Shaibu Ufedo Monday|Ibitoye Stephen Jimoh|Oyibo Felix Ojochogwu|Shaibu Damilola Omojola|Emeje Charity Aliojo
Assessment of Crop Farmers’ Willingness To Take (WTT) Agricultural Insurance Scheme in Kogi State, Nigeria: Application of Turnbull Estimator.
Kogi State University|University of Nigeria|Kogi State University|Kogi State University|Kogi State University
study used turnbull estimator design average price upper lower bound price agricultural insurance uptake crop farmers kogi state become imperative considering use weak descriptive statistical tools similar studies country study specifically described socioeconomic characteristics crop farmers assessed farmers awareness agricultural insurance scheme determined factors influencing farmers willingness take agricultural insurance evaluated average price crop farmers willing take agricultural insurance multistaged sampling technique used select one hundred fifty 150 crop farming households study structured questionnaire used elicit data respondents data analyzed using descriptive statistics sigma score probit regression model turnbull estimator results showed 77 farmers males mean age 40years average household size 9 members low sigma score 459 level crop farmers awareness agricultural insurance recorded however 72 farmers willing take agricultural insurance significant variables influencing willingness take agricultural insurance farmers education 103 marital status 082 cultivated land 001 land ownership 120 average willingness pay wtp agricultural insurance respondents n2 035plot n8 140ha 1 n306 study therefore recommended increase literacy level among crop farmers provision agricultural insurance services affordable rate