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Trends in agricultural sciences, Jun 30, 2024

Health economics review, Jun 13, 2024

Background The sustenance of any household is tied to the well-being of the mother's heal... more Background The sustenance of any household is tied to the well-being of the mother's health before, during, and after pregnancy. Maternal health care has continued a downward slope, increasing maternal mortality in rural communities in Nigeria. Presently, few empirical findings connect maternal healthcare facilities' use to mothers' wellbeing in Nigeria. Using maternal health facilities and the well-being of rural women is crucial in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, and 3 (No poverty, zero hunger, good health, and well-being). Objective The objective of the study was to examine the level of maternal healthcare utilization and its effect on mothers' well-being status among mothers in rural Nigeria. Methods In this study, secondary data extracted from the Nigeria's 2018 National Demographic Health Survey was used. Data was analyzed with Multiple correspondence analysis, Fuzzy set analysis, and Extended ordered logit model. Results Women in rural Nigeria were moderate users of maternal health care services and had moderate well-being indices (0.54 ± 0.2, 0.424 ± 0.2, respectively). Mothers' moderate well-being status was increased by using maternal health care facilities, having a larger household, and having mothers who worked exclusively in agriculture. Conclusion We concluded that mothers in rural Nigeria use maternal healthcare facilities moderately, and their well-being level was improved using maternal healthcare facilities. Therefore, Nigeria's Ministry of Health should raise awareness about the vitality of mothers using health care services before, during, and after pregnancy. In order to promote greater female participation in full-scale agricultural production, it is imperative for the Nigerian government to allocate substantial resources in the form of subsidies and incentives. The Nigerian government should source these resources from various channels, including expanded development cooperation. Additionally, policymakers should focus on designing developmental programmes specifically tailored for rural households and the health sector.

International Conference on Gender Research, Apr 18, 2024

Linking smallholder farmers to formal markets through producer organiza�ons is increasingly becom... more Linking smallholder farmers to formal markets through producer organiza�ons is increasingly becoming a pathway toward agricultural inclusivity. This study inves�gated the dispari�es in par�cipa�on between male and female groups in Nigeria. Data was collected from 604 farmers and decomposi�on analysis for three gender categories was carried out using the Fairlie decomposi�on technique. The results showed a 24.2% higher actual mean probability of par�cipa�on for males over females and a 20.1% actual mean probability higher for male-headed households compared to female-headed households. There was also a 27.59% actual mean probability higher for the de facto female-headed households over de jure female-headed households. Diverse factors were found to push the gender gap at various magnitudes. Interven�ons targe�ng gender equality should be entrenched in understanding the social and cultural prac�ces and norms in Nigeria.

Apprehension of risk induces certain behaviour into a farmer and this would grossly affect enterp... more Apprehension of risk induces certain behaviour into a farmer and this would grossly affect enterprise selection and consequently his resource use and allocation pattern. In this study, risk preferences of food crop farmers in Osun State were measured and efficient resource use and allocation patterns were modeled and suggested. Data from 165 farmers, obtained using a two-stage sampling procedure were used in the study. Analytical tools were descriptive statistics, Risk Behavioural Model (RBM) and Target Minimization of Total Absolute Deviation (T-MOTAD). Risk averse farmers were 144 representing 87.3 percent while the risk preferers were 21 representing 12.7 percent. However risk preference was higher among the males, farmers with larger farm sizes and smaller household sizes. Efficient utilization of labour and borrowed capital was discovered among the risk preferers than the risk averters; hence a significant difference existed in their returns (P< 0.01). It is recommended that...

Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and the Social Sciences, 2015

