Effects of Psaltery Cassava Out-grower Scheme in Enhancing Smallholder Productivity and Sustainable Livelihood in South-West Region Nigeria

Cassava value addition efforts suffer a serious setback in Nigeria despite huge production potentials due to weak linkage between producers and processors. Psaltry cassava out-grower scheme thus emerged as model facilitate the needed boost farmers' productivity. The need understand how has encouraged increased productivity informed this study on effects of enhancing smallholder Oyo State, Nigeria. Pre post-intervention combined with treatment control group designs were used for study. Simple random sampling was elicit information from 280 out-growers 49 non-out-growers using interview schedules their socio-economic characteristics, supports received Psaltry, perception change participation challenges faced scheme. Data analysed descriptive statistics regression analysis at α 0.05. Out-growers aged 46.5±17.3 years, had 2.8±1.1 years experience mostly (65.9%) male, belonged farmers (96.1%) least primary school education (60.8%). Assured markets (90.5%) training post-harvest handling crops (69.9%) most common Psaltry. More than half (56%) favourable unclear procedures (2.23±0.7) ranked severe constraint Total harvested among 30,950.89±31,133.48kg 106,116.88±96,926.01kg 5,474.05±3,881.05kg/Acre 9,126.51±8,783.89kg/Acre before after participating scheme, respectively. Productivity found be higher (9,126.51±8,783.89kg/Acre) (1,047.24±4,789.34kg/Acre). Membership (β=0.319) length involvement (β=0.157) positively significantly influenced stimulated beneficiary’s towards through assured zproduce. Also, income enhanced better sustainable livelihood which theyr have able expand capabilities assets. A scale-up prospects transforming commercial producers. Keywords: Out-grower farmers, Market linkage, Smallholder farmer,