@article{Madu:197986,
      recid = {197986},
      author = {Madu, Umar Adamu and Wakili, Abba Mohammed},
      title = {The Effect of Agricultural Development Project (ADP) on  the Rural Farmers in Adamawa State, Nigeria},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development},
      address = {2012-09},
      number = {393-2016-23838},
      series = {11-117-AJARD-405-410},
      pages = {6},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {Majority of communities in Nigeria are rural dwellers and  agrarian by occupation. Development strategy for a country  whose rural population are mainly farmers cannot be  achieved without first sustained growth in rural income and  standard of living primarily from agriculture. It was based  on this that the state wide Agricultural Development  Project (ADP) was established to raise productivity, income  and standard of living of rural farmers in Nigeria. This  study assesses the effect of the ADP activities on the  wellbeing of the rural farmers in Adamawa State, Nigeria.  Data for this study were collect on annual crop output,  annual income, farm size, use of improved technology,  access to credit among farmers, farmers’ training and rural  infrastructure development. The data were sourced using  structured questionnaire and personal interviews. The  statistical analysis used to determine the effect to the  project on the participating farmers include, descriptive  statistics and comparability test for difference (T-test)  analysis. The results indicates that Adamawa ADP had  positive and significant impact on rural farmers  productivity, income, access to credit, standard of living  as measured by assets ownership. However, the project did  not have significant impact on the rural infrastructure,  adoption of improved technologies and farm sizes, even  though the change from before and after ADP activities was  positive. The study recommends that much attention should  be paid to the provision of rural infrastructure and the  needed improved technologies. The study also recommends  that the two tiers of government in Nigeria should  adequately fund the project to efficiently cope with its  responsibility of developing the rural sector.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/197986},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.197986},
}