Poverty and its Alleviating Strategies among Rural Farming Households in Benue State, Nigeria

Upev, Samuel Ka’ase, Justice Inyanda Onu, Shuaibu Iliya Mshelia and Amurtiya Michael

Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego, 2021, vol. 21, issue 2

Abstract: The study analysed rural farming households’ poverty status and alleviating strategies in Benue State, Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to: describes the rural household heads’ socio-economic characteristics, determine the poverty status of the respondents and its determinants, and lastly, identify poverty alleviating strategies of the respondents. Data for the study was collected from 420 respondents selected using a multi-stage sampling technique. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics, the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measurement index, and the Binary Logistic regression model. The findings of the study revealed a very high incidence of poverty (70%), having a gap of 0.34, and severity of 0.17. Poverty in the area is positively associated with the age of the household head and household size, while gender, educational level, off-farm activity, membership of a group, farm size, and land ownership are negatively associated with poverty. The common poverty alleviation strategies identified were agricultural wage labour (48.6%), rental services (45.0%), and transportation business (36.7%). Therefore, it was recommended that the government and other stakeholders should initiate sustainable social protection schemes that can assist rural residents in alleviating poverty pending when their condition improves.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.317044

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