IMPACT OF FADAMA III ON FARMERS' MARKET ORIENTATION IN AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA

This study investigated the market orientation of farmers in Akwa Ibom State. Data were obtained from 443 farmers, including Fadama III farmers, non-Fadama III farmers in Fadama participating local government areas, and non-Fadama farmers in non-Fadama participating local government areas. The household commercialization index was employed in the analysis. Most of the beneficiaries of the project were commercialized, whereas the majority of the farmers in the non-beneficiaries’ groups were in the transition stage of their market orientation. Socioeconomic analysis reveals that the beneficiaries of NFDP III were older, more educated, and had more years of farming experience