Socio-economic benefit of rubber agroforestry system for improved livelihood in Edo State, Nigeria
Rubber Agroforestry System (RAS) is an innovative farming system contributing significantly to the livelihood of smallholders in Edo State. Data for this study were collected from 120 rubber smallholder farmers having a contiguous 2 hectares farmland with the aid of structured questionnaire using mu...
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| author | Okwu-Abolo C. Soaga J.A. Idoko S.O. |
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| description | Rubber Agroforestry System (RAS) is an innovative farming system contributing significantly to the livelihood of smallholders in Edo State. Data for this study were collected from 120 rubber smallholder farmers having a contiguous 2 hectares farmland with the aid of structured questionnaire using multistage sampling technique with a 3-stage design. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive, inferential, and budgetary analysis. The result revealed that majority of the RAS farmers were males, with an average mean age of 49 years and most of the RAS farmers had some level of education, they attained secondary and tertiary education with an average number of 8.3 years in education. Furthermore, the total annual revenue earned by the respondents was ₦992,500 ($ 2,756.94) with a mean annual net income of ₦527,003 ($ 1,463.90) while the return per naira invested was ₦1.69. This shows that for every ₦1 invested in the cropping combination in the RAS, there was a return of 69 kobo in the study area. Thus, RAS provides income and employment for smallholder community to be self-sufficient and economically independent. This study concludes that respondents valued RAS as an innovative sustainable agroforestry system capable of generating income and employment. Government therefore should leverage through adequate fiscal policy to enable easy credit facility by farmers |
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| spelling | doaj.art-742345ac3a9a417a844482a4decaa7822022-12-21T19:52:16ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422021-01-013050201010.1051/e3sconf/202130502010e3sconf_rubis2021_02010Socio-economic benefit of rubber agroforestry system for improved livelihood in Edo State, NigeriaOkwu-Abolo C.0Soaga J.A.1Idoko S.O.2Rubber Research Institute of NigeriaUniversity of AgricultureRubber Research Institute of NigeriaRubber Agroforestry System (RAS) is an innovative farming system contributing significantly to the livelihood of smallholders in Edo State. Data for this study were collected from 120 rubber smallholder farmers having a contiguous 2 hectares farmland with the aid of structured questionnaire using multistage sampling technique with a 3-stage design. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive, inferential, and budgetary analysis. The result revealed that majority of the RAS farmers were males, with an average mean age of 49 years and most of the RAS farmers had some level of education, they attained secondary and tertiary education with an average number of 8.3 years in education. Furthermore, the total annual revenue earned by the respondents was ₦992,500 ($ 2,756.94) with a mean annual net income of ₦527,003 ($ 1,463.90) while the return per naira invested was ₦1.69. This shows that for every ₦1 invested in the cropping combination in the RAS, there was a return of 69 kobo in the study area. Thus, RAS provides income and employment for smallholder community to be self-sufficient and economically independent. This study concludes that respondents valued RAS as an innovative sustainable agroforestry system capable of generating income and employment. Government therefore should leverage through adequate fiscal policy to enable easy credit facility by farmershttps://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2021/81/e3sconf_rubis2021_02010.pdfrubber agroforestry system (ras)profitabilitylivelihoodsmallholder’s farmer |
| spellingShingle | Okwu-Abolo C. Soaga J.A. Idoko S.O. Socio-economic benefit of rubber agroforestry system for improved livelihood in Edo State, Nigeria E3S Web of Conferences rubber agroforestry system (ras) profitability livelihood smallholder’s farmer |
| title | Socio-economic benefit of rubber agroforestry system for improved livelihood in Edo State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Socio-economic benefit of rubber agroforestry system for improved livelihood in Edo State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Socio-economic benefit of rubber agroforestry system for improved livelihood in Edo State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-economic benefit of rubber agroforestry system for improved livelihood in Edo State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Socio-economic benefit of rubber agroforestry system for improved livelihood in Edo State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | socio economic benefit of rubber agroforestry system for improved livelihood in edo state nigeria |
| topic | rubber agroforestry system (ras) profitability livelihood smallholder’s farmer |
| url | https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2021/81/e3sconf_rubis2021_02010.pdf |
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