| Autor: |
O.C. Nwahia, Olubunmi Lawrence Balogun, O.S. Balogun, G. Tor Lawrence, M.M. Olorukooba, U.J. Bala, O.F. Alabi |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, Vol 114, Iss 6, Pp 85-96 (2021) |
| ISSN: |
2226-1184 |
| DOI: |
10.18551/rjoas.2021-06.10 |
| Popis: |
Nigeria has had a persistent socio-economically underdeveloped in the midst of immense mineral resources with two third of her population still trapped in poverty. This study therefore profiles the welfare and inequality status of farming households in Lere L.G.A of Kaduna State using a multistage sampling technique. Primary data was collected from 165 maize farming households. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, FGT measures of poverty and Logistic regression Model. The results show that majority of the farmers had poor access to electricity;. Farmers largely patronize alternative medication because of poverty. Poverty incidence was high with a value of 61.96%, a poverty Gap of 0.3329 and a poverty severity index 0.2321. Diversity in spending among the maize farming households was also high with a Gini index of 0.5493. Age (β = -0.018; p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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