Moshood Jaji
Lagos State Polytechnic, Agricultural Extension and Management, Faculty Member
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The study focused on examination of the entrepreneurial analysis of Ornamental fish production in Lagos State, Nigeria. The target population for this study was practicing ornamental fish farmers, who are members of Association of... more
The study focused on examination of the entrepreneurial analysis of Ornamental fish production in Lagos State, Nigeria. The target population for this study was practicing ornamental fish farmers, who are members of Association of Ornamental Fish Farmers and Exporters of Nigeria (AOFFEN). A total of thirty two farmers were randomly selected as respondents for this study. Structured questionnaires comprising of close and open ended questionnaires were administered on the selected ornamental fish farmers. Cost and return analysis on ornamental fish farming in Lagos revealed that ornamental fish was profitable in Lagos State. Total investment costs for ornamental fish farming in Lagos State was N2,36,446.77, of which the proportion for land acquisition was 65.3 percent. Total fixed costs were N1,444,619.37, of which depreciation was 85.9 percent. Total variable cost was N854,071.80, of which seed costs accounted for 46.6 percent. In ornamental fish farming, water was replaced every other day, which resulted in high electricity costs with 2.5 percent of total variable costs. Total costs were N4,335,137.94. Costs and returns analysis indicated that ornamental fish production generated positive returns in Lagos State. The variable costs were low. Positive returns were mainly due to the presence of opportunity costs in the form of family labour costs. Hence the study indicated a bright economic future for strengthening domestic ornamental fish production along commercial lines in Lagos State. It was recommended that unemployed youths be trained in ornamental fish production methods and supported with soft loans to engage in ornamental fish production.
Keyword: Entrepreneurial, ornamental, fish farming, Nigeria
Keyword: Entrepreneurial, ornamental, fish farming, Nigeria
This paper assessed the constraints of women in fish processing and accessibility to extension activities in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study examined the personal characteristics of the women in fish processing; investigated the approach... more
This paper assessed the constraints of women in fish processing and accessibility to
extension activities in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study examined the personal characteristics of the
women in fish processing; investigated the approach through which the improved technologies are
transferred to the women in fish processing; determined packages of the improved technologies;
and determined the benefits derived by the women in fish processing from the use of the improved
technologies. The study was conducted in eight purposively selected villages out of the fifty
fishing villages in Lagos state. Structured interview schedule was administered on two hundred
and eight women in fish processing selected through the simple random sampling technique.
Descriptive statistics like frequency counts, percentages, and charts were used to analyse the data.
Chi-square (c2) and correlation analysis inferential statistics were used to determine the
association among some variables. The results indicated that majority of the women in fish
processing (76.1%) were between the age range 21 – 50 years. Most (90%) of the women in fish
processing had one form of education or the other. Most of the women (90.4%) were married with
56.94percent having family size of an average of five persons. All the respondents were members
of social associations, with 30.14 percent holding offices in the various associations. Only 45%
had contact with extension agents. Majority of the women had been in the enterprise for more than
five years, while 50.72 percent of the women were in low socio-economic status. Constraints
perceived as impediments by the women include lack of electricity (96.65%), non availability of
improved oven (77.03%), and lack of training on financial management and loan acquisition
(77.03%). Other constraints were lack of transportation facilities (66.51%), non availability of
extension agents (65.07%), lack of adequate capital (61.24%) high cost of inputs (49.76%) and
inadequate fish landing (25.36%). Hypotheses testing showed that significant associations existed
between accessibility to extension activities and age (c2= 22.45, p< 0.05); level of education (c2=
28.87, p< 0.05); contact with extension agents (c2= 13.72, p< 0.05). Significant relationships also
existed between constraints of women in fish processing and accessibility to improved
technologies (rho = 0.66, p< 0.05). The result is indicative of constraints influencing the women’s
accessibility to extension services. The association between the income of the women in fish
processing and availability of improved fish processing techniques was significant (c2= 112.06, p<
0.05). In view of the findings of this study, it is recommended that the Lagos State Government
ensures an improvement in the present state of agricultural extension services delivery to women
in fish processing in the study area; There is an urgent need by stakeholders in the fishery subsector
of the agricultural economy of the nation to ameliorate the constraints faced by women in
fish production which include among others high cost of inputs, inadequate electricity supply, lack
of adequate capital, non availability of improved oven, non availability of extension agents,
inadequate fish landing, lack of transportation facilities, lack of training on financial management
and loan acquisition and that LSADA must serve women participating in fish processing in Lagos
state better through employment of more agents, and improving the communication support unit
of the authority.
extension activities in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study examined the personal characteristics of the
women in fish processing; investigated the approach through which the improved technologies are
transferred to the women in fish processing; determined packages of the improved technologies;
and determined the benefits derived by the women in fish processing from the use of the improved
technologies. The study was conducted in eight purposively selected villages out of the fifty
fishing villages in Lagos state. Structured interview schedule was administered on two hundred
and eight women in fish processing selected through the simple random sampling technique.
