ABSTRACT
The study assessed the effectiveness of Fadama
HI Agricultural Project in empowering the participants in Bayelsa State.
Objectives that guided the study were the participant’s socioeconomic
characteristics, their level of participation, the activities made available
for participation, effectiveness ofthe Project, the benefits derived by the
participants, factors that influenced participation and factors that influenced
effectiveness, problems encountered by the participants. Simple random sampling
technique was used to select 150 farmers that participated, and 150 staff from
the delivery agency. Data were collected with a structured questionnaire. The
data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency
count, percentage, mean (X) and standard deviation (STD), while inferential statistics
such as z-test and multiple regression analysis was used to test the null
hypotheses at 0.05% level of significance. The finding showed that farmers were
averagely 42.6 years old, 54.7% of the farmers were females while 45.4% were
males, 72.1% of the farmers were married. The farmers farm averagely 0.9
hectares and had averagely 7 persons per household. The farmers were literate,
experienced in farming with mean monthly estimated income from Fadama of N44,
133.83. Extension visit to farmers was low with 38.7 percent being the largest
proportion of the entire sampled farmers. Farmers participated actively in
training of all the activities such as micro-credit services, timely input
supply advisory service, extensive yam production, extensive plantain production,
extensive cassava production, mixed cropping, advisory services on marketing
produce, advisory services on production technologies. National Fadama III
Project was not effective in the conduct ofmost of her project activities in
Bayelsa State. Farmers did not benefit commendably from Fadama ID Project. Food
insecurity, low level of income and high level of poverty mostly influence
their level of participation in the study area. Availability of funds for loan
services, availability of operational logistics, monitoring of Project
activities, relationship with project communities and types of enterprise
farmers participate influenced the effectiveness of Fadama HI project delivery
agency in empowering the participants in Bayelsa state. No access to Fadama
project personnel’s when the need arise, lack of fund, non-regular training,
poor communication channel and delays in being attended to by the delivery
agency were the top constraints faced by farmers in National Fadama DI Project.
Hypotheses 1 showed that farmers do not receive training in all the various
activities under National Fadama HI Agricultural Project in Bayelsa State,
while the result of hypotheses 2 showed that farmers were not effectively
empowered through Fadama IH Project in all the various activities under
National Fadama HI Agricultural Project in Bayelsa State. The study therefore
recommended that National Fadama HI Project should be properly funded and its
activities should be reorganized to be ofgreat benefit to the farmers, proper
training in all the activities should be made available for effective
participation, empower the participants to improve their income level, and to
move them away from poverty by improving their standard ofliving by
reorganizing the Fadama DI Project.
ABRAHAM, G (2023). Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of National Fadama Iii Project In Empowering The Participants In Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 25, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-the-effectiveness-of-national-fadama-iii-project-in-empowering-the-participants-in-bayelsa-state-nigeria-7-2
GODWIN, ABRAHAM. "Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of National Fadama Iii Project In Empowering The Participants In Bayelsa State, Nigeria" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 16 Oct. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-the-effectiveness-of-national-fadama-iii-project-in-empowering-the-participants-in-bayelsa-state-nigeria-7-2. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
GODWIN, ABRAHAM. "Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of National Fadama Iii Project In Empowering The Participants In Bayelsa State, Nigeria". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 16 Oct. 2023. Web. 25 Dec. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-the-effectiveness-of-national-fadama-iii-project-in-empowering-the-participants-in-bayelsa-state-nigeria-7-2 >.
GODWIN, ABRAHAM. "Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of National Fadama Iii Project In Empowering The Participants In Bayelsa State, Nigeria" Mouau.afribary.org (2023). Accessed 25 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-the-effectiveness-of-national-fadama-iii-project-in-empowering-the-participants-in-bayelsa-state-nigeria-7-2