Is Rural Non-Farm Employment an Obstacle to Increased Rice Production?
By: Sule, Balaraba Abubakar MSU NAPP Scholar 2019; Lecturer, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University, Lapai; and PhD Candidate, Federal University of Technology, Minna One of the major ways by which the gap between rice production and consumption in an economy can be bridged is through the expansion of land under cultivation and intensification on existing farmland (Laborte, 2012). In the case of rice in Nigeria, this can be achieved through the adoption of irrigation technology which, not only improves productivity, but allows for cultivation during each of the two distinct seasons. source: https://i1.wp.com/www.circleofblue.org/wp-content/uploads.jpg A recent study on rice production systems in Kebbi State, Nigeria, has indicated that irrigated rice production systems are the most financially competitive. This is important because profitability is an incentive for farmers to continue growing a crop as well as expand its production. ...