IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/ecinnt/v30y2021i7p750-766.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Productivity impact of improved rice varieties’ adoption: case of smallholder rice farmers in Nigeria

Author

Listed:
  • Lateef Olalekan Bello
  • Lloyd J. S. Baiyegunhi
  • Gideon Danso-Abbeam

Abstract

The use of agricultural technology, such as high-yielding seed varieties in developing countries where the primary source of livelihood is agriculture is vital in reducing poverty, hunger, and promoting food security. This study examined the productivity impact of improved rice varieties (IRV) among smallholder farmers in South West, Nigeria, using cross-sectional data obtained from a sample of 250 rice farming households. The propensity score matching (PSM) technique was used to evaluate the impact of IRV adoption on rice productivity. The results of the study indicated that educational attainment, experience in rice farming, extension contact, access to credit, and access to IRV seeds had a positive and statistically significant influence on the adoption of IRV. Moreover, adopters of IRV gain 452 kg more rice grains per hectare of rice farms. The paper concludes that strengthening extension services using new strategies like electronic and social media may be more effective than the conventional method of extension delivery. Also, having an effective credit scheme and making the improved seeds physically accessible to farmers will increase adoption of IRVs, and subsequently boost farm productivity.

Suggested Citation

  • Lateef Olalekan Bello & Lloyd J. S. Baiyegunhi & Gideon Danso-Abbeam, 2021. "Productivity impact of improved rice varieties’ adoption: case of smallholder rice farmers in Nigeria," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(7), pages 750-766, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ecinnt:v:30:y:2021:i:7:p:750-766
    DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2020.1776488
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/10438599.2020.1776488
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/10438599.2020.1776488?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

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


    Cited by:

    1. Anwasia Anthonia Ifeoma & Anselm Anibueze Enete & Ezeibe Adaku Bridget, 2023. "Determinant and Impact of Renewable Energy Utilization on Farm Productivity in South-South Nigeria," Journal of Agriculture and Crops, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 9(1), pages 105-113, 01-2023.
    2. Idowu James Fasakin & Adebayo Isaiah Ogunniyi & Lateef Olalekan Bello & Djana Mignouna & Razack Adeoti & Zoumana Bamba & Tahirou Abdoulaye & Bola Amoke Awotide, 2022. "Impact of Intensive Youth Participation in Agriculture on Rural Households’ Revenue: Evidence from Rice Farming Households in Nigeria," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-17, April.
    3. Bola Amoke Awotide & Adebayo Ogunniyi & Kehinde Oluseyi Olagunju & Lateef Olalekan Bello & Amadou Youssouf Coulibaly & Alexander Nimo Wiredu & Bourémo Kone & Aly Ahamadou & Victor Manyong & Tahirou Ab, 2022. "Evaluating the Heterogeneous Impacts of Adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural Technologies on Rural Households’ Welfare in Mali," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-16, November.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    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:taf:ecinnt:v:30:y:2021:i:7:p:750-766. 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.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using 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: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/GEIN20 .

    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.