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    Assessment of market participation among sorghum farmers in Asa and Moro Local Government Areas of Kwara State
    (Journal of Agriculture and Environment, 2025) O.Y. Ambali,; F.O. Ayodeji,; Z.T. Saka, and; M.A. Ibrahim
    This study assessed market participation among sorghum farmers in Asa and Moro LGAs of Kwara State. A three-stage sampling technique was used to select 120 sorghum farmers in the study area. The study made use of primary data collected through of structured interview schedule and analyzed using descriptive analysis, Household Commercialization Index (HCI) and ordered logistic regression model. Result revealed that sorghum enterprise was dominated by men, accounting for 89.17% of the sampled respondents. About 91% of the respondents were married and with a mean age of 47years. The respondents were mostly small-scale farmers cultivating 2.4 hectares of land on average, and their experience in farming was on average of approximately 22 years. The market participation level among the sorghum farmers was high with average HCI value of 81.70%. Result of logistic regression analysis revealed that farmers’ high level of market participation was positively and significantly influenced by farmers’ age (β = 0.768, p≤0.05), farming experience (β = 0.126, p≤0.05), and marketing experience (β = 0.635, p≤0.01), quantity of sorghum produced (β = 1.243, p≤0.01), farm size (β = 1.339, p≤0.01), and unit selling price (β = 0.357, p≤0.01). Only transport cost (β = - 0.281 p≤0.05) and market distance (β =-1.73 p≤0.1) had negative and significant effect on farmers’ level of market participation. It is recommended that policies to sustain the high level of market participation recorded for this study should be encouraged by the stakeholders.
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    Analyzing the effects of ICT infrastructure adoption on agricultural output in Nigeria: an error correction model approach
    (Technoscience Journal for Community Development in Africa, 2025) Olatunji Yusuf Ambali,; Yah-ya Ibrahim Abubakar,; *Zainab Tope Saka*,; Ololade Latifat Abdulrahman, and; Mariam Ajoke Ibrahim
    This study examined the effects of ICT infrastructure adoption on agricultural output in Nigeria. Annual data on fixed telephone subscriptions, mobile phone subscriptions, internet usage, ICT goods import and some production variables spanning from 1994 to 2023 were used for the study. The unit root test of stationarity of each variable was obtained using the Augmented Dickey–Fuller (ADF) while the existence of long-run and short-run relationship among the variables was established using Engle and Granger 2-step approach. The ADF results revealed that all variables were integrated order of one I(1) and the error term of the long-run regression was stationary at level . Then, we implemented error correction model (ECM) to examine the short run relationship between agricultural output and the ICT variables under consideration. The overall estimated result showed a significant long-run relationship between agricultural output and mobile phone subscriptions (=0.027), internet usage (=2.593), ICT goods import (=2.357), and short-run significant relationship with only ICT goods import (ϕ=0.996) and mobile phone subscriptions (ϕ=0.160). Fixed telephone did not have significant influence on agricultural output both in the short-term and long-term. The study suggests implementation of policies that will improve the existing level of ICT facilities for enhancement of more agricultural output.
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    Usage of Social-Media for Sourcing Agricultural Information among Youth Farmers in Kwara State, Nigeria.
    (2025-12-30) a. Olatinwo, L.K, Yusuf, H.K, Ifabiyi, J.O, and Abdullateef, A.O.
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    ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTION AND THE LEVEL OF USE OF IMPROVED PROCESSING AND STORAGE FACILITIES AMONG RURAL WOMEN IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
    (FUDMA Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, 2024-02-15) Olooto, F.M., Olatinwo, L. K., Ojo, J. A., Abdulrahman, O. L. and Akintola, B. O
    This research was carried out to assess the perception and the level of use of improved processing and storage facilities among rural women in Kwara State. Specifically, the study described socio-economic characteristics of rural women, assessed the frequency of use and ascertained perception of women on the use of improved processing and storage facilities. A three stage sampling procedure was used to select 160 rural women from who data was collected using structured interview schedule. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, mean and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Findings revealed that 60.6% were aged above 50years, 79.4% were married, 48.8% had no formal education while 62.5% were non-member of cooperative society. PPMC analysis between socio-economic characteristics and the use of improved processing/storage facilities among rural women indicated that level of formal education (p=0.002, r=0.240) and membership of agricultural society (p=003, r=0.237) showed positive significant relationship while age (p=0.000, r=-0.299) and marital status (p=0.000, r=- 0.308) showed negative significant relationship at p<0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that women in the study area were low users of improved processing and storage facilities despite having favourable perception towards using them. It was therefore recommended that extension service should engage in training women and dissemination of affordable processing and storage technologies to the rural communities.
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    Rice Farmers Cooperative group members’ perception on loan repayment in Kwara State, Nigeria
    (FUDMA Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, 2023-10-30) Abdulrahman, O.L., Adebayo, A.R., Ogunlade, I., Bello. O.G., Oyediran, W.O and Olowolayemo, P.E
    The study examined the perception of cooperative rice farmers on loan repayment in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. Interview schedule was employed in obtaining information from 138 cooperative rice farmers randomly selected from twenty-three rice cooperative groups. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. The result shows that the mean age of the respondents was41years and household size of7 persons, majority (70.3%) were males, married (84.1%), with average rice farming experience 25 years. Also majority (98.6%) of the respondents have high perception on loan repayment. Loans were used for buying planting materials (98.6%), paying of laborers (92.8) and managing of farm activities (91.3) among others. Preferred timing of loan repayment are fortnightly (94.9%) and weekly (65.2%). The constraints timely repayment of loan were diversion of funds to non-farm ventures (X= 2.18), late disbursement of loan (X= 2.02), high interest rate (X= 1.99), and lack of government support (= 1.96). Correlation result shows that the age of the respondents (r=0.688, p<0.027), household size (r=0.727, p<0.021), educational level (r=0.923, p<0.014), and years of farming experience (r=0.661, p< 0.036) showed a positive significant relationship with perception of loan repayment. The study established that respondents have high perception for the loan repayment. Socio-economic variables also contributed to the loan repayment. It was recommended that rice farmers should have access to soft loan since they have high repayment, this would help to expand rice farming and boost production as well as constant capacity building training on positive perception on loan repayment