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Achem, B., Adebola Akangbe, J., Olayinka Animashaun, J. (2013). An Assessment of the Effects of Root and Tuber Expansion Project (RTEP) on the Livelihood of Cassava Processors in Kwara State, Nigeria. International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 3(3), 167-174.
Bello Alli Achem; Jones Adebola Akangbe; Jubril Olayinka Animashaun. "An Assessment of the Effects of Root and Tuber Expansion Project (RTEP) on the Livelihood of Cassava Processors in Kwara State, Nigeria". International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 3, 3, 2013, 167-174.
Achem, B., Adebola Akangbe, J., Olayinka Animashaun, J. (2013). 'An Assessment of the Effects of Root and Tuber Expansion Project (RTEP) on the Livelihood of Cassava Processors in Kwara State, Nigeria', International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 3(3), pp. 167-174.
Achem, B., Adebola Akangbe, J., Olayinka Animashaun, J. An Assessment of the Effects of Root and Tuber Expansion Project (RTEP) on the Livelihood of Cassava Processors in Kwara State, Nigeria. International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2013; 3(3): 167-174.

An Assessment of the Effects of Root and Tuber Expansion Project (RTEP) on the Livelihood of Cassava Processors in Kwara State, Nigeria

Article 3, Volume 3, Issue 3, Summer 2013, Page 167-174  XML PDF (106 K)
Authors
Bello Alli Achem1; Jones Adebola Akangbe2; Jubril Olayinka Animashaun* 3
1National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM), P.M.B 1525, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
2Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Ilorin,PMB 1515, Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria
3Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, University of Ilorin, PMB 1515, Ilorin, Nigeria
Receive Date: 22 August 2015,  Accept Date: 22 August 2015 
Abstract
The study was carried out to assess the effects of the Root and Tuber Expansion Programe (RTEP) on the livelihood of project beneficiaries in Kwara State, Nigeria. A 3-stage sampling technique was adopted for the study, selecting a total of 80 cassava processors from two Agricultural Development Programe (ADP) zones in the State. Structured interview schedule was used as instrument to elicit primary data from processors. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the socio economic characteristics of the respondents. The t-test was used to test the hypotheses on the relationship between the income and livelihood of RTEP beneficiaries and non beneficiaries, while those on the socio economic characteristics was tested using the Mann-Whitney (U) test. The findings of the study showed that RTEP provided more than 73 percent of total cassava processing equipment in the study area. The study further revealed that there was no significant difference in the socio-economic characteristics and livelihood of RTEP and Non RTEP participants. There was however a significant difference in their income. Amongst others, the study recommended massive investment in subsidizing critical cassava processing equipment, and provision of micro-credit at low interest rates to cassava processors.
Keywords
Cassava; Processing; livelihood; RTEP
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