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Mrs. Hephzibah Obekpa
Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State.

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Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa works at the University of Agriculture, Makurdi. Hephzibah does research in food security and nutrition, development economics, climate change, and production economics. She is open and willing to collaborate in research with other researchers.

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Journal article
Published: 02 March 2021 in Sustainability
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The role played by youth in agriculture cannot be overemphasized, while agribusinesses are important generators of employment and income worldwide. Improving the sustainability of food value chains can benefit millions of rural poor people living in developing countries, especially young women. Despite policies and programs aimed at encouraging agricultural entrepreneurs, they are still facing challenges such as high-cost agrochemicals, limited access to credit, price volatility, etc. which seriously affect their capacity to remain in the sector. This study was undertaken to assess the performance and participation of young male and female entrepreneurs. This study made use of cross-section data from a survey conducted on 1019 young agricultural entrepreneurs in Cameroon. The data were analyzed using gross margin, student t-test, and logistic regression. Our study contributes to the literature by showing that young women agribusiness entrepreneurs are as competitive as their male counterparts and that the opportunities for young women in agriculture are good. Incentives such as single-digit interest rates and no collateral security should be directed to young women to receive more credit for purchasing agrochemicals and improved varieties of seed. Furthermore, a price control policy should be set up throughout the year to enable young women earn as their young men counterparts to enable them remain in production and marketing activities.

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Djomo Fani; Ukpe Henrietta; Emmanuel Oben; Donald Dzever; Onyeje Obekpa; Auguste Nde; Mohamadou Sani; Mbong Annih; Dontsop Martin. Assessing the Performance and Participation among Young Male and Female Entrepreneurs in Agribusiness: A Case Study of the Rice and Maize Subsectors in Cameroon. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2690 .

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Djomo Fani, Ukpe Henrietta, Emmanuel Oben, Donald Dzever, Onyeje Obekpa, Auguste Nde, Mohamadou Sani, Mbong Annih, Dontsop Martin. Assessing the Performance and Participation among Young Male and Female Entrepreneurs in Agribusiness: A Case Study of the Rice and Maize Subsectors in Cameroon. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2690.

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Djomo Fani; Ukpe Henrietta; Emmanuel Oben; Donald Dzever; Onyeje Obekpa; Auguste Nde; Mohamadou Sani; Mbong Annih; Dontsop Martin. 2021. "Assessing the Performance and Participation among Young Male and Female Entrepreneurs in Agribusiness: A Case Study of the Rice and Maize Subsectors in Cameroon." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2690.

Book chapter
Published: 03 May 2017 in Frontiers in African Business Research
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Improved agricultural productivity is central to achieving inclusive development, reducing poverty, and enhancing the living standards of most people in sub-Saharan Africa. Concerned by the declining state of agricultural productivity in this region, we pursue the question whether agro-processing activities and exports of raw agricultural materials have a backward linkages effect on agricultural production activities. And if the relationship exists how can it be more effectively used? The regression results indicate that increases in export of raw agricultural materials negatively influence productivity growth in agriculture. Consistent with the findings of other studies that agro-industrial growth in the sub-Saharan region faces several challenges, the response of agricultural production to agro-industrial activities was positive but inelastic. To overcome these challenges, improving the value of agricultural exports and thereby improving agricultural productivity growth are needed in policy, regulatory, and institutional frameworks across countries in the region that will enable agro-industrial development to become stronger; lead to the creation of opportunities for increased private sector engagement including through the formation of public–private partnerships for developing synergies; provide access to credit for participants along the agricultural value chain; provide rural infrastructure that reduces postharvest losses and transport costs and shorten transit time, while increasing overall rural mobility; support innovations and technology for developing competitive value chains; provide access to value-responsive markets; provide access to timely information for improving bargaining powers; establish organizations to reduce transaction costs; and lead to inclusion of women, poor, and/or marginal groups in the value chains. Overall, this strategy will be optimal when it concomitantly and yearly increases agro-industrial activities and decreases agricultural raw material exports by 2.5% of their existing values, given 1981 as the base year.

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Olaide Rufai Akande; Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa; Djomo-Raoul Fani. Improving Agricultural Productivity Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers in African Business Research 2017, 83, 311 -330.

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Olaide Rufai Akande, Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa, Djomo-Raoul Fani. Improving Agricultural Productivity Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers in African Business Research. 2017; 83 ():311-330.

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Olaide Rufai Akande; Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa; Djomo-Raoul Fani. 2017. "Improving Agricultural Productivity Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa." Frontiers in African Business Research 83, no. : 311-330.

Journal article
Published: 05 January 2017 in Journal of Asian Rural Studies
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Most agricultural innovations were not sustainably adopted due to incompatibility to social and cultural practices. Based on this proposition, this study was designed to analyze the effects of socio-cultural factors on agricultural training programs for farmers by the Benue State Agricultural and Rural Development Authorities (BNARDA) for farmers in Zone C. Seven communities were purposively selected due to their unique cultural practices and a total of 118 respondents were randomly selected for the study. Questionnaire was used as tool for data collection. Descriptive statistics and logit regression were used for data analysis. The results show that there were 22 % of respondents aged between 50-60 years, 72 % of them were married and about 60 % had at least secondary educational attainment. Annual income of respondents was between ₦80,000.00 - ₦100,000.00. About 72 % had farming experience of less than 10 years, and 31 % were cosmopolites. The result further shows that fear of ostracization was among the major reasons that inhibit training program participations. The results of logit analysis show that education (-3.3987), gender (2.268), rivers/streams (-.732) and leadership (2.150) were significantly affect training program. It was concluded that farmer who have strong cultural beliefs were responsible for non- participation in the training program. It was recommended that aggressive advocacy program be embarked by BNARDA before packaging a training program for the farmers.

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Simon Ameh Ejembi; Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa. EFFECTS OF SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS ON EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FARMERS BY THE BENUE STATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN ZONE C. Journal of Asian Rural Studies 2017, 1, 60 -69.

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Simon Ameh Ejembi, Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa. EFFECTS OF SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS ON EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FARMERS BY THE BENUE STATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN ZONE C. Journal of Asian Rural Studies. 2017; 1 (1):60-69.

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Simon Ameh Ejembi; Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa. 2017. "EFFECTS OF SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS ON EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FARMERS BY THE BENUE STATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN ZONE C." Journal of Asian Rural Studies 1, no. 1: 60-69.

Book chapter
Published: 13 July 2016 in Frontiers in African Business Research
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Microfinance has been accepted as a viable approach of reaching the poor with financial services and has been linked to the growth of micro and small businesses. Motivated by the suboptimal performance of many African microfinance organizations (MFOs) , because of their inability to transform into regulated entities, this chapter explores the policies that are needed for the transformation of these organizations. The results presented in this chapter show that the transformation probability of microfinance organizations is significantly improved by their state of maturity, scale of lending operations, and level of financial sustainability . The results of a simulation show that policies that concomitantly reduce financial expenses and increase the scale of lending operations of these organizations by 10 % from their existing values will most likely lead to optimum transformation of the currently unregulated MFOs. The implications of the results presented here include the need for regulatory environments or laws which acknowledge different institutional models of MFOs in African countries. Secondly, for expanding scale and improving their financial sustainability, there is a need for funding assistance to currently unregistered MFOs. Funding should acknowledge the varied financial needs, strengths, and weaknesses of these organizations at different stages of their development.

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Olaide Rufai Akande; Orefi Abu; Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa. Microfinance Organizations in Africa: The Challenge of Transforming into Regulated Organizations. Frontiers in African Business Research 2016, 67 -86.

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Olaide Rufai Akande, Orefi Abu, Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa. Microfinance Organizations in Africa: The Challenge of Transforming into Regulated Organizations. Frontiers in African Business Research. 2016; ():67-86.

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Olaide Rufai Akande; Orefi Abu; Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa. 2016. "Microfinance Organizations in Africa: The Challenge of Transforming into Regulated Organizations." Frontiers in African Business Research , no. : 67-86.

Journal article
Published: 31 October 2015 in Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics
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The study analyzed the effect of Roll Back Malaria Programme (RBM) on farmer’s productivity in Benue State of Nigeria. Roll Back Malaria Programme is a global framework for coordinated action against malaria. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used in selecting 206 respondents from six Local Governments Areas. Data was collected with the aid of well structured questionnaires. The Cobb-Douglas stochastic production frontier was used for data analysis. The study showed that farm size, hired labour and quantity of seeds had positive and significant influence on farmer’s output in a production pattern that exhibited decreasing return to scale (0.95). The study found technical efficiency of the farmers to vary from 0.14 to 0.95 with a mean of 0.71. Furthermore, farmer’s experience (-2.68), use of LLIN (-2.42), access to healthcare (-1.84) and sex of farmer (-2.12) were found to reduce farmer’s technical inefficiency. However, increase in sanitation (1.77) increased farmers’ technical inefficiency in the study area. The study recommends that productivity of factors could be improved by expanding the farm size at the existing level of hired labour. Also, enlightenment programmes on the benefits of RBM and enlightenment campaigns should be encouraged for better and efficient production. Key words: Effect, malaria, programme, farmers, productivity, Nigeria.

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Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa; G A Abu; G C Aye; Obekpa H. O.; Abu G. A.; Aye G. C.. The effect of roll back malaria programme on farmers productivity in Benue State, Nigeria. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 2015, 7, 353 -357.

AMA Style

Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa, G A Abu, G C Aye, Obekpa H. O., Abu G. A., Aye G. C.. The effect of roll back malaria programme on farmers productivity in Benue State, Nigeria. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics. 2015; 7 (10):353-357.

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Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa; G A Abu; G C Aye; Obekpa H. O.; Abu G. A.; Aye G. C.. 2015. "The effect of roll back malaria programme on farmers productivity in Benue State, Nigeria." Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 7, no. 10: 353-357.