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Factors Limiting Small-Scale Farmers’ Access and Use of Tractors for Agricultural Mechanization in Abuja, North Central Zone, Nigeria
European Journal of Sustainable Development
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Factors Limiting Small-Scale Farmers’ Access and Use of Tractors for Agricultural Mechanization in Abuja, North Central Zone, Nigeria
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Julius, Ajah
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The importance of tractor and its implements in agricultural mechanization necessitatedthis study. The main objective is to identify factors limiting small-scale farmers’ access anduse of tractors for farm mechanization in Abuja, Nigeria. To effectively cover the studyarea, a simple random technique was adopted for sample selection while semi-structuredquestionnaires were used for data collection. A total of 337 farmers were randomlyselected from four local government areas (Kule, Kwali, Abaji, Gwagwalada) and used forthe study. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results indicated that the majorfactors limiting the farmers from using tractors to work on their farms were high cost oftractor hiring services (64.09%) and inadequate sources of hiring points (19.29%) resultingin poor access to tractors and its implements. The farmers that hired tractors spent anaverage of N11,543 on land tillage alone hence majority (49.85%) of them adopted localimplements like hoes, spades and shovels for land tillage while 10.39% planted withoutland tillage (zero tillage). In addition to land tillage, majority of the farmers (62.31%)indicated that, they also hired tractors for the transportation of their farm produce. Privateownership (NGO, Cooperative societies and private individuals) were the major (67.95%)sources of tractor for hiring while only 13.65% of the farmers accessed government-owned tractors. Based on the findings, the paper recommended that more tractor hiringpoints should be established in the study area and, in addition, the cost of hiring tractorshould be regulated by government in order to encourage farm mechanization.Key words: Cost of tractor hiring, land tillage operation, transportation of farm produce,sources of tractor hiring
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European Center of Sustainable Development
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2014-02-01
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://www.ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/115
10.14207/ejsd.2014.v3n1p115 |
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European Journal of Sustainable Development; Vol 3, No 1; 115-124
2239-6101 2239-5938 |
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eng
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http://www.ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/115/109
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