@article{Ohajianya:236332,
      recid = {236332},
      author = {Ohajianya, D. O. and Asiabaka, C. C.},
      title = {Analysis of Farmland Value Systems and Productivity of  Cassava in Ecologically Vulnerable Areas of Imo State,  Nigeria},
      address = {2016-04},
      number = {358-2016-18357},
      pages = {10},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {This study analyzed farmland value systems and  productivity of cassava in ecologically vulnerable areas of  Imo State, Nigeria. The study estimated productivity of  farmland systems and factors affecting them, and farmland  suitability. Data were collected with questionnaire from  360 randomly selected cassava farmers and analyzed using  descriptive statistics, suitability model, productivity  model, and multiple regression techniques.  Farmland
suitability index ranges from 0.107 to 0.712 with  a mean of 0.493. Majority (62.4%) of the cassava farmers  cultivate on non-suitable farmlands, 33.7% of them  cultivate on marginally suitable farmlands, while 3.9% of  them cultivate on suitable farmlands. Productivity of  farmland were 1.38, 2.00 and 3.16 for non-suitable,  marginally suitable and suitable value systems  respectively, indicating that marginally suitable and  suitable farmlands were higher in productivity than  non-suitable farmlands. Land rent, quantity of fertilizer,  and household size have significant and negative effect on  non-suitable farmland productivity. Farm size, land rent,  fertilizer applied, education and extension have  significant effect on marginally suitable farmlands  productivity. Farm size, fertilizer, farming experience and  household size significantly affect suitable farmland  productivity. Farmers cultivating suitable farmlands should  increase their cassava output and improve their farm income  through allocation of more production resources to cassava  production in an optimal manner.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/236332},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.236332},
}