Determinants of participation in cassava production among cassava farmers in Akufo Settlement, Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State

The study examined the factors influencing cassava farmers production in Akufo farm settlement in Ido Local Government area of, Oyo state. Structured questionnaire were administered to One Hundred and Twenty (120) cassava farmers for data collection and four (4) villages were purposively selected.Descriptive and inferential statistic were used to analyze the data for the study. The study revealedthat 40.8% of the farmers were within the ages of 41-50 years with a mean of 49.5 years, 72.5% were male, 70.0% were married, and 41.7% had secondary education while majority of them had one form of formal education, while 66.6% have chosen farming activities as their main occupation. It was also observed that they had to cross guarantee one another in other to participate in the farm settlement scheme. A significant relationship also existed between some selected socio- economic characteristics of the respondents and theirparticipation in farm settlements programme, findings revealed that this programme has enhanced the income and farm output of cassava farmers in the study area. Also the constraints limiting farmers participation should be looked into and appropriate solutions should be provided to make the farm settlement programme more benefitting to the participating farmers. Based on these findings, it was therefore recommended that there should be more level of awareness on the benefits of farm settlement programme so as to attract more farmers into the programme.