Profitability of rain-fed maize production: a comparative study of jaunpur district, india and adamawa State, Nigeria
International Journal of Development Research
Profitability of rain-fed maize production: a comparative study of jaunpur district, india and adamawa State, Nigeria
Received 23rd May, 2017; Received in revised form 17th June, 2017; Accepted 22nd July, 2017; Published online 30th August, 2017
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Present research work analysed and compared the profitability in rain-fed maize production in Jaunpur district, India and Adamawa state, Nigeria. Purposive and simple random sampling was adopted for the selection of district, block, local government areas, villages as well as 280 respondents that is 140 from each of the study area. The data was collected for the period of 2014-2015 cropping season in both countries. The result revealed that per hectare average in rain-fed maize production in the study areas was found to be 20.00 and 17.55 quintals in Jaunpur district and Adamawa state respectively. Per hectare gross margin and net income was estimated to be Rs. 16,069.59 and Rs. 3,795.00 in Jaunpur district and Rs. 13,938.36 and Rs. 4,218.50 in Adamawa state respectively. The study suggests that rain-fed maize production was profitable in both study areas but slightly higher in Adamawa state. The study further suggests that provision and timely supplies of credit and fertilizer to needy farmers in both study areas to enhance the production of rain-fed maize.