The dynamics of falling into and out of welfare between cocoa seasons was examined using panel da... more The dynamics of falling into and out of welfare between cocoa seasons was examined using panel data sets collected in two waves from 366 cocoa farming households in Southwestern, Nigeria. The data was subjected to descriptive statistics and the Markovian Model Analysis. The welfare status were decomposed into high, medium and low based on the tercile classification of the per capita household expenditure of the cocoa farming households. Socio-economic characteristics showed that the household heads have mean age of 54 ±12.64 years, household size of 7 ±3.19 persons, and year of cocoa farming experience spanning about 28 ± 14.41 and age of the cocoa trees as 30 ± 19.21 years. The welfare transition matrix showed initial probability in the short-run as 0.2131, 0.5164 and 0.2705,which means 21.21, 51.64 and 27.05 percent in the Low, Medium and High welfare categories respectively, while the long-run equilibrium analysis results are 0.14385, 0.60596, and 0.25019,which represents 14.39, 60.60 and 25.02 percent welfare in the low, medium and high welfare categories respectively. The results showed that there was a decrease from both low and high welfare group into the medium category showing there is transition into and out of the welfare categories among Cocoa Farming Households in Southwest, Nigeria. Keywords : Transition, Welfare, Cocoa, Markov chain, Nigeria

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2015

This study determined the correlates of welfare using panel data collected in heavy and light coc... more This study determined the correlates of welfare using panel data collected in heavy and light cocoa seasons through multistage sampling techniques from 366 cocoa farming households. Data collected were subjected to descriptive and Ordered Probit model of analysis using STATA. Welfare categories were based on the relative poverty line constructed from the mean per capita household expenditure for each season. Results revealed that male-headed households were more among the cocoa farming households, with mean age of 54 ±12.64 years, household size of 7 ±3.19 persons, farming experience 28 ± 14.41 years and mean age of the cocoa trees were 30 ± 19.21 years and this shows that the farmers and their cocoa trees are old, there by affecting the productivity and the welfare of the farmers. The ordered probit result corroborates this results because age of household head (p<0.5), gender of household head (p<0.1), age of cocoa (p<0.1), poor access to credit (p<0.1), poor collateral status (p<0.01) and unfavourable government policy (p<0.5) on cocoa production negatively affects welfare of Cocoa Farming Households while literacy (p<0.1), type of land tenure system used on cocoa farm (p<0.01), price stability of produce (p<0.01) and good harvest from plantations (p<0.01) enhanced cocoa farming households' welfare.

Rice has increasingly become a major staple food for generality of Nigeriansurban and rural alike... more Rice has increasingly become a major staple food for generality of Nigeriansurban and rural alike. Arising from the supply-demand gap in the Nigeria rice food subsector, local rice production is increasingly being promoted in the country to reduce the dependence on imports, ensure stable and sustainable low-prices, improve rice self-sufficiency and create employment. This paper therefore examines the different rice production systems across five different agroecological zones in Nigeria with a view to evolving most economical strategies to improving rice productivity in Nigeria. Data were collected from a representative sample of 149 rice farmers across five different agroecological zones in Nigeria. Representative farms operating within five production systems (upland; lowland; irrigated; upland and lowland; upland, lowland and irrigated) were employed for the analysis. Data were analysed using crop budget analysis (cost structures, net returns) and a double log production function...

Nigeria Agricultural Journal, 2018

The study examines the factors determining the use of land management practices among food crop f... more The study examines the factors determining the use of land management practices among food crop farmers in North-Central, Nigeria. Data were collected from 345 farmers using multistage sampling technique and analyzed with multinomial logit model. The results showed that both traditional and modern land management practices coexist in the study area. The variables that significantly explained the use of land management practices (p<0.05) were age of household heads, levels of education, household size, value of livestock owned, off farm income, security of tenure, farm size, distance of plot to residence, distance of plot to the nearest market and distance of plot to all weathered road. Factors that explained the choice of land management practices in the study area were combinations of human, physical and financial capitals as well as parcel or plot level and institutional factors. Keywords : Preference, Land Management Practices, Food Crop Farmers, Multinomial logit model, and N...

Journal of development and agricultural economics, 2013

Indiscriminate allocation of farm farmlands beyond efficient level affect farmers return, hence s... more Indiscriminate allocation of farm farmlands beyond efficient level affect farmers return, hence suitability and standard value of lands for cassava production for optimal use were investigated. Data were obtained using a multi-stage sampling technique, from a sample of 203 cassava farmers in the state and were analysed using descriptive statistics, land productivity ratio and econonometric tools. Most farmers are female of 55.7 6.8 years of age and post primary education status. Nutrient ammendment is at the rate of 442.36 ± 102.73 Kg/Ha and at mean cost of N36401.77 ± 28575.84/Ha. The performance rate of 0.96 tons/person/Ha was obtained. The suitability index ranges from 0.139 to 0.908 with 46.3% cultivating on non-suitable land of 0.0-0.339 while only 20.7% cultivated on suitable lands of above 0.723 suitability index with a smaller mean area of 1.48Ha. The performance rate across these classes of land ranges from 0.44 tons/Ha/person to 2.11 tons/Ha/person for non-suitable land an...

