Factors influencing level of participation of cocoa farmers in agricultural transformation agenda in Ondo and Ekiti States, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.52493/j.jaab.2022.1.47Keywords:
Participation, Cocoa farmers, Agricultural Transformation Agenda, Agricultural Development ProgrammesAbstract
The study assessed the factors that influenced the participation of cocoa farmers in the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) programme in Ondo and Ekiti States, Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was employed in the selection of 287 respondents for the study. Primary data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and Tobit regression analysis. Results of the study revealed that 87.5% of the sampled farmers were male. Factors such as marital status (Z = 0.1670), sex (Z = 0.0617), years of experience in cocoa cultivation (Z = -0.0085), household size (Z = 0.0109), membership of cooperative (Z = 0.0042) and years of formal education (Z = 0.0734) influenced level of participation of cocoa farmers ATA programme at 1% level of probability. It was concluded that participation of cocoa farmers in the ATA programme was high since about 90% of cocoa farmers participated in 8 out of 12 ATA programme activities identified. The identified significant factors should therefore be given special consideration by the stakeholders while implementing similar agricultural development programmes for cocoa farmers in the study area.
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