Abstract
This study compared Total Factor Productivity among potato farmers in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was employed to select 96 male and 64 female respondents. Data was collected from primary source through the distribution of structured questionnaire and oral interview schedule. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, net farm income and total factor productivity (TFP) models. The findings revealed that the mean age of male and female household heads was 40 and 38 years respectively, the mean household size was 5 persons for male and 4 persons for female headed households, 82.3% and 73.5 of male and female respondents were married. The mean farming experience of male and female farmers was 19 and 15years, 62% and 66% of male and female respondents did not belong to any cooperative. Potato production was profitable with NFI per hectare of male and female respondents being N473,307.65 and N294,324.45 respectively. The BCR was 3.15 and 5.16 for male and female respondents. Profitability Index was 0.68 and 0.81 respectively for male and female farmers. The result of probit regression revealed that the coefficients of gender, household size, farming experience and amount of credit were significant. The study recommend that: implicit sensitization of the community leaders on the active role of women in agricultural development, Policy makers at all level of government should ensure discriminatory laws or customs against women are abolished, both male and female farmers should utilize more of their household members in
Highlights
Agriculture by far has the widest spread of the form of human activity and it is more basic than any other industry (World Bank 2008)
Agricultural and rural sectors have suffered from neglect and underinvestment over the past two decades, while seventy-five percent (75%) of the world’s poor live in rural areas and a mere four percent (4%) of official development assistance goes to agriculture in developing countries including Nigeria (World bank, 2008)
Method of Data Collection Primary data was collected for the study using wellstructured questionnaire and interview schedule that were administered to the selected potato male and female potato farmers
Summary
Agriculture by far has the widest spread of the form of human activity and it is more basic than any other industry (World Bank 2008). Among the several aforementioned constraints inhibiting maximized potato production, it is worthy to include gender disparities in agriculture being a limiting constraint This is justifiable because in sub-Saharan Africa, women account for almost 50% of the agricultural labor force but still suffer from low access to credit and other financial markets. They do not have much control over their resources, have low levels of crop yields, low rates of modern input and technology adoption, and are disadvantaged in terms of human and physical capital. 160 (96 males and 64 females) potato farmers will constituted the sampling size that will be used for the study
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