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In its determination to provide food and jobs for Nigerians, and appeal to   educated young men to set the pattern for farming, many state governments   have re-introduced Farm Settlement Scheme (FSS)/Graduate Employment Scheme   once abandoned. One major challenge leading to programme failure in Nigeria   is the inability to know the influence of the factors on the participation   and constraints of such programmes. This study analysed the determinants of   crop farmers? participation in FSS in Lagos State with the aim of drawing   some lessons for future rural development programmes. One hundred and thirty   (130) farmers were sampled through two-stage sampling procedures. Data were   collected with the aid of a questionnaire and were analysed using both   descriptive and inferential statistics such as the logit regression model.   Results show that about 67% of the respondents were male and 72% were   married. The major constraining factors to participation in FSS were   administrative bottlenecks, inadequate capital, and government interference.   The logit regression showed that educational level, farming experience,   extension contacts and security of land under FSS were the significant   variables (P&lt;0.5) that directly influenced the probability of participation   of the farmers in FSS in Lagos State, Nigeria. Farming experience is very   crucial for the survival of FSS. Therefore, it is recommended that the   determinants of participation and constraints to the participation of the   farmers be assessed in any rural development programme to know the necessary   action against failure. The effort at increasing extension contacts about   FSS will further encourage farmers to participate in FSS.

Determinants of farmers’ participation in farm settlement scheme in Lagos state, Nigeria: Lessons for future rural development programmes