Do Rural Smallholder Farmers Subsidize Farm Investments With Non-farm Income? A Study of Vegetable Farmers

Agbonlahor, M. U.; Adewuyi, S. A.; Ogundairo, Victoria O.

doi:10.1080/19315260.2015.1020464

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“…Thus, there is a lack of time available to spend on the poultry enterprise due to earning non-farm income. Agbonlahor et al (2015) therefore argue that having sources of off-farm income lowers level of market participation as it is observed in this study. However, an interesting insight from the interview revealed that time constraint is clearly observed where non-farm income is obtained from salaried income.…”

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Influence of transaction costs on smallholder poultry market participation in Nigeria: A mixed‐methods analysis

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Key to doing business involves lowering transaction costs which incorporates both tangible and intangible costs.Investigations traditionally apply quantitative analysis.Consequently, intangible costs perceived to influence smallholder market participation decisions have been left unobserved. The study therefore investigates how and why transaction costs influence smallholder poultry market participation using explanatory sequential mixed-methods design for the first time. Cragg's double-hurdle model is used for the quantitative analysis. Findings show that probability of market participation is influenced by access to veterinary services (VET), access to alternative sources of farm cash, longer distance to market, and shorter distance to tarred roads. Extent of market participation is influenced by access to informal information sources and inaccessibility of non-farm income.Qualitative analysis identified three themes "Accessibility," "Availability," and "Adequacy" of transaction costs in influencing the decision and level of market participation. The findings indicate the need for continuous rural infrastructure development in the areas of roads and transport. Furthermore, to ease access to market information, institutionalized market information services need to be prioritized. In addition, improved access to VET for farmers needs to be strengthened.

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“…The Censored Tobit regression model introduced by James Tobin in 1958 was used for the analysis of determining factors that influence the use and intensity of child farm labour [1,17]. The Tobit regression specification was used due to the possibility of zero value outcomes of the dependent variable which would violate the assumption of continuous dependent variable of the ordinary least square (OLS) regression.…”

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“…A multistage sampling approach, following the studies of Agbonlahor et al, Alimi and Masuku and Obayelu et al [1,15,16] was adopted in the selection of 128 rural farm households from 12 agricultural communities in the state. The household survey involved the use of structured questionnaire to elicit data from 352 children with their household heads.…”

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“…A possible reason for this is due to the fact that most times, child farm labour activities are marred and masked by the informal and culturally ingrained nature of peasant agriculture. Poverty, which is defined as lack of access to basic needs for sustenance, has been reported as the major precursor and sustainer of child labour [1]. The agricultural sector is the largest employer of labour (about 65% of the active labour force) in Nigeria.…”

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Analysis of child labour dimensions and causes in rural farm households of Ogun State, Nigeria

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Agbonlahor²,

Ashaolu³

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The prevalence of child labour use in the agricultural sector has been widely reported however, the intensity of its use is most times masked and marred by the informal and culturally ingrained nature of peasant agriculture. The study aims at understanding the dimensions and causes of child labour among rural farm households in Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 128 rural households for the survey; a total of 352 children (5-17years) were interviewed to elicit first hand data for the study. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data on child farm work hours, household size, income, farm size, distance of home to school and other relevant socioeconomic characteristics. Analytical techniques used were measures of central tendency and dispersion, and censored Tobit regression model. Results show that the average age of children is 10 years and many of these children (67.3%) are reported to be living with their biological parents. While less than a third (26%) of the children work in paid and non-family farms, the average weekly work hours per child was found to be 31.31 which increases with the age of the child. With reference to loss in school time due to farm work, it was found that rural children in farm households sacrificed an average of 12.9 hours per week (42.9%) of school time to work on the farm; this varies from season to season. Age and education level of the household head, farm and household size, lack of child-level schools in the community, distance of home to school, sex of child, absence of tarmac roads to community and proximity of households to major roads were identified as factors that influence the prevalence and intensity of child farm labour use. The study concluded that rural infrastructure development and households' economic empowerment initiatives are central to child labour reduction strategies.

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“…This volume of food importation is alarming and retrograding to domestic agricultural production and foreign exchange. Development analysts have shown that for a sustainable growth in the economy, there must be a repositioning of the agricultural sector to a major revenue base of the country (Okojie et al, 2010;Okuneye and Ayinde, 2011;Agbonlahor et al, 2015).…”

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Smallholder food crop farmers’ participation in Bank of Agriculture (BOA) loan scheme in Ogun State, Nigeria

Adeoye¹,

Ugalahi²

2017

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Do Rural Smallholder Farmers Subsidize Farm Investments With Non-farm Income? A Study of Vegetable Farmers

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Influence of transaction costs on smallholder poultry market participation in Nigeria: A mixed‐methods analysis

Influence of transaction costs on smallholder poultry market participation in Nigeria: A mixed‐methods analysis

Analysis of child labour dimensions and causes in rural farm households of Ogun State, Nigeria

Smallholder food crop farmers’ participation in Bank of Agriculture (BOA) loan scheme in Ogun State, Nigeria

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