Faleye T, Adebija JA and Farounbi AJ
Despite Nigeria’s rich agricultural resource endowment, the agricultural sector has been growing at a very low rate. Less than 50% of the country’s cultivable agricultural land is under cultivation. Most of this land is cultivated by the smallholder and traditional farmers who use rudimentary production techniques with low yields. The smallholder farmers face many problems including poor access to modern inputs and credit, poor infrastructure, inadequate access to markets, land and environmental degradation, and inadequate research and extension services. A study of the use of Power Tillers in small farms was undertaken, 70 % increase in yield was recorded and problems facing small farms productivity were looked into.
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