Seasonal Poverty Incidence and Determinants among Vegetable Farm Households in Ogun State, Nigeria
Farmers are often prone to poverty due to low income and insufficient credit during production season. This study examined seasonal poverty incidence and determinants among vegetable farmers. Panel data were collected from 192 respondents through multistage sampling using structured questionnaire....
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| author | Ezekiel Olaoluwa Akerele Oyebanjo Olumayowa Amokaye Adetolani Omolara M. Dada |
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Farmers are often prone to poverty due to low income and insufficient credit during production season. This study examined seasonal poverty incidence and determinants among vegetable farmers. Panel data were collected from 192 respondents through multistage sampling using structured questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty index and Logit model. Poverty line shows that 67.2% of the respondents were poor during planting season and 25.5% during post-harvest season. The poor household heads include 51-60 years-old (90.9%), widow(er) (100%), those without formal education (100%), households with ≥10 members (100%) and those cultivating ≤ 1.0 hectare (90.0%). Logit model revealed that age, marital status and agricultural credit significantly reduced poverty at 5%, 10% and 1% respectively while sex (1%), low education (1%), farming experience (1%), farm size (5%) and dependency ratio (5%) influenced household poverty. Major production constraints include low market price (85%), agricultural credit (76.0%), pilferage (74.0%) and high input prices (73.4%). In conclusion, there is higher likelihood for farm households to be poor during planting season. Therefore, increased agricultural credit should be granted to farmers towards planting season. Modern inputs should be distributed effectively at affordable prices with extension services in order to reduce seasonal poverty.
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b958f6fe3a84cccbbc88eec1eb5eb7c2023-05-02T02:55:58ZengDanubius UniversityActa Universitatis Danubius: Oeconomica2065-01752067-340X2023-05-01192Seasonal Poverty Incidence and Determinants among Vegetable Farm Households in Ogun State, NigeriaEzekiel Olaoluwa Akerele0Oyebanjo Olumayowa1Amokaye Adetolani 2Omolara M. Dada3OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY, OGUN STATEOlabisi Onabanjo UniversityOlabisi Onabanjo UniversityOlabisi Onabanjo University Farmers are often prone to poverty due to low income and insufficient credit during production season. This study examined seasonal poverty incidence and determinants among vegetable farmers. Panel data were collected from 192 respondents through multistage sampling using structured questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty index and Logit model. Poverty line shows that 67.2% of the respondents were poor during planting season and 25.5% during post-harvest season. The poor household heads include 51-60 years-old (90.9%), widow(er) (100%), those without formal education (100%), households with ≥10 members (100%) and those cultivating ≤ 1.0 hectare (90.0%). Logit model revealed that age, marital status and agricultural credit significantly reduced poverty at 5%, 10% and 1% respectively while sex (1%), low education (1%), farming experience (1%), farm size (5%) and dependency ratio (5%) influenced household poverty. Major production constraints include low market price (85%), agricultural credit (76.0%), pilferage (74.0%) and high input prices (73.4%). In conclusion, there is higher likelihood for farm households to be poor during planting season. Therefore, increased agricultural credit should be granted to farmers towards planting season. Modern inputs should be distributed effectively at affordable prices with extension services in order to reduce seasonal poverty. https://dj.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/AUDOE/article/view/2243Poverty index; Vegetable farmers; Production season; Agricultural credit; farm households |
| spellingShingle | Ezekiel Olaoluwa Akerele Oyebanjo Olumayowa Amokaye Adetolani Omolara M. Dada Seasonal Poverty Incidence and Determinants among Vegetable Farm Households in Ogun State, Nigeria Acta Universitatis Danubius: Oeconomica Poverty index; Vegetable farmers; Production season; Agricultural credit; farm households |
| title | Seasonal Poverty Incidence and Determinants among Vegetable Farm Households in Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Seasonal Poverty Incidence and Determinants among Vegetable Farm Households in Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Seasonal Poverty Incidence and Determinants among Vegetable Farm Households in Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seasonal Poverty Incidence and Determinants among Vegetable Farm Households in Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Seasonal Poverty Incidence and Determinants among Vegetable Farm Households in Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | seasonal poverty incidence and determinants among vegetable farm households in ogun state nigeria |
| topic | Poverty index; Vegetable farmers; Production season; Agricultural credit; farm households |
| url | https://dj.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/AUDOE/article/view/2243 |
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