Bio
Dr. Ogunniyi Laudia Titilola is an accomplished academic and researcher in the field of Agricultural Economics, affiliated with the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in Ogbomoso, Nigeria. With a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the same institution, she has dedicated her career to teaching and research, focusing on farm management, production economics, and agricultural development. Dr. Ogunniyi has authored several impactful studies, including comparative analyses of poverty and income inequality among farmers, household consumption of cassava products, and gender comparisons in cocoa production. Her work has been published in reputable journals, and she has contributed as a reviewer for the Global Journal of Science Frontier Research (GJSFR). With over 22 publications, 139 citations, an h-index of 8, and an i10-index of 4, Dr. Ogunniyi is recognized for her contributions to agricultural science. She holds an ORCID iD (0000-0002-8130-0560) and is indexed in OpenAlex, Scopus, and Web of Science, reflecting her active engagement in the global research community.
Educational Journey
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
PhD in AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS • AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
2009Experience
TEACHING AND RESEACH
1999 - Present • AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSResearch
Gender Comparison In Production And Productivity Of Cocoa Farmers In Ile Oluji Local Government Area Of Ondo State, Nigeria
The study was conducted in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State to analyze the gender and farm technical efficiency of cocoa production(Why the research? Is it to increase productivity or to correct gender issues? State it here). The data were collected from 100 respondents with the use of structured questionnaire, which involved 54 men and 46 women cocoa farmers. The maximum likelihood estimates of frontier model of male farmers showed that only family labour and pesticides were significant while for female farmers, hired labour, insecticides and family size were significant. In addition, the inefficiency model of male cocoa farmers showed that age, education and experience were significant on technical inefficiency while female inefficiency model was significant in education, experience and age of cocoa plant. The technical efficiency showed that a lot can be done to increase the production capacity of both gender in order to make them technically efficient.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF POVERTY AND INCOME INEQUALITY AMONG FOOD CROP AND LIVESTOCK FARMERS IN ILESA METROPOLIS, OSUN STATE
The study focus on the living conditions of respondents in the study area, determine their poverty level and examine the existence of income inequality among farmers in the study area. A multistage random sampling was used to select the 150 respondents from the two Local Governments Areas; a well structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data from the farmers. Data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics, Gini coefficient and FGT poverty ratio. Majority of the farmers are male and the mean age for food crop, livestock and mixed farmers are 51years, 50years and 49 years respectively. Household size of 5 members or less is generally above average in the study area. Livestock farmers accounted for the highest value respondents without formal education i.e. 32.5 percent; most of the farmers are educated. While personal savings and cooperative sociteis are the major source of fund for agricultural production in the study area, commercial banks are least patronized for funding in the 3 categories of farm practices. Result of the living condition of the respondents reveals that 58 3 percent of the mixed farmers lived in family house, while 20 percent of livestock farmers lived in their personal apartment. While 62 percent of crop farmers uses pit latrine for faecal disposal, 13.3 percent of mixed farmers used water closet. Majority of the respondents sourced their water from dug well, only 1.7 percent of those engaged in mixed farming sourced water from government provision of pipe borne water. The result showed that the moderate poverty line are 1,222.86, 1566.45 and 1381.26 for food crop farmers, livestock farmers and farmers that engage in mixed farming respectively while the core poor are 611.43, 783.22 and 690.63 for the three group of farmers.
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION OF CASSAVA PRODUCTS IN OYO STATE
This paper analyses household consumption of cassava products in Oyo State using Almost Ideal Demand System. Information on different type’s cassava products consumed by the household was obtained using a multistage random technique. The result showed that demand for gari and fufu are elastic than demands for lafun meaning that lafun is a price inelastic cassava products. Expenditure elasticities of all the cassava products were examined and were found to be less than one. The highest expenditure elasticity is found for fufu suggesting that its demand will grow faster than the demand for other products as the economy develops and income increases.
