IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v11y2019i9p2516-d227235.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Determinants of Intensity of Biomass Utilization: Evidence from Cassava Smallholders in Nigeria

Author

Listed:
  • Temitayo Adeyemo

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria)

  • Paul Amaza

    (Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Jos, Jos 930001, Nigeria)

  • Victor Okoruwa

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria)

  • Vincent Akinyosoye

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria)

  • Kabir Salman

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria)

  • Adebayo Abass

    (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Tanzania Hub, Dar es Salaam 11101, Tanzania)

Abstract

The paradigm shift from value chains to value webs in the emerging bioeconomy has necessitated a review on how agricultural systems transit to value web production systems. This study examines how smallholders in the cassava system in Nigeria have been able to increase utilization of biomass in their production systems. Using a sample of 541 households, the study employed cluster analysis and ordered probit regression to examine the intensity of cassava utilization and the determinants of the intensity of utilization. The study found that over 50% of the respondents were classified as low-intensity utilization households, while ~13% were high-intensity utilization households. Land, social capital, farming experience, and asset ownership increased the probability of intensifying cassava utilization among smallholders. The study recommends strengthening assets acquisition, improving land quality and encouraging social capital development among smallholders.

Suggested Citation

  • Temitayo Adeyemo & Paul Amaza & Victor Okoruwa & Vincent Akinyosoye & Kabir Salman & Adebayo Abass, 2019. "Determinants of Intensity of Biomass Utilization: Evidence from Cassava Smallholders in Nigeria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-16, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:9:p:2516-:d:227235
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/9/2516/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/9/2516/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Huffman, Wallace E., 2001. "Human capital: Education and agriculture," Handbook of Agricultural Economics, in: B. L. Gardner & G. C. Rausser (ed.), Handbook of Agricultural Economics, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 7, pages 333-381, Elsevier.
    2. Michael O Asibey & Vivian Yeboah & Eric K Adabor, 2018. "Palm biomass waste as supplementary source of electricity generation in Ghana: Case of the Juaben Oil Mills," Energy & Environment, , vol. 29(2), pages 165-183, March.
    3. Richard Williams, 2008. "Ordinal regression models: Problems, solutions, and problems with the solutions," German Stata Users' Group Meetings 2008 03, Stata Users Group.
    4. Hichaambwa, Munguzwe & Chamberlin, Jordan & Sitko, Nicholas J, 2015. "Determinants and welfare effects of smallholder participation in horticultural markets in Zambia," African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 10(4), pages 1-18, December.
    5. Nweke, Felix & Haggblade, Steven & Zulu, Ballard, 2004. "Recent growth in African cassava," 2020 vision briefs 12 No. 3, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    6. Johnson, Nancy L. & Kovarik, Chiara & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth & Njuki, Jemimah & Quisumbing, Agnes, 2016. "Gender, Assets, and Agricultural Development: Lessons from Eight Projects," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 295-311.
    7. Munasib, Abdul B.A. & Jordan, Jeffrey L., 2011. "The Effect of Social Capital on the Choice to Use Sustainable Agricultural Practices," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 43(2), pages 213-227, May.
    8. Schwarze, Jan & Holst, Gesa Sophie & Mußhoff, Oliver, 2014. "Do farmers act like perfectly rational profit maximisers? Results of an extra-laboratory experiment," International Journal of Agricultural Management, Institute of Agricultural Management, vol. 4(1), October.
    9. McCullough, Ellen B., 2017. "Labor productivity and employment gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 133-152.
    10. Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda & Kuku, Oluyemisi & Ajibola, Akeem, 2011. "Review of literature on agricultural productivity, social capital and food security in Nigeria:," NSSP working papers 21, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    11. Haggblade, Steven, ed., 2004. "Building on successes in African agriculture," 2020 vision focus 12, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    12. John Herbert Ainembabazi & Johnny Mugisha, 2014. "The Role of Farming Experience on the Adoption of Agricultural Technologies: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Uganda," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(5), pages 666-679, May.
    13. Adam Iddrisu & Isaac Gershon Kodwo Ansah & Paul Kwame Nkegbe, 2017. "Effect of input credit on smallholder farmers’ output and income," Agricultural Finance Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 78(1), pages 98-115, November.
    14. Chapoto, Antony & Mabiso, Athur & Bonsu, Adwinmea, 2013. "Agricultural commercialization, land expansion, and homegrown land-scale farmers: Insights from Ghana:," IFPRI discussion papers 1286, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    15. Agnes Quisumbing & Deborah Rubin & Cristina Manfre & Elizabeth Waithanji & Mara van den Bold & Deanna Olney & Nancy Johnson & Ruth Meinzen-Dick, 2015. "Gender, assets, and market-oriented agriculture: learning from high-value crop and livestock projects in Africa and Asia," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 32(4), pages 705-725, December.
    16. Greene,William H. & Hensher,David A., 2010. "Modeling Ordered Choices," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521142373.
    17. Tim K. Loos & Marlene Hoppe & Beloved M. Dzomeku & Lilli Scheiterle, 2018. "The Potential of Plantain Residues for the Ghanaian Bioeconomy—Assessing the Current Fiber Value Web," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-18, December.
