Perceived effectiveness of village alive development initiative (Vadi) programme among arable crop farmers in Kwara state, Nigeria

Abstract

The study analyzed the perceived effectiveness of Village Alive Development Initiative (VADI) Programme among Arable Crop Farmers in Kwara State. The specific objectives of the study were to describe socio-economic characteristics of arable crop farmers in the study area, examine the perceived effectiveness of VADI programme in the study area, and identify the constraints faced by arable crop farmers in accessing VADI programme in the study area. Primary data were collected from 120 VADI beneficial through purposive and random sampling techniques. Descriptive and inferential statistics tool such as mean scores derived from a 3 – point likert scales, were used as analytical tools. The study revealed that majority (71.67%) of the respondents was male. The study showed that the most perceived effectiveness of VADI activities as indicated by the respondents was VADI cooperative/savings (MS=1.426) which was ranked first. Furthermore, result on constraints facing arable crop farmers in accessing VADI programme revealed that the most severe constraints was poor road network with a Mean Score of 1.252. This study recommends that more rural communities in Nigeria should be given equal opportunity to enjoy this VADI programme.