Smallholder soybean farmers supply response in northern Nigeria

The supply response of the smallholder soybean growers was investigation using a sample of 307 farmers randomly-selected from Jive villages in Kaduna and Kano States of Nigeria. Different multivariate functional forms were experimented but the power Junction was chosen because of its obvious unique...

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Autores principales: Ojiako, I.A., Manyong, Victor M., Ikpi, A.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92156
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author Ojiako, I.A.
Manyong, Victor M.
Ikpi, A.
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description The supply response of the smallholder soybean growers was investigation using a sample of 307 farmers randomly-selected from Jive villages in Kaduna and Kano States of Nigeria. Different multivariate functional forms were experimented but the power Junction was chosen because of its obvious unique characteristics. The response of the farmers' marketed surplus is positive and significant to changes in cultivated area, own farm-gate price and physical yield of soybean but negative and significant to changes in price of beans. The degree of responsiveness is elastic for farmland area (1.7), physical yield (1.8) and cross-price of beans (1.6) and inelastic own-price of soybean (0.9). The study the need for promoting commercial rather than subsistence soybean farming and recommends policies capable of fostering increases in yield, more access to farmland, and creating price incentives for farmers since soybean production is market-driven.
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spelling CGSpace921562023-06-13T03:57:41Z Smallholder soybean farmers supply response in northern Nigeria Ojiako, I.A. Manyong, Victor M. Ikpi, A. smallholder farmer soybeans marketed surplus price incentive farmland agricultural supply The supply response of the smallholder soybean growers was investigation using a sample of 307 farmers randomly-selected from Jive villages in Kaduna and Kano States of Nigeria. Different multivariate functional forms were experimented but the power Junction was chosen because of its obvious unique characteristics. The response of the farmers' marketed surplus is positive and significant to changes in cultivated area, own farm-gate price and physical yield of soybean but negative and significant to changes in price of beans. The degree of responsiveness is elastic for farmland area (1.7), physical yield (1.8) and cross-price of beans (1.6) and inelastic own-price of soybean (0.9). The study the need for promoting commercial rather than subsistence soybean farming and recommends policies capable of fostering increases in yield, more access to farmland, and creating price incentives for farmers since soybean production is market-driven. 2008 2018-04-24T08:40:06Z 2018-04-24T08:40:06Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92156 en Limited Access Ojiako, I.A., Manyong, V. & Ikpi, A. (2008). Smallholder soybean farmers' supply response in northern Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural and Food Economics, 3(1-2), 43-53.
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soybeans
marketed surplus
price incentive
farmland
agricultural supply
Ojiako, I.A.
Manyong, Victor M.
Ikpi, A.
Smallholder soybean farmers supply response in northern Nigeria
title Smallholder soybean farmers supply response in northern Nigeria
title_full Smallholder soybean farmers supply response in northern Nigeria
title_fullStr Smallholder soybean farmers supply response in northern Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Smallholder soybean farmers supply response in northern Nigeria
title_short Smallholder soybean farmers supply response in northern Nigeria
title_sort smallholder soybean farmers supply response in northern nigeria
topic smallholder farmer
soybeans
marketed surplus
price incentive
farmland
agricultural supply
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92156
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