Economic Analysis of Poverty Status of Small-Scale
Farmers in Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Volume 4 - Issue 5
Enimu Solomon*
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- University of Calabar, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nigeria
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Enimu Solomon, University of Calabar, Department of Agricultural Economics, Cross River State, Calabar,
Nigeria
Received: September 27, 2018; Published: October 03, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/CIACR.2018.04.000199
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Abstract
The study analyzed the household poverty status of small scale farmers in Bayelsa State, Nigeria using a multi-stage random
sampling technique to sample six hundred farmers. Data were collected using structured questionnaire and were analyzed using
descriptive statistics, FGT [1] index and the logistic regression model. The result revealed that the majority of the farmers 80% were
females, while 79% of the respondent was married with 46% of them having no formal education. Twenty-seven (27) percent of the
crop farmers are poor while thirtyeight (38) of the livestock farmers were poor. Also, the poverty depth and severity of crop farmers
were 0.072 and 0.038 respectively whereas they were 0.098 and 0.052 respectively for the livestock farmers. The logistic regression
model revealed that age, educational level, household size, farming experience, farm/herd size, household income, household
expenditure and membership of cooperative contributed significantly in determining the poverty status of the farmers. This study
therefore recommends measures needed to be put in place to encourage and improve the welfare of the farming household towards
productive and sustainable agricultural development for poverty reduction.
Keywords: Economic; Poverty; Status; Small Scale; Farmers
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