Drivers of farmers market participation in southeast Nigeria

Opata, Patience Ifeyinwa; Ezeibe, Adaku Bridget; Arua, Rosemary Nnedinso

doi:10.17170/kobra-202010191969

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“…(4) Rural residents' satisfaction with road environment characteristics for market travel and overall satisfaction with periodic market travel. Drawing from existing literature, this study considers 14 road environment characteristics: traffic safety signs (49), road width (46), sidewalks (17), non-motorized vehicle lanes (39), pavement materials (33), disturbance situation (35), road deterioration (47), recreational facilities (50), service facilities (34), cleanliness (48), road greening (15), parking areas (24), bus services (38), and travel distance (53). During the survey process, a 5-point Likert scale was used to rate the road environment characteristics