Impact of Anchor Borrowers' Programme on the Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in Southeast, Nigeria
The study assessed the impact of the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Southeast, Nigeria. Quantitative data were explored using a cross-sectional survey hinged on the difference-in-difference, a retrospective causal-comparative impact evaluation design....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
2025-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Agricultural Extension |
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| Online Access: | https://www.journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/5122 |
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| Summary: | The study assessed the impact of the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Southeast, Nigeria. Quantitative data were explored using a cross-sectional survey hinged on the difference-in-difference, a retrospective causal-comparative impact evaluation design. All ABP beneficiaries and non-beneficiary smallholder farmers constituted the population for the study. Multi-stage, simple random and proportionate sampling techniques were employed in selecting a representative sample size of 381 for the beneficiaries and 384 for the non-beneficiaries. Data were collected using a structured interview schedule. The collected data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test and DiD estimator. The findings show that the ABP intervention did not significantly (? = 78,874; t = 0.02; P>0.05) impact the livelihood assets of smallholder farmers on the whole, though had impact on some human and financial assets. Project Management Team should place a premium on ensuring that farmers’ livelihood assets are built by eliminating all bottlenecks associated with ABP activities
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| ISSN: | 1119-944X 2408-6851 |