Abstract
Comparative assessment of adoption determinants of electronic wallet system by rice farmers in Benue and Taraba States, Nigeria
Highlights
Several efforts have been made in the past to enhance the output of farmer, in terms of making farm inputs accessible and affordable for the farmers
In spite of the numerous efforts made by the Federal Government by providing farm inputs at a subsidized rate in Nigeria, there are still complaints of fertilizer not reaching all the target farmers every year, even though procurement and distribution increases yearly
The objectives of this study were to describe the socio-economic characteristics of rice farmers who adopted electronic wallet system in Benue and Taraba States, to identify the determinants of adoption of electronic wallet system in Benue and Taraba States and to identify the constraints associated with the adoption of electronic wallet system in Benue and Taraba States
Summary
Several efforts have been made in the past to enhance the output of farmer, in terms of making farm inputs accessible and affordable for the farmers. In spite of the numerous efforts made by the Federal Government by providing farm inputs at a subsidized rate in Nigeria, there are still complaints of fertilizer not reaching all the target farmers every year, even though procurement and distribution increases yearly. This could be attributed to “high level of corruption, insincerity and political interruption in the distribution channels” (Adebo, 2014). The system was terminated by the Federal Government in 2015; only for the same Government to
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