Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 3
Written by Janet T. OJEDIRAN, Rasheed G. ADEOLA, Kehinde Y. OGUNLEYE, Saheed B. RAHMAN

Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS) is a farm input subsidy programme introduced by the Nigerian government to assist farmers, and an assessment becomes imperative for effective and proper implementation. This study, therefore, examined farmers’ levels of participation and attitude towards GESS. Multistage sampling procedure was used to draw 260 registered farmers as respondents. Data were collected with the aid of a structured interview schedule. The data were subjected to descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the relationship between the respondents’ participation and their attitude towards GESS. Farmers’ mean age was 44 years and are mostly male with a mean household size of 5 people. Majority of the farmers enjoyed the provision of advisory services through the agro-input dealers, distribution of seeds and fertilizers. Significant relationships exist between age, household size, years spent in formal school and farmers’ level of participation in GESS. Over half of the farmers had a moderate level of participation and favourable attitude towards GESS. The government should continue the programme and address the shortcomings such as distance to redemption centres and late delivery of inputs to increase the level of participation by farmers.

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