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Effects of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices on Total Factor Productivity of Arable Farmers in Northwest Nigeria
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This study was carried out to determine the effect of Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices on the total factor productivity of arable farming households in North-western Nigeria. A four-stage sampling technique was adopted. Katsina and Sokoto States were randomly selected from North-western Nigeria. Ten Local Government Areas (LGAs) were also randomly selected from Katsina (six) and Sokoto (four) states, proportionate to size. Additionally, 30 villages were randomly selected from all the LGAs proportionate to size. After that, 577 households were randomly selected from all the villages using structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index, and Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression. Results from this research work indicated that the household heads had an average age of 48.4±9.8 years with a household size of 10.9±5.7 persons, male (91.0%), married (92.2%), and acquired quaranic education (45.1%). Farm size and farming experience were 4.2±3.3 hectares and 25.6±10.9 years, respectively, with the majority owning livestock (84.9%) and inherited land (77.5%). The TFP of most household heads was at a deteriorating level (63.0%), while 37.0% were at a progressive level. The OLS regression results showed that seed (β=0.01), organic manure (β=0.0002), and being a high-user of CSAP (β=0.60) increased TFP, while labour (β=-0.01) and inorganic fertilizer (β=-0.001) decreased TFP. A high level of use of CSA practices had a positive and highly significant effect on the Total Factor Productivity of the arable farming households. This study therefore recommends that stakeholders in the agricultural subsector should educate farmers on the benefits of using CSA practices in their cropping activity via extension agents and government agencies like the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) should provide farmers with agricultural credit at discounted rate, which would be used to procure productive resources to increase crop productivity.
