Effect of T&V Innovation on Income and Farmers Performance in Edo State Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the effect of training and visit innovation on the income and famer performance in two out of three agro ecological zones of Edo State, Nigeria. This study focused on contact crop farmers drawn from two out of three agro-ecological zones of Edo State, namely Edo central and Edo south. A multi-stage random sampling method was used both for economic reasons and especially because the sampling units occur in strata such as zones, blocks and cells. Data were collected from randomly sampled respondents from two senatorial districts in Edo State. Edo state is divided into three agro-ecological zones- Edo North, Edo Central and Edo South, out of which Edo Central and Edo south were randomly selected. Two blocks each were selected randomly from a total of five and seven blocks in Edo central and Edo south zones respectively. These blocks were Igueben and Esan North East in Edo central and Oredo and Egor in Edo south senatorial zone. Each block consists of eight cells. A random selection of four cells was made from each block and total of sixteen cells were chosen and eight from each zone and ten farmers were randomly selected from each of the 16 cells, giving a total of one hundred and sixty farmers/respondents for the study but only a hundred and fifty six copies of a questionnaire were found useful for the study. Data collected were subjected to descriptive statistics and budgetary tools. The outcome of the study indicated that training and visit innovation had increasing effect on farm size and income of farmers in the study areas.