Journal of environment and earth science, 2015

The study examines the factors influencing the use of Land Management practices among food crop f... more The study examines the factors influencing the use of Land Management practices among food crop farmers in North central, Nigeria. In so doing, Data were collected using a multistage sampling technique for the selection of states, local governments, communities/ villages and lastly farming household heads. Out of 400 questionnaire administered, only 345 with useful information were used for the analyses. Factors influencing the use of land management and conservation practices by the farming household head were determined using multinomial logit model. Variables that significantly explain the use across different land management practices at different levels of significance were age of household head, levels of education, household size, value of livestock owned, off farm income, tenancy security, farm size, distance from plot to residence, distance from plot to the nearest market and distance from plot to all weathered road. Findings emanating from this study show that both tradit...

Asian Development Policy Review, 2017

Contribution/ Originality: This study documents that perceived risk intensity of farmers engaged ... more Contribution/ Originality: This study documents that perceived risk intensity of farmers engaged in vegetable crop production can be reduced or eliminated through the adoption of adequate risk management strategies which enhances the profitability and output of the farmers thereby engendering food security among household farmers in the area.

International Journal of Hybrid Information Technology, 2016

There is demand-supply gap in palm oil production in the country, coupled with nonattainment of s... more There is demand-supply gap in palm oil production in the country, coupled with nonattainment of self-sufficiency in palm oil production in the country. Therefore, this study evaluates the competitiveness of oil palm production systems in Nigeria using policy analysis matrix. Data were collected with multistage sampling procedures through the administration of well-structured questionnaires. The results showed that oil palm production in Nigeria is classified into small, medium and large scale systems and the three systems are competitive in the production of palm oil and palm kernel under existing market prices. The private profits for the three production systems, the large, medium and small scale were N1, 131,350, N 607,443 and N 99,640 respectively, which indicates that the large scale system is more competitive at private levels followed by medium scale system. The social profits for small, medium and large scale systems were N 773, 649, N 1,023,067 and N 1,417,059 respectively, which implies comparative advantage of all the systems confirmed by DRC of 0.3806, 0.3639 and 0.2668 for small, medium and large scale systems respectively. Thus, Nigeria has comparative advantage in palm oil production for export. The net transfer and subsidy ratios were negative, which display poor protectionist policies and overall transfer of resources away from the production systems. In this study, it is concluded that palm oil production in Nigeria is competitive at private and social levels.

Academia Journal of Agricultural Research, 2016

In spite of Nigeria’s bounteous oil wealth and agricultural resources, poverty is still prevalent... more In spite of Nigeria’s bounteous oil wealth and agricultural resources, poverty is still prevalent in the country. It is a known fact that poverty is widespread in the urban areas but it is more endemic in the rural areas where a high percentage of Nigeria’s total food production comes from. There is therefore a need to complement macro studies with micro-studies on poverty. Hence, this study evaluated the poverty situation of farming households in selected areas in Ibadan, Oyo state. Primary data were collected from farming households in selected areas in Ibadan Zone of Oyo state with the aid of well structured questionnaires using multistage sampling procedure. The first stage involved the selection of three local government areas namely: Akinyele, Ido and Egbeda local government areas. These local governments were purposively selected because of their fairly large concentration of villages with representative nature of typical rural areas. The second stage involves a random select...

Journal of Poverty, Investment and Development, 2016

Children are the most susceptible to poverty and it often directly affects them through access to... more Children are the most susceptible to poverty and it often directly affects them through access to sanitation, education, health, water, food and shelter. Poverty among them is however usually assessed using indicators such as income and expenditure which often do not reveal the extent of deprivation among them. This study investigates the extent of poverty among under five children in rural Nigeria and its distribution across household wealth status. The study used the 2013 DHS data. The Alkire and Foster counting approach was used to generate poverty profiles among the children while descriptive statistics was used to assess their distribution. The results revealed a significant level of poverty among the children and poor children were found in all classes of household poverty. The North-west and North-east had highest proportion of non poor children from extremely poor and moderately poor households, respectively while the South-south had the highest proportion of extremely poor ...

Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2020

This study examined the influence of maternal autonomy on child nutrition in rural, Nigeria. The ... more This study examined the influence of maternal autonomy on child nutrition in rural, Nigeria. The 2013 Nigerian Demography and Health Survey data were utilized. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, composite score analysis, and ordered probit regression. About 51% of the children were male with an average age of 22.55 ± 17.22 months. Almost 43.3%, 29.0% and 18.7% of the children were stunted, underweight and wasted, respectively. Higher percentage of mothers (71.53%) had low autonomy. Increase in mother's autonomy on own health and decision on visits to friends and relatives would decrease the probability of negative child nutrition outcome by 0.058 and 0.1077, respectively.

Agrosearch, 2016

Against the background that domestic policies in Nigeria have been linked to an endemic - high, v... more Against the background that domestic policies in Nigeria have been linked to an endemic - high, volatile and rising food prices in the country, this paper empirically examined the transmission of key monetary policy variables to domestic food prices in Nigeria. Furthermore, the study employed estimates of policy induced price changes from estimated cointegrating relations between commodity prices and policy variables, and demand elasticities from a system of household demand equations to estimate the associated compensating variation as a measure of the welfare impacts on farm households. The study found that government management of exchange rates and money supplies as well as withdrawal of subsidies from petroleum products have been the main driver of rising food prices in the country. While an average farmer was found to have benefited from the policy induced rising food prices with the mean compensated variation of -3.3% of the household budget, most of the farm households ended...

Youth involvement in agriculture has been hindered by several factors in which access to producti... more Youth involvement in agriculture has been hindered by several factors in which access to productive resources such as land and credit are inclusive. In this study, the effect of land and credit access on choice of employment among youth was examined. Secondary data were sourced from General Household Survey Panel 2015-2016. The data were analyzed using Descriptive Statistics, Probit Model and Multivariate Probit Model (MVP). The result of the study showed that almost half of the youth were male with an average age of 25.89±2.33years. About 41% of the youth were engaged in farm employment only; almost 27% were engaged in non-farming employment while 40% were engaged in both farm and non-farm employment. The MVP result showed that access to credit by youth would increase the probability of choice of farm employment, both farm and non-farm of employment but reduces the probability of choosing non-farm employment. Youth accessibility to land increases the probability of choosing on-farm employment but reduces the probability of choice of non-farm only and both. The interaction of credit and land access showed that youths that have access to both resources are more likely to choose farm employment and combine both farm and non-farm employment.

The increased population growth in Nigeria calls for concern with regards to the pressure being e... more The increased population growth in Nigeria calls for concern with regards to the pressure being exerted on available resources. Although family planning methods and techniques have been advocated over the years to control the population, increasing population growth rate is still observed. The study examined the observable use of family planning in rural Nigeria. Observable use of family planning combines the decision to adopt a family planning method and the extent of use of such method. Data from the 2008 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for rural couples recode was used and analyzed through descriptive statistics and the independent double hurdle model. The results showed that there is very low level awareness of family planning and its methods among rural couples as well as low level adoption of modern family planning methods. Factors that significantly determine the adoption of family planning methods include awareness, number of children born, increasing wealth, increa...

Economia agro-alimentare

Despite fruits and vegetables' importance and nutrient composition, their consumption is stil... more Despite fruits and vegetables' importance and nutrient composition, their consumption is still below the world's recommended threshold in Nigeria, even among pregnant women. Therefore, this study examined pregnant women's critical socioeconomic and demographic factors associated with fruit and vegetable consumption. Multistage sampling techniques and a semi-structured questionnaire were employed to collect data from 100 pregnant women from the study area. The descriptive statistics show that the majority (91%) of the respondents belong to the age bracket of 20 to 36 years. Also, most (56%) of the respondents were in their third trimester, while 30% and 14% were in the second and first-trimester, respectively. The study employed descriptive and inferential statistics to analyse the data. The results indicate that Education, Trading, first-trimester, income, and nutrition advice positively influenced expenditure on fruits and vegetables. On the other hand, age, second-trim...