Effect of Fulani Invasion on Household Poverty Status Among Arable Crop Farmers in Southwestern, Nigeria
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Agricultural Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
This study assessed the effect of Fulani invasion on household poverty level among arable crop farmers in southwestern Nigeria. Specifically, the study profiled the socio-economic characteristics of farmers based on poverty status, identified perceived causes of migration of the herdsmen, assessed the damages caused on farmland, and the factors influencing poverty. Primary data were collected from 212 arable crop famers through multi stage sampling technique. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and Logit regression model to establish the factors influencing farmers’ household poverty. The result showed that 91.0% of the crop farmers were males with mean age of 49 years. Poverty incidence, gap and severity increased with increase in age. Mean household size and farming experience were4 persons and 22 years respectively. Poverty incidence increases as household size increases while farmers with 11-20 years of experience relatively have the lowest poverty incidence, gap and severity.About 35 percent of the household monthly expenditure is on food items, 92 percent of the respondents perceived that absence or inadequate annual rainfall encouraged migration of herdsmen down south, 92.38% of them claimed herdsmen destroyed planted crops on their farmland while 75% of them attested they received threats from the herdsmen. Six factors significantly influence the farmers’ poverty level. They include sex (p≤0.05), household size (p≤0.05), primary occupation (p≤0.1), unfavourable weather (p≤0.05), urbanization (p≤0.1) and traditional norms (p≤0.1). It was recommended that government should provide cattle ranches for the herdsmen to alleviate the damages and dangers posed by Fulani invasion in southern Nigeria.
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Adepoju, A. A,, et al.
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