03140nam a2200217 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000210006024501270008126000160020830000100022450001930023452023910042765000090281865000160282765000120284365000160285565000100287165000210288165300200290221631842024-03-28       2023    bl uuuu  m   00u1 u    #d1 aOSHAZOMHE, O. P.  aSocio-economics of small-scale maize producers in Etsako West Local Government, Edo state, Nigeria.h[electronic resource]  a2023.c2023  a50 f.  aDissertação (Mestrado em Agronomia) - Escola de Agronomia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia. Orientador: Alexandre Bryan Heinemann, CNPAF; Coorientador: David Henriques da Matta.  aThe study analysed the socio-economics of small-scale maize production in Etsako West Local Government, Edo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives explained the socio- economic factors of maize farmers, determine the relationship between the socio-economic factors of small-scale maize farmers’ and their income, predict the gender and age in relationship with the annual income per hectare, assess the profit associated with the production of maize, and recognize the limiting factors faced by the small-scale maize producers. 120 maize producers in the study area were given a questionnaire. Based on the questionnaire responses, the following statistical analyses were carried out: a) descriptive statistics, b) linear multiple regression, and c) gross margin. The study discovered that most of the respondents (80%) were male and of working age. Also, most respondents were married with five children and owned a farm size of 1–2-hectare farm. According to multiple linear regression, females and males between the ages of 21 and 30 are expected to earn N150,445.40/ha (345.87 dollars) and N150,436.50/ha (345.82 dollars) per year, respectively. On the other hand, as both female and male categories are getting old their expected annual income decreases by 46.82% and 39.65% respectively. One hectare of maize farm earned a gross profit of N353,000 (811.49 dollars) with a return on investment of 4.65 naira (0.01 dollars). Labour costs accounted for a larger proportion of production costs, accounting for approximately 40.13% and 71.05% of variable and total costs, respectively. The problems with maize production in Etsako West Local Government include high labour costs, pests and diseases control, insufficient storage facilities, insufficient capital, marketing of maize, transportation, limited access to credit, and high price of farm input. According to the findings, it is advised that extension workers should encourage small-scale maize famers to form cooperative societies gain access to credit, market their produce, acquire farm inputs collectively and solve labour. Furthermore, the state government should provide maize farmers with loans ranging from N200,000 (459.77 dollars) to N250,000 (574.71 dollars) through the state banks to assist them in acquiring land for their maize farming business to improve food security in the state and throughout Nigeria.  aCorn  aFamily size  aNigeria  aSmall farms  aMilho  aPequeno Produtor  aMaize producers