Costs and Returns Analysis for Small-Scale Irrigated Crop Production in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Journal Title: Scientia Agriculturae - Year 2015, Vol 10, Issue 2
Abstract
Predicated on the argument that inadequate information on the profitability of irrigated agriculture could be a reason behind the very low percentage of farmers engaged in irrigated agriculture in Nigeria; this study set out as a modest attempt towards contributing to the literature on the profitability of irrigated agriculture. Production data were collected from 94 randomly selected irrigated crop farmers during the 2013/14 dry season field activities. Descriptive statistics, measures of farm business performance and benefit-cost ratio were used to achieve the objectives of the study. Findings include that average yield for maize and tomato is 2.38MT/ha and 5.5MT/ha respectively. Average profit per hectare of N38, 419.88 and N80, 313.18 was estimated for irrigated maize and tomato enterprises respectively; the gross ratio (GR) and operating ratio (OR) values calculated for all sampled farms are high, indicating the need to consider ways of reducing production costs and increasing gross income, and the benefit-cost ratios of 1.49 and 1.40 calculated for maize and tomato respectively, implied that the expected benefit will exceed the expected costs. The study concluded that all the enterprises are feasible; and the major threat to the profitability of the enterprises is the fluctuation in producer prices, especially tomato prices.
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Aliyu A Ammani
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- DOI 10.15192/PSCP.SA.2015.10.2.6469
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