Descriptive statistics like frequency counts, percentages, and charts were used to analyse the data.
Chi-square (c2) and correlation analysis inferential statistics were used to determine the
association among some variables. The results indicated that majority of the women in fish
processing (76.1%) were between the age range 21 – 50 years. Most (90%) of the women in fish
processing had one form of education or the other. Most of the women (90.4%) were married with
56.94percent having family size of an average of five persons. All the respondents were members
of social associations, with 30.14 percent holding offices in the various associations. Only 45%
had contact with extension agents. Majority of the women had been in the enterprise for more than
five years, while 50.72 percent of the women were in low socio-economic status. Constraints
perceived as impediments by the women include lack of electricity (96.65%), non availability of
improved oven (77.03%), and lack of training on financial management and loan acquisition
(77.03%). Other constraints were lack of transportation facilities (66.51%), non availability of
extension agents (65.07%), lack of adequate capital (61.24%) high cost of inputs (49.76%) and
inadequate fish landing (25.36%). Hypotheses testing showed that significant associations existed
between accessibility to extension activities and age (c2= 22.45, p< 0.05); level of education (c2=
28.87, p< 0.05); contact with extension agents (c2= 13.72, p< 0.05). Significant relationships also
existed between constraints of women in fish processing and accessibility to improved
technologies (rho = 0.66, p< 0.05). The result is indicative of constraints influencing the women’s
accessibility to extension services. The association between the income of the women in fish
processing and availability of improved fish processing techniques was significant (c2= 112.06, p<
0.05). In view of the findings of this study, it is recommended that the Lagos State Government
ensures an improvement in the present state of agricultural extension services delivery to women
in fish processing in the study area; There is an urgent need by stakeholders in the fishery subsector
of the agricultural economy of the nation to ameliorate the constraints faced by women in
fish production which include among others high cost of inputs, inadequate electricity supply, lack
of adequate capital, non availability of improved oven, non availability of extension agents,
inadequate fish landing, lack of transportation facilities, lack of training on financial management
and loan acquisition and that LSADA must serve women participating in fish processing in Lagos
state better through employment of more agents, and improving the communication support unit
of the authority.
Research Interests:
There are several problems responsible for the inability of Nigeria as a nation towards attaining self sufficiency in food production especially in root and tuber crops, one of these problems is the unrealized yield potential that could... more
There are several problems responsible for the inability of Nigeria as a nation towards attaining self sufficiency in food production especially in root and tuber crops, one of these problems is the
unrealized yield potential that could be achieved through the adoption of improved and recommended technologies. Increase in crop productivity has always remain a concern of both governmental and non-governmental organisations and this is the reason many agricultural technologies have been introduced
towards improving the efficiency of crop production systems. Several reasons have however been attributed to the less than desirable performance of these technologies. This study examined the effect of Root and Tuber Expansion Programme (RTEP) technologies on farmers’ productivity in Lagos and
Ogun States. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select two hundred farmers from two blocks in each of the states in the study area. Interview schedule was administered on 50 farmers who were randomly selected from each block to make a total of
200. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data collected. The result revealed that 67.3% of the respondents had formal education, which has a great influence on technologies use and 24.6% were below 40 years of age. Majority were married while only 4.5% indicated being widowed,
there were more male than female in root and tuber crop production. The chi-square analysis indicated that there was no significant relationship between sex and productivity level of farmers in Lagos state (χ2 =1.306, P = 0.521), while there was significant relationship between sex and productivity level of
farmers in Ogun state (χ2 =21.335, P = 0.000). The result of the study also revealed a significant relationship between the use of Root and Tuber Expansion Programme technologies and productivity of farmers in Lagos state (ρ = 0.491, P = 0.000) and
Ogun state (ρ = 0.575, P = 0.000). The analysis of variance showed a significant difference in the use of technologies between farmers in Lagos and Ogun states as well as in their productivity level. Based on the results of this study, a number of
recommendations were made.
unrealized yield potential that could be achieved through the adoption of improved and recommended technologies. Increase in crop productivity has always remain a concern of both governmental and non-governmental organisations and this is the reason many agricultural technologies have been introduced
towards improving the efficiency of crop production systems. Several reasons have however been attributed to the less than desirable performance of these technologies. This study examined the effect of Root and Tuber Expansion Programme (RTEP) technologies on farmers’ productivity in Lagos and
Ogun States. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select two hundred farmers from two blocks in each of the states in the study area. Interview schedule was administered on 50 farmers who were randomly selected from each block to make a total of
200. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data collected. The result revealed that 67.3% of the respondents had formal education, which has a great influence on technologies use and 24.6% were below 40 years of age. Majority were married while only 4.5% indicated being widowed,
there were more male than female in root and tuber crop production. The chi-square analysis indicated that there was no significant relationship between sex and productivity level of farmers in Lagos state (χ2 =1.306, P = 0.521), while there was significant relationship between sex and productivity level of
farmers in Ogun state (χ2 =21.335, P = 0.000). The result of the study also revealed a significant relationship between the use of Root and Tuber Expansion Programme technologies and productivity of farmers in Lagos state (ρ = 0.491, P = 0.000) and
Ogun state (ρ = 0.575, P = 0.000). The analysis of variance showed a significant difference in the use of technologies between farmers in Lagos and Ogun states as well as in their productivity level. Based on the results of this study, a number of
recommendations were made.
The study assessed the accessibility of women involved in fish processing in Lagos State, Nigeria to extension activities, it examined the personal characteristics of the women in fish processing; investigated the approach through which... more
The study assessed the accessibility of women involved in fish processing in Lagos State, Nigeria to extension activities, it examined the personal characteristics of the women in fish processing; investigated the approach through which the improved technologies are transferred to the women in fish processing; determined packages of the improved technologies. The study was carried out in eight purposively selected villages out of the fifty fishing villages in Lagos state, structured interview schedule was administered on two hundred and eight women in fish processing selected through the simple random sampling technique. Descriptive statistics like frequency counts, percentages, and charts were used to analyze the data. Chi-square (χ2) and correlation analysis inferential statistics were used to determine the association among some variables. The results indicated that majority of the women in fish processing (76.1%) were between the age range 21 – 50 years. Most (90%) of the women in fish processing had one form of education or the other. Most of the women (90.4%) were married with 56.94percent having family size of an average of five persons. All the respondents were members of social associations, with 30.14 percent holding offices in the various associations. Only 45% had contact with extension agents. Majority of the women had been in the enterprise for more than five years, while 50.72 percent of the women were in low socio-economic status. Significant associations exist between accessibility to extension activities and age (χ2= 22.45, p< 0.05); level of Education (χ2= 28.87, p< 0.05); social organizations’ membership (χ2= 13.72, p< 0.05). Towards an improvement in the level of accessibility to improved techniques by the respondents, it is recommended that effort be made to have more contacts between the women in fish processing and the extension workers in Lagos State
This study examined the adoption of improved aquaculture technologies among fish farmers in Lagos State, Nigeria. Data were collected from a sample of One hundred and fifty fish farmers randomly selected from the five divisions of the... more
This study examined the adoption of improved aquaculture technologies among fish farmers in Lagos State, Nigeria. Data were collected from a sample of One hundred and fifty fish farmers randomly selected from the five divisions of the state. Responses were elicited through well-structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were used to analyse the data. The recommended aquaculture technologies at different stages of adoption process were water pH testing and regulation, testing of dissolved oxygen, feed formulation, polyculture practices, integrated fish/poultry, recirculatory method, cage system, spawning and stocking density. The grand mean of adoption score and adoption index were 0.94 and 0.19 respectively. The low level of adoption was attributed to the complexity and cost of the technologies, low extension contacts, level of education, age, income and farm size all of which influenced the adoption of aquaculture technologies. The findings suggest that Extension officers need to be motivated and trained frequently in order to enhance their competence and low interest loans should be extended to fish farmers to enable them adopt such innovation perceived as having high capital outlay, Micro-finance institutions could be explored towards this end.
One hundred and twenty day old chicks of Abor Acre were reared for eight weeks. They were randomly allotted to four dietary treatments of three replicate each at the beginning of the rearing stage, and were used to evaluate growth and... more
One hundred and twenty day old chicks of Abor Acre were reared for eight weeks. They were randomly allotted to four dietary treatments of three replicate each at the beginning of the rearing stage, and were used to evaluate growth and economic performance when fed with diets containing varying level of cashew nut waste meal. Diet 1(0% level of inclusion of cashew nut waste), diet 2 (12.5% level of inclusion of cashew nut waste), diet 3 (25% level of cashew nut waste), and diet 4 (37.5% level of inclusion of cashew nut waste) representing 0%, 25%, 50%, and 75% replacement of maize respectively. Result revealed that cashew nut waste meal significantly (P < 0.05) affected the feed intake, cost of feed/bird, cost/Kg of feed, cost of feed/Kg weight gain, selling price/bird, return on feed, total cost of production, total revenue, gross margin and profit while it does not significantly (P > 0.05) influence the weight gain, final weight and feed conversion efficiency of the birds. Birds on diet 4 had the highest weight gain; the lowest cost of production; and the highest profit. Hence, cashew nut waste could be used to replace maize in the diet of broiler’s chicken with considerable economic gain.
This study aimed at Rural Accessibility and Productivity in Lagos State, Nigeria, with emphasis placed on the identification of the Socio-economic characteristics of residents; examination of the level of accessibility of the settlements;... more
This study aimed at Rural Accessibility and Productivity in Lagos State, Nigeria, with emphasis placed on the identification of the Socio-economic characteristics of residents; examination of the level of accessibility of the settlements; productivity of the residents; nature and condition of transport facilities and problems in selected villages of 2 zones of the state. Structured questionnaire was administered on two hundred and forty rural residents. Descriptive statistical techniques were used to analyze the data, while
accessibility index and Pearson’s product moment correlation were used to determine the relationship between the level of productivity and accessibility. “t” test was conducted to determine the statistical significance of the hypotheses. The results showed that majority of the respondents were in the age range 31 – 40 years, 21.25% had no education, 24.17% had
higher education, 46.25% were engaged in crop productions 67.09% of the respondents had one form of mechanically propelled vehicle or the other; 71.67% were members of social associations, 67.08% had contact with extension agents, the type of road predominant in the area of study was track which constitute about 42.92% and majority (55.42%) covered a
distance or between 1.5 – 5 km to get to their farms. Recommendations made include the need to reduce the spatio-physical barriers that inhibit the mobility of rural residents on inter and intra rural movements as well as in rural-urban direction; and a clear-cut policy on rural roads with respect to scheduling of responsibility among tiers of governments
accessibility index and Pearson’s product moment correlation were used to determine the relationship between the level of productivity and accessibility. “t” test was conducted to determine the statistical significance of the hypotheses. The results showed that majority of the respondents were in the age range 31 – 40 years, 21.25% had no education, 24.17% had
higher education, 46.25% were engaged in crop productions 67.09% of the respondents had one form of mechanically propelled vehicle or the other; 71.67% were members of social associations, 67.08% had contact with extension agents, the type of road predominant in the area of study was track which constitute about 42.92% and majority (55.42%) covered a
distance or between 1.5 – 5 km to get to their farms. Recommendations made include the need to reduce the spatio-physical barriers that inhibit the mobility of rural residents on inter and intra rural movements as well as in rural-urban direction; and a clear-cut policy on rural roads with respect to scheduling of responsibility among tiers of governments
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National and global agricultural extension practice (AEP) has not been able to withstand the increasing challenges to meet future demands of the rural actors. Agricultural extension has not developed enough capability to mobilize all... more
National and global agricultural extension practice (AEP) has not been able to withstand the increasing challenges to meet future demands of the rural actors. Agricultural extension has not developed enough capability to mobilize all stakeholders – research, farmer, input agency, private sector, NGO, finance institutions, professional body etc - to sustain efficient and effective practice. This is due to inadequate, weak and unsustainable agricultural institution building in Nigeria. This has attendant consequence on the AEP in the country. Based on the observations from the Agricultural Technical Assistance Project (ATAP) experience; this paper analyzed the agricultural capacity building programmes in Nigeria, and reviewed the establishment and role of the Federal Agricultural Coordinating Unit (FACU) and the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI). Findings revealed the various levels of established successes of ATAP and ARMTI as laudable agricultural capacity building efforts in the country. It recommends the continuous intervention of the federal government in strengthening the established institution in agriculture through proper funding. It also strongly recommends the involvement of local private consultants and academicians in the implementation of such programmes in order to ensure sustainability of AEP in Nigeria.