    18. Greene,William H. & Hensher,David A., 2010. "Modeling Ordered Choices," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521194204.
    19. Lanjouw, Jean O. & Lanjouw, Peter, 2001. "The rural non-farm sector: issues and evidence from developing countries," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 26(1), pages 1-23, October.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Olutosin A. Otekunrin & Oluwaseun A. Otekunrin & Barbara Sawicka & Piotr Pszczółkowski, 2021. "Assessing Food Insecurity and Its Drivers among Smallholder Farming Households in Rural Oyo State, Nigeria: The HFIAS Approach," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-20, November.
    2. Alleluyanatha, Esther & Awotide, Bola Amoke & Dontsop-Nguezet, Paul Martins & Coulibaly, Amadou Youssouf & Bello, Lateef & Abdoulaye, Tahirou & Manyong, Victor & Bamba, Zoumana, 2021. "Effect of Youth Migration and Remittances on RURAL Households’ Livelihoods in South-Eastern Nigeria," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315200, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    3. Oyedeji, Oluwafemi A. & Babatunde, Rapheal O., 2022. "Analysis of Maize Biomass-based Value Web and Household Livelihood Security in Nigeria," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322201, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    4. John-Baptist S. N. Naah, 2020. "Community-Level Analysis of Value Webs of Biomass-Based Resources: A Case Study among Local Actors in Ghana," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-15, February.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Grimani, Katerina, 2014. "Labor earnings and Psychological well-being: An Empirical Analysis," MPRA Paper 57098, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Drakopoulos, Stavros A. & Grimani, Katerina, 2015. "The Effect of Pay Cuts on Psychological Well-Being and Job Satisfaction," MPRA Paper 61195, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Adeyemo, T. & Okoruwa, V. & Akinyosoye, V., 2018. "Estimating causal effects of cassava based value-webs on smallholders welfare: a multivalued treatment approach," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277052, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    4. Drakopoulos, Stavros A. & Grimani, Katerina, 2013. "Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy and the Effect of Income on Happiness Levels," MPRA Paper 50987, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. An, Wookhyun & Alarcón, Silverio, 2021. "Rural tourism preferences in Spain: Best-worst choices," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    6. Stefan Boes, 2013. "Nonparametric analysis of treatment effects in ordered response models," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 44(1), pages 81-109, February.
    7. William H. Greene & Mark N. Harris & Rachel J. Knott & Nigel Rice, 2021. "Specification and testing of hierarchical ordered response models with anchoring vignettes," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 184(1), pages 31-64, January.
    8. Hanna Dudek & Joanna Landmesser, 2012. "Income satisfaction and relative deprivation," Statistics in Transition new series, Główny Urząd Statystyczny (Polska), vol. 13(2), pages 321-334, June.
    9. Das, Ujjwal & Das, Kalyan, 2018. "Inference on zero inflated ordinal models with semiparametric link," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 104-115.
    10. Andrew Powell & Pilar Tavella, 2012. "Capital Inflow Surges in Emerging Economies: How Worried Should LAC Be?," Research Department Publications 4782, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
    11. Kaili Wang & Sanjana Hossain & Khandker Nurul Habib, 2022. "A hybrid data fusion methodology for household travel surveys to reduce proxy biases and under-representation of specific sub-group of population," Transportation, Springer, vol. 49(6), pages 1801-1836, December.
    12. Ghimire, Ramesh & Green, Gary T. & Paudel, Krishna P. & Poudyal, Neelam C. & Cordell, H. Ken, 2017. "Visitors' Preferences for Freshwater Amenity Characteristics: Implications from the U.S. Household Survey," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 42(1), pages 1-24, January.
    13. Chappell, Henry W. & McGregor, Rob Roy, 2018. "Committee decision-making at Sweden's Riksbank," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 120-133.
    14. Päivi Karhunen & Svetlana Ledyaeva, 2021. "Is Chain Affiliation a Strategic Asset or Constraint in Emerging Economies? Competitive Strategies and Performance in the Russian Hotel Industry," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 61(3), pages 403-427, June.
    15. Charlie Tchinda & Marcus Dejardin, 2021. "Are Business Policy Measures in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic to Be Equally Valued? An Exploration According to SMEs Owners’ Business Expectations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-42, October.
    16. Ali Ardeshiri & Spring Sampson & Joffre Swait, 2019. "Seasonality Effects on Consumers Preferences Over Quality Attributes of Different Beef Products," Papers 1902.02419, arXiv.org.
    17. Patricia Cubí‐Mollá & Mireia Jofre‐Bonet & Victoria Serra‐Sastre, 2017. "Adaptation to health states: Sick yet better off?," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(12), pages 1826-1843, December.
    18. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour & Festus Ebo Turkson, 2015. "Selection into Employment Sectors in Urban Ghana and Tanzania: The Role of Education," Research in World Economy, Research in World Economy, Sciedu Press, vol. 6(4), pages 78-92, December.
    19. Ahmad Adeel & Bruno Notteboom & Ansar Yasar & Kris Scheerlinck & Jeroen Stevens, 2021. "Sustainable Streetscape and Built Environment Designs around BRT Stations: A Stated Choice Experiment Using 3D Visualizations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-21, June.
    20. Jeffrey A. Edwards & Tara R. Wade & Mark L. Burkey & R. Gary Pumphrey, 2014. "Forecasting the Public's Acceptability of Municipal Water Regulation and Price Rationing for Communities on the Ogallala Aquifer," Journal of Economic Insight, Missouri Valley Economic Association, vol. 40(1), pages 1-30.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:9:p:2516-:d:227235. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.