The Effects Of Some Agricultural Development Programme (Adp) Inputs To Rural Farmers Productivity And Income.

The Agricultural Development Program (ADPs) is one of the institutions set up by the FederalGovernment of Nigerian to undertake specific rural development activities in rural areas whose preponderance population are farmers.(Ariyo 1991, Olusegun 1991,Irag 1986, Chambers1993, Ekpo and Olanyi 1995).One of the critical determinants of rural development is change in productivity and income.This paper therefore examined the effects of some ADP inputs on rural farmers' productivity and income in Adamawa state of Nigeria as an attempt to validate ADP's contribution to rural development.Data on crop yield, farm income, and facilities provided by the ADP such as roads, irrigation facilities, farm inputs and loan facility were collected from a total of 435 farmers in 2006 2009, and 2012.The data generated were analyzed using regression analysis (MINITAB).Results show that both crop yield and farm income were positively influenced by irrigation facilities and loan amount, while good rural roads facilitated easy access of agricultural produce to markets.The implication is that agricultural productivity and income could be greatly improved in Nigeria if irrigational facility is generally provided as well general empowerment of rural farmers under the denominator of good rural road network.