Determinants of Wealth and Socio-economic Status of Rural Households: An Application of Multinomial Logit Model to Soybean Farmers in Northern Nigeria

Ojiako, Ifeanyi A.; Manyong, Víctor M.; Ezedinma, C.; Asumugha, G.N.

doi:10.1080/09718923.2009.11892688

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“…The involvement of more family labour in farming contributes to cost reduction and mitigates uncertainties, ultimately enhancing the return on investment for agriculture-based adaptation strategies. This relationship has been documented in various agricultural economics studies (e.g., Ojiako et al, 2007). Carter and Wiebe (1990) found that farms utilizing more family labour tend to be more efficient, as the marginal value product of family labour is lower than the opportunity cost of hired labour based on market wages.…”

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Sustainable wheat production strategies in blast-affected areas of Bangladesh

Rana,

Anik,

Islam

et al. 2023

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Bangladesh experienced widespread wheat blast infections for the first time in 2016. The outbreak of the disease has significantly affected wheat acreage and production. This study uses an ‘action theory’ framework to identify the determinants that affected wheat growers to adopt certain production practices to deal with the situation. We followed a multistage sampling procedure and interviewed 150 wheat growers from two severely blast-affected districts, Meherpur and Kustia. According to 91.3% of farmers, the most remarkable adoption strategies were ‘improved intercultural practices,’ ‘shifting variety,’ ‘shifting crops’, and ‘undertaking off-farm activities,’ of which farmers mostly followed the former. We also used multivariate probit model analysis to identify factors that shape farmers’ adaptation choices in wheat blast-affected areas. The adaptation strategies are influenced mainly by farmers’ education, primary occupation, family size, government incentives, extension services, access to Information and Communications Technology (ICT), and annual income. According to the notable similarities between the four adoption strategies, an adoption study should consider all potential factors influencing farmers’ adoption decisions. Policy implications include strengthening extension services, developing tailored adaptation strategies, and conducting relevant research.

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Sustainable wheat production strategies in blast-affected areas of Bangladesh

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Anik,

Islam

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“…The data were not normally distributed, thus non-parametric tests of K independent samples of Kruskal Wallis of χ 2 for mean separtion was used. The empirical multinomial logit model for this study was specified as [ 20 ]: Where yi, the dependent variable, is the wealth or socioeconomic status of pastoralists, xi’s are the included explanatory variables. The dependent variable (yi) is defined as follows: 1 for the poor pastoralists, 2 for the middle-class pastoralists, and 3 for the rich pastoralists.…”

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Community perceptions towards invasion of Prosopis juliflora, utilization, and its control options in Afar region, Northeast Ethiopia

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This study aimed to assess community perceptions towards invasion of Prosopis juliflora, utilization, and its control options in Afar region, Northern Ethiopia. Using purposive sampling and stratified random methods, 20 members of key informants and 154 households from four sites of Awash Fentale and Amibara Districts were selected. For data analysis, we used Kruskal Wallis non-parametric tests of K independent samples. About 30% of respondents in Amibara and 29% in Awash Fentale reported that Prosopis juliflora was largely introduced into their landscape by livestock. It showed that 29% of the respondents in Awash Fentale and 41% in Amibara responded that Prosopis juliflora largely invaded and affected rangelands. Morevover, about 1% of respondents in Awash Fentale and 14% in Amibara argued that Prosopis juliflora hindered movements of livestock. In addition, 30% of respondents in Amibara and 29% in Awash Fentale believe that Prosopis juliflora was largely dispersed by livestock. It showed that 20% of households in Awash Fentale and 41% in Amibara have the notion that Prosopis juliflora majorly impacted rangelands. Whereas 1.3% of respondents in Awash Fentale and 14% in Amibara argued that Prosopis juliflora have hampered the movement of livestock. Thus, the afromentioned findings are implications for management of rangelands. With regard to the control of Prosopis juliflora invasions, 12% of respondents in Awash Fentale and 33% in Amibara District tried control its expansion by fire. About 10% of respondents in Awash Fentale and 9% in Amibara district managed Prosopis juliflora expansion by its utilization, whereas, in Awash Fentale (11%) and Amibara (8%) households indicated that invasion of Prosopis juliflora could be controlled by mechanical methods. It is advisable to do some managerial work to reverse these impacts as perceived by local communities in the study area to avert the aggressive proliferation of Prosopis juliflora in the region.

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On-farm evaluation of improved Brachiaria grasses in low rainfall and aluminium toxicity prone areas of Rwanda

Mutimura¹,

Everson²

2012

Int. J. Biodvers. Conserv.

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The aim of this study was to determine the production of improved Brachiaria grass in comparison with indigenous Brachiaria under low rainfall and aluminium toxicity areas of Rwanda. Three varieties and five hybrids of Brachiaria grass from CIAT and two local grasses (control) were used for on-farm participatory trials without fertilizer application. Twelve farms were selected in each study area and on each farm ten grasses were established in 2 × 3 m plots. Herbage was harvested six times during the year at two monthly intervals. Each cut, dry matter (DM) was measured. The crude protein (CP), calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) were also measured once in the wet season and once in the dry season. In the low rainfall area, Brachiaria brizantha cv. Toledo and Brachiaria decumbens (local) had the highest DM yields (5.71 and 5.61 t ha -1 respectively), while DM of the rest of the grasses ranged from 1.2 to 5.13 t ha -1 . In the acidic soil area, Brachiaria hybrid Bro2/1485 had higher DM (5.95 t ha -1 ) than the rest of the grasses (1 to 4.47 t ha -1 ). The highest quality grass was Brachiaria hybrid Bro2/1485 which obtained a CP value of 12.15% in the low rainfall area, whereas in the acidic soil area hybrid cv. Mulato II obtained the highest CP value of 11.6%. In the low rainfall area the Brachiaria hybrid cv. Mulato obtained a high mean Ca value of 2.15% while in the acidic soil area, cv. Marandu obtained a high Ca value of 2.41% during the wet and dry seasons. The cv. Toledo had high P (0.28%) compared to the other grasses (0.07 to 0.11%) in the low rainfall area. In the acidic soil area, the Brachiaria hybrid Bro2/1485 had high P of 0.53% as compared to other grasses in which P varied between 0.16 and 0.47%. Local control grasses had lower nutrients than the improved Brachiaria grass in the low rainfall and acidic soil area. Although, Brachiaria hybrid cv. Mulato II was not the most productive grass, it was selected by farmers as the preferred cultivar at both sites because of its adaptability to low rainfall and acidic soil stress, and its production of green forage year round without any input of fertilizer.

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Determinants of Wealth and Socio-economic Status of Rural Households: An Application of Multinomial Logit Model to Soybean Farmers in Northern Nigeria

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Sustainable wheat production strategies in blast-affected areas of Bangladesh

Sustainable wheat production strategies in blast-affected areas of Bangladesh

Community perceptions towards invasion of Prosopis juliflora, utilization, and its control options in Afar region, Northeast Ethiopia

On-farm evaluation of improved Brachiaria grasses in low rainfall and aluminium toxicity prone areas of Rwanda

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