Profitability of Resettled Farmers’ Crop Production Enterprise in Yauri Emirate, Kebbi State Nigeria

Abstract

This study determines the Profitability of resettled farmers’ crop production enterprise in Yauri Emirate, Kebbi State Nigeria. The study was conducted in the 3 Local Government Areas of the Emirate. Purposive sampling was used to select twelve villages in the LGAs (4 villages/ LGA). Ten resettled farmers were randomly selected from each village and questionnaires administered to each of them to obtain a total of 100 respondents. Descriptive statistics and farm budgeting techniques were used for the data analysis. The results of the study shows that crop production in the study area is characterized as subsistence by majority of the respondents (79.2%), and the land tenure practiced by farmers are renting (40.8%) and sharecropping (25.0%). The cost of transportation of the farm produce/tonnage was found to be exorbitantly high and increasing seasonally according to the respondents. Majority of the respondents (40%) of the respondents confirmed that they pay between N 2000 and N 3000, 54% pay between N3001 and N4000 and remaining 6% pay above N4001.. 24.2% of the respondents recorded a negative net farm income (loss) on crop production enterprise during the season under review and the expenditure on variable inputs accounted for 98.50% of the total cost of crop investment.