Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of Anchor Borrowers Programme (APB) on youth rice farmers’ productivity (yield/ha).

Design/methodology/approach

Using cross-sectional data from youth rice farmers in Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria, probit regression was used to examine the determinants of participation in ABP amongst the youth rice farmers. In addition, the instrumental variable (IV) regression approach that could mitigate selection bias due to unobservable factors resulting from the cross-sectional nature of the data was also used to determine the impact of the ABP on rice productivity of youth farmers.

Findings

Findings from the study indicated that marital status, education, access to credit and membership of cooperative association were the significant determinants of participation in the ABP amongst the youth rice farmers.

Practical implications

The implication of the result is that participation in the ABP leads to an increase in yield by about 42.46%, which shows the effectiveness of the ABP in the study area.

Originality/value

This study provides a rigorous econometric analysis of the determinants of ABP and its impact on rice productivity amongst youth farmers in Northern Nigeria. Thus, the study recommends improvement in credit accessibility, participation in the cooperative association and more education of the farmers to sustain the inputs distribution aim of the ABP.

中文翻译：

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尼日利亚北部的“锚定借贷者计划”和青年稻农

目的

这项研究的目的是检验锚固借款人计划（APB）对青年稻农生产率（单产/公顷）的影响。

设计/方法/方法

利用尼日利亚北部卡杜纳州青年稻农的横断面数据，概率回归分析了青年稻农参与ABP的决定因素。此外，还可以使用工具变量（IV）回归方法来减轻由于数据横截面性质而导致的不可观察因素导致的选择偏见，该方法还用于确定ABP对青年农民稻米生产率的影响。

发现

该研究的结果表明，婚姻状况，受教育程度，获得信贷的机会以及合作社的成员资格是青年稻农参与ABP的重要决定因素。

实际影响

结果的暗示是，参与ABP导致产量增加了约42.46％，这表明ABP在研究区域中的有效性。

创意/价值

这项研究对尼日利亚北部青年农民中ABP的决定因素及其对稻米生产力的影响进行了严格的计量经济学分析。因此，研究建议改善信贷可获得性，参与合作社协会以及对农民进行更多教育，以维持ABP的投入分配目标。