A logit analysis on the mechanization of farms in the ejura municipality: the role of millennium challenge account (mca) funds

Author: 
Joseph Afriyie, Augustine Adu Frimpong and Frank Obeng

Agricultural growth has remained one of the greatest issues of concern to the economies of sub-Sahara Africa. It is seen as one of the basic areas which if properly managed would alleviate the severity of poverty that most countries in Africa are saddled with. The study was purely quantitative in nature. The study made use of cross-sectional source of data. The research work randomly selected 100 beneficiary farmers of the MiDA facility and 100 non beneficiary farmers from the Ejura Municipality, specifically from the major farming territory zones of the area. The study adopted logit model to examine the determinants of level of mechanization of the farmers’ farms. This model was adopted to find out whether the farmers have mechanized or non mechanized farming. With regard to the relationship between the level of mechanization and the financial facility, the regression results depict that there is a positive and a significant relationship. This implies that as the farmers have access to the facilities, there is the greater probability that mechanization of their farms will increase. The study recommended that, the farmers should therefore be further and better assisted to enable them enhance their productivity, and to also ensure the continuous increase in both the scale and mechanization of their farms.

Paper No: 
956