Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers - icrisat

Data were collected using structured survey of households from November 2007 to February 2008
in the three countries. A purposive random sampling was used to select program sites. Next to every
selected program site was a non-program site (a neighboring village) where the TL II program will not
intervene. In each program site, 10 on-farm trial participants were selected from the population of
participants and five non-trial participants were selected from the population of non-participants. In
case the number of on-farm participants was less than 15 farmers, enumerators were asked to survey all
on-farm trial participants with the remaining unchanged (Table 4-1).
Table 4-1: Distribution of HHs/UPAs surveyed by country and region in Mali, Niger and Nigeria
Country/Region or State Site Total
Non-program site
Program site
Mali
Kayes 26 54 80
Koulikoro 28 58 86
Sub-total 54 112 166
Niger
Dogondoutchi 62 68 130
Dosso 33 34 67
Gaya 49 112 151
Sub-total 144 204 348
Nigeria
Jigawa 41 52 93
Kano 19 72 91
Katsina 40 54 94
Sub-total 100 178 278
TOTAL 298 494 792
Survey results indicate that groundnut is planted on about 36% of total cultivated area in Mali, 15% in
Niger and 34% of cultivated area in Nigeria. Groundnut contributes to 64% of household cash revenues
in Mali, 66% in Niger and 54% in Nigeria. It accounts for 28% of the total value of crop production in
Mali, 31% in Niger and 23% in Nigeria. No statistical differences were found between program and nonprogram
villages.
Groundnut market participation was very high in the surveyed sites. Many households sell groundnut in
Mali and Niger and many purchase groundnuts in Nigeria. In Mali, 46% of households are net-sellers
with no differences between program and non-program sites. In Niger, about 79% of households are netsellers
of groundnut with high rates in program versus non-program sites. In Nigeria, 72% of households
are net-buyers of groundnut with significantly more households buying groundnut in program versus nonprogram
sites. Households are net-sellers of cowpea for 8% in Mali, 24% in Niger and 7% in Nigeria.
In the three countries, market participation in other crops is also important. In Mali, about 30% and
40% of households are buying rice and sorghum, respectively, with no differences between non-program
and program sites. Pearl millet is thinly traded and farmers live as in autarky. In Niger, 39% and 42% of
households are net-buyers of maize and pearl millet, respectively. In Nigeria, households are net-buyers
of most of the agricultural products (Table 4-2).
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