Tractor owner-operators in Nigeria: Insights from a small survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa states
This paper presents results of a small survey of tractor owner-operators conducted in Kaduna and Nasarawa states in Nigeria. Following are the key findings from simple descriptive statistics: (1) owner-operators who buy tractors from the private market or from private individuals are more efficient...
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| author | Takeshima, Hiroyuki Edeh, Hyacinth O. Lawal, Akeem Isiaka, Moshud |
| author_browse | Edeh, Hyacinth O. Isiaka, Moshud Lawal, Akeem Takeshima, Hiroyuki |
| author_facet | Takeshima, Hiroyuki Edeh, Hyacinth O. Lawal, Akeem Isiaka, Moshud |
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| description | This paper presents results of a small survey of tractor owner-operators conducted in Kaduna and Nasarawa states in Nigeria. Following are the key findings from simple descriptive statistics: (1) owner-operators who buy tractors from the private market or from private individuals are more efficient than those who receive tractors through government programs, providing services to a greater area at lower costs, including during the off-peak season; (2) providing access to a wider range of tractor horsepowers may improve efficiency over diverse soil types; (3) similar to some Asian countries in the 1980s, tractor operations are mostly concentrated in interviewees’ local home districts, though a fraction form groups and serve in distant locations to earn greater revenues. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1504882025-11-06T07:24:25Z Tractor owner-operators in Nigeria: Insights from a small survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa states Takeshima, Hiroyuki Edeh, Hyacinth O. Lawal, Akeem Isiaka, Moshud tractors farm inputs agricultural mechanization mechanization This paper presents results of a small survey of tractor owner-operators conducted in Kaduna and Nasarawa states in Nigeria. Following are the key findings from simple descriptive statistics: (1) owner-operators who buy tractors from the private market or from private individuals are more efficient than those who receive tractors through government programs, providing services to a greater area at lower costs, including during the off-peak season; (2) providing access to a wider range of tractor horsepowers may improve efficiency over diverse soil types; (3) similar to some Asian countries in the 1980s, tractor operations are mostly concentrated in interviewees’ local home districts, though a fraction form groups and serve in distant locations to earn greater revenues. 2014 2024-08-01T02:52:04Z 2024-08-01T02:52:04Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150488 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Edeh, Hyacinth; Lawal, Akeem; Isiaka, Moshud. 2014. Tractor owner-operators in Nigeria: Insights from a small survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa states. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1355. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150488 |
| spellingShingle | tractors farm inputs agricultural mechanization mechanization Takeshima, Hiroyuki Edeh, Hyacinth O. Lawal, Akeem Isiaka, Moshud Tractor owner-operators in Nigeria: Insights from a small survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa states |
| title | Tractor owner-operators in Nigeria: Insights from a small survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa states |
| title_full | Tractor owner-operators in Nigeria: Insights from a small survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa states |
| title_fullStr | Tractor owner-operators in Nigeria: Insights from a small survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa states |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tractor owner-operators in Nigeria: Insights from a small survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa states |
| title_short | Tractor owner-operators in Nigeria: Insights from a small survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa states |
| title_sort | tractor owner operators in nigeria insights from a small survey in kaduna and nasarawa states |
| topic | tractors farm inputs agricultural mechanization mechanization |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150488 |
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