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Infrastructural development in Nigeria has been historically linked to the   development of agriculture, exploitation of natural resources and public   policies. This study examined the effect of rural infrastructures on   profitability and productivity of cassava-based farms in Odogbolu local   government area of Ogun state, Nigeria. The study was based on a   cross-sectional survey of 120 cassava farmers selected with a multistage   random sampling technique from 10 villages. Descriptive statistics were used   to generate the composite rural infrastructure index which revealed that 5   out of the 10 sampled villages were under-developed. Economic efficiency in   the developed and under-developed areas shows that farmers in the developed   areas are better off compared to their counterparts in the under-developed   areas. Farm size, years of farming experience and infrastructural development   index (INF) were statistically significant with negative influence on   productivity of cassava-based farmers. The significance and indirect   relationship of the years of farming experience and infrastructural   development index at p<0.05 and farm size (p<0.01) regarding the total factor   productivity (TFP) implied that these variables decrease TFP. Similarly, the   negative sign of the coefficient of INF of -0.742 at p<0.05 shows that the   under-development of infrastructural facilities observed in the study area is   capable of jeopardizing efforts at improving the productivity of   cassava-based farmers. Therefore, farmer in the developed areas can generally   produce more output at lower cost if there is an improvement in   infrastructural facilities in the study area

Effect of rural infrastructure on profitability and productivity of cassava-based farms in Odogbolu local government area, Ogun state, Nigeria