ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF FARMERS‟ PARTICIPATION IN THE SUCCESS OF KOGI STATE COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF FARMERS‟ PARTICIPATION IN THE SUCCESS OF KOGI STATE COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

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ABSTRACT

The Kogi State Commercial Agriculture Development Programme (KSCADP) was established as part of the government transformation programme in the agricultural sector. The KSCADP was expected to facilitate farmers‟ stakeholders with access to credit facilities so as to boost food/cash crops production in the state. Thus, the impact of farmers in the KSCADP is still below expectations as the agricultural sector of the State economy has continued to perform below expectations despite huge money invested in the programme. The study therefore, takes an empirical investigation into farmers‟ contributions in decision making and training/awareness programme and how it affects the success of KSCADP. The major objectives of the study is to determine how farmers‟ contributions in decision-making affect the performance of the programme; others were todetermine how farmers‟ stakeholders‟ participation in training and awareness programmes improved the performance of the KSCADP. Two hypotheses guided the study. The study based on the literature review established, adopts the „Sherry Arnstein‟sClassic ladder of citizen participation‟ model. The study employed both primary and secondary sources of data collection. Stratified Random sampling technique and Systematic random sampling technique were adopted. Structured questionnaires and interview schedule were used in collecting data from 272 and5 respondents respectively. The Krejcie and Morgan Small-sample Techniques for a Known Population Size,was used to draw the sample size. Descriptive statistics, the Pearson Moment correlation coefficient (r) and Regression were used for the analysis.The results of the analysis revealed that there is a relationship between farmers‟ contributions in decision-making; their participation in training/awareness programmes and the KSCADP. But despite the


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