Perception of Farm Succession Planning by Poultry Farmers in Southwest, Nigeria
Keywords:
Poultry, farmers, farm succession planning, farm succession, sustainable poultry production.Abstract
This study assessed poultry farm characteristics and poultry farmers’ perception of farm succession planning in southwest Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used in selecting poultry farmers in Oyo and Osun states. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results reveal that poultry farmers are predominantly small and medium scale farmers. They are mostly sole proprietors (72.5%) and family farm owners (11.9 %). Most (73.4%) farmers operated on full time basis, while others are either part – time or occasional farmers. The majority (95.9%) of the farmers had favourable perception towards farm succession planning, 30.3% had complete succession plan and 22.9% had commenced successor participation. There were no significant associations between farm ownership structure, but significant associations exist with farming status (χ2 = 9.7), total farm debt (χ2 = 19.2), and succession planning among the poultry farmers (p≤ 0.05). The study concluded that succession planning is new in the study area and must be further investigated in order to provide a data base for policy decision with regards to livestock (especially poultry) farming and aging proprietorship.ÂReferences
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Bernthal, P. and Wellins, R. (2006). Trends in leadership development and succession. Human resource Planning, 29(3), 31 – 40.
Bohak, Z. (2011). Analysis of succession status and evaluation prospects of Slovene family farms. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Maribor.
Bohak, Z. (2006). Succession status of farm with, and without successors in Municipalities of Gorisnica and Trnovska. Graduate Thesis, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor.
Corsi, A. (2004). Intra – family succession in Italian farms. In: Paper prepared for presentation at the SFER Conference. Retrieved on June 8, 2014 on http//www.childcentre.it/papers/child21_2004,pdf
De Massis, A., Chua, J.H. and Chrisman, J.J. (2008). Factors preventing Intra – family succession. Family Business Review, 21(2), 183 – 199..
Foskey, R. (2005). Older farmers and retirement. A report for Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. Retrieved July 2014 on htpp://www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/Hcc/05-006pdf
Gasson, R., Crow, G. Errington, A., Hutson, J., Marsden, T., and Winter, M. (1988). The farm as a family business: A review. Journal of Agricultural Economics 39, 1 – 41.
Gale, H.F. (2003). Age specific patterns of exit and entry in U.S. farming from 1978 1997. Review of agricultural Economics,25(1): 168 – 186.
Havighurst, R.J., Bernice, L.N., and Sheldon, S.T. (1968).
Patterns of Aging. In Bernice, L.N. (Ed), Middle Age and Aging, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp161 – 172.
Kebler, B. (2007). Interrelationship between the succession status of mountain farms in Slovenia and their socio-geographic structure. Ph.D Dissertation. Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
Kesner, I.F. and Sebora, T.C. (1994). Executive Succession: Past, Present and Future. Journal of Management, 20(2), 327 – 372.
Kiyonaga, N.B. (2004). Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday: Meeting the challenges of a changing workforce. Public Personal Management, 33(4), 357 361.
National Population Commission {NPC} (2006). Estimated Population Figures. AbujaNational Population Commission of Nigeria.
Ochon, A.M., Casanovas, V.O. and Almansa, S. (2007). Explaining farm succession: The impact of farm location and off – farm employment opportunities. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 5; 214 – 225. Schmalzried, and Fallon, (2007).
Sharma, P., Chrisman, J.J., and Chua, J.H. (2001). Predictors of satisfaction with thesuccession process in family firma: A conceptual model. Journal of Business Venturing, Vol.18, (5), pp 667 -687.
Uchiyama, T., Lobley, M., Errington, A., and Yanagimura, S. (2008). Dimensions of intergenerational farm business transfer in Canada, England, the U S A and Japan. Japanese Journal of Rural / Economics, 10, 33 – 48.
Vogel, S. (2006). Farm succession planning in Austria. East European Country Side, Vol. 4, 68 – 78.
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2017-01-31
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Arowolo, O. O., Ogunronbi, A. A., Apantaku, S. O., & Adeogun, S. O. (2017). Perception of Farm Succession Planning by Poultry Farmers in Southwest, Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Extension, 21(1). Retrieved from https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/843
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