Comparative Analysis of Rice Milling Under Fadama Ii and Non- Fadama Ii in Adamawa State, Nigeria

This paper evaluates the performance of rice mill operators that participated in the Second National Fadama Development Project (NFDPII) by comparing them with non- participating rice mill operators. Sixty four (64) rice mill operators in Adamawa State, Nigeria, comprising 30 Fadama II and 34 non- Fadama II participants were selected from the Fadama II participating Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the State using a list obtained from Fadama office and rice millers associations respectively. Data generated were subjected to profitability and chow test analyses. Results revealed that, averagely each Fadama II rice mill operator milled 34.2 tons of rice, working for 30 days (1.14 tons/day) and make a profit margin of N53, 479.99 (N1, 782.67/day), while the non- Fadama II rice mill operator milled 29.1tons within same period of time (0.97tons /day); and make a profit margin of N38, 200.30 (N1, 273.34 /day). Similarly, Chow analysis revealed that Fadama II project had an impact on rice milling in the area, due to observed differences in income between Fadama II mill operators and the non-Fadama II mill operators (Chow Cal. 46 > Chow Tab. 2.10). Further, the results showed that there was a mean difference in Net Assets ( Capital) of N22, 731.7 and N54,083.7between Fadama II and non- Fadama II rice mill operators before and after the project respectively. The study therefore, concluded that the World Bank Assisted Second National Fadama Development Project (NFDP II) had impacted positively on the rice mill operators in the study area.