A DISAGGREGATED MEASURES APPROACH OF POVERTY STATUS OF FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
| Autor: | Akinsola, Grace Oluwabukunmi, Adewumi, Olaniyi Matthew, Ayinde, Opeyemi Eyitayo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Consumer/Household Economics
Productivity Analysis Production Economics poverty Demand and Price Analysis Public Economics Crop Production/Industries FOS: Economics and business rural farming households Health Economics and Policy Community/Rural/Urban Development Farm Management Agribusiness Environmental Economics and Policy Institutional and Behavioral Economics Land Economics/Use Research Methods/ Statistical Methods Marketing Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies Agricultural Finance foreign farmers International Relations/Trade Resource /Energy Economics and Policy Risk and Uncertainty Livestock Production/Industries Industrial Organization Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession Political Economy Financial Economics Food Security and Poverty Agricultural and Food Policy International Development Labor and Human Capital Kwara state Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| DOI: | 10.22004/ag.econ.253952 |
| Popis: | In a bid to strengthen the agricultural sector in Nigeria, the Kwara State Government invited thirteen Zimbabwean farmers to participate in agricultural production in Kwara State in 2004. The main objective of this study therefore was to examine the effect of the activities of these foreign farmers on local farmers’ poverty status. A questionnaire was administered on the heads of farming households. A total of 240 respondents were used for the study, which was comprised of 120 contact and 120 non-contact heads of farming households. The analytical tools employed included descriptive statistics and the Foster, Greer and Thorbecke method. The result indicated that the non-contact farming households are poorer than the contact farming households. Using the disaggregated poverty profile, poverty is most severe among the age group of above 60 years. The intensity of poverty is also higher among the married group than the singles. Based on the education level, poverty seems to be most severe among those without any formal education. It is therefore recommended that a minimum of secondary school education should be encouraged among the farming households to prevent higher incidence of poverty in the study area. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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