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Table 27: Effect of GAP on cassava, sorghum and rice production
from AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ADOPTION OF IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES AMONGST ATASP-1 BENEFICIARIES IN NIGERIA
Table 27: Effect of GAP on cassava, sorghum and rice production Variables Estimate Cassava Sorghum Rice Output Before adoption of GAP Average 9442.105 1186.185 3210.03 Min 5000 320 800.00 Max 18000 6000 18750.00 SD 3092.31 1135.15 2911.06 CV(%) 32.752 95.69 90.69
Output after adoption of GAP Average 16259.44 2450.05 5384.55 Min 9000 365 1500.00 Max 25000 7500 26250.00 SD 4469.934 1890.35 4174.24 CV(%) 27.49131 77.15 77.52
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t-statistics 4.46*** 5.68*** 7.16***
***P<0.001
Figure 8: Yields of crops per ha before and ATASp-1 implementation in the SCPZs
5.3.2 Effect of GAP on farmers' income per ha (Cassava, Sorghum and Rice farmers) This section discussed the effect of good agronomic practices GAP in participating farmers' income. From the significant improvement recorded in yields after project compared with the yields before project, it is very obvious that there would be significant increase in income. However we have to do these analyses to enable us know how significant the increase in income would be. From table 28, it has been discovered that the income per hectare before project was N472105.3compared with income after project at N812972.2 which was significant at 1% level of probability when subjected to t-statistical difference. The significant increase in income is attributable to project effect that has resulted in significant yields over above the pre-project yields and consequently income.
