus group discussion while secondary data came from internet resources. Data analysis was done using simple descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages. Socio-economic background of the respondents revealed the characteristics of the farmers which portray them in the light of users of ICT’s equipments. The study has implication for rural development, and showed prospects for increased use of ICTs in Enugu State. There is need for ICT training programmes for various stakeholders such as agricultural extension agents, the private sectors and farmers. There is also need to create an enab...

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Storage profitability and effectiveness of storage methods in yield loss reduction in cocoyam in southeast Nigeria

African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2015

Cocoyam is highly perishable and considerable economic losses can occur after it is harvested due... more Cocoyam is highly perishable and considerable economic losses can occur after it is harvested due to rot, sprouting and other physiological changes. This perspective hinges on the economic study of cocoyam storage in south-east Nigeria. The study was guided by null hypothesis that the mean cocoyam rot of the six storage methods did not significantly differ and that the mean income of the six storage methods did not significantly differ. Primary data was collected from 260 respondents through three sets of pre-tested questionnaires and daily/weekly monitoring of the 96 replications for the six storage methods under investigation. Secondary data came from journals, publications of the National Root Crop Research Institute, Umudike. About 85% of the respondents were 40 years and above. The net incomes of the six storage methods were â¦56.92, â¦47.96, â¦47.80, â¦43.36, â¦15.25 and â¦3.00 per kg respectively. There was statistically significant difference (P<0.01) in the mean di...

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Effect of planting space on plant population at harvest and tuber yield in taro (Colocasia esculenta L)

African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2015

A two year study was carried out in two locations in south eastern Nigeria in the years 2008 and... more A two year study was carried out in two locations in south eastern Nigeria in the years 2008 and 2009, to determine the effect of planting space on plant population at harvest, and corm yield in cocoyam cultivars. This was aimed to identify optimum planting space for optimum cocoyam production. Five taro cultivars; Nkpong, Ugwuta, Nworoko, Odogolo and Nadu were used. Three planting space; 50 x 100 cm, 40 x 100 cm and 30 x 100 cm were tested. The result showed that decreasing planting space from 50 x 100 cm to 40 x 100 cm resulted to increase in plant population at harvest. There was a decline in plant population as planting space was further decreased to 30 x 100 cm. The closest planting space of 30 x 100 cm produced the highest tuber yield ha-1 among the three planting space in the two locations. The result also showed that the Ugwuta cultivar produced the highest tuber yield among the five cultivars in the Nsukka location while the Odogolo cultivar recorded highest tuber yield in...

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Evaluation of agribusiness performance in Nigeria

Africa Journal of Management, 2020

ABSTRACT In Nigeria, agribusiness has a major role to play in the transformation of the agricultu... more ABSTRACT In Nigeria, agribusiness has a major role to play in the transformation of the agricultural sector. Little is known about the key performance indicators relevant to the agribusiness sector. This article employed the latest World Bank Enterprise Survey data to investigate and compare the links between firm characteristics and performance at micro-, small-, medium-, and large-scale agribusinesses levels. The result of the analysis showed that the small-scale agribusinesses have a higher performance score compared to the larger scales of agribusinesses and that education, firm size, the gender of the top manager, and political instability significantly predict performance. Thus, boosting agribusiness performance should start by encouraging small-scale agribusinesses. This article provides perspectives for a nuanced understanding of how an increased emphasis on small agribusinesses can lead to a more robust agribusiness sector and outlines a forward-looking and integrated research agenda for increasing performance across scales.

Efficiency of Irrigated and Rain-Fed Rice (Oryza Sativa) Producers in Fadama Agriculture, Nigeria

Experimental Agriculture, 2018

SUMMARYGiven the importance of irrigation for rice production, this study compared the technical ... more SUMMARYGiven the importance of irrigation for rice production, this study compared the technical efficiency of irrigated and rain-fed rice (Oryza sativa) farms in the Upper Niger River Basin and Rural Development Authority (UNRBDA), Nigeria. Primary data were collected from 300 irrigators and 325 rain-fed rice producers. Applying the stochastic frontier Cobb–Douglas production function, net income analysis and Likert scale rating techniques, the study found that irrigated scheme increased marginal factor productivity and profitability. The study revealed the existence of large technical inefficiency in rain-fed farms when compared with irrigated farms. This suggests that there is room for output gains through technical efficiency improvement in the rain-fed system. The mean value of the marginal physical product of inputs (VMPPX) in the irrigated farms (₦2.32) was more than that of rain-fed farm (₦1.67). Thus, if the average producers in the rain-fed are to achieve the technical eff...

Performance Evaluation Of Women Co-Operative Societies In Rural South-East Nigeria

IOSR Journal of Business and Management, 2014

The challenge of disenfranchisement of women by the formal financial system due largely to the un... more The challenge of disenfranchisement of women by the formal financial system due largely to the undue disadvantages brought on them by socio-cultural and economic institutions in Nigeria is symptomatic of deep rooted structural inequalities. Given such limitations, rural women organize themselves to form cooperatives which are peculiar to their own needs. This study was aimed at evaluating the performance of women co-operative societies based on key indicators-amount of credit disbursed, amount of savings generated and number of clients reached. The study also examined the mode of operation and sustainability of these informal institutions. The data used in this study was collected by means of questionnaire and focus group discussions. A total of 36 randomly selected women co-operatives across the three major agricultural zones in the study area formed the sampled population. The results revealed that factors such as the experience of managers, volume of credit from donor agencies and amount of savings mobilized from members exert a positive influence on the amount of credit disbursed and the number of clients reached while the level of formal education was observed to have no effect on the operations of the co-operatives. The outcome of the focus group discussions revealed that the co-operatives are formed based on the philosophy of mutual interest, self-help through cooperation, and mutual benefit. Based on the findings, the study recommends that a broad-based partnership in which government agencies joins with NGOs and the cooperatives in providing micro-credit and other financial services especially for women be pursued.

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Factors influencing inorganic fertilizer use among rice farmers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2022

This study examined factors influencing inorganic fertilizer use among rice farmers in Ebonyi sta... more This study examined factors influencing inorganic fertilizer use among rice farmers in Ebonyi state, Nigeria. A total of 120 rice farmers were purposively selected and used for the study. Data were collected by use of interview schedule and analyses were conducted using frequency, percentage, mean score and regression. Results showed that the respondents applied mostly urea fertilizer (54.2%) usually once (55.8%) on rice farm using broadcast method (100%). The amount of fertilizer applied per hectare in rice farm was 85.63kg. Rice farmers’ inorganic fertilizer use were influenced by number of years spent in school, years of experience in rice production, total size of farm used for rice, total annual income earned from rice production and number of extension agent visit. Surprisingly, rice output (t =1.243; p≥0.05) had no significant influence with inorganic fertilizer use. Government through the ministry of agriculture should organize workshops and train farmers on inorganic fertil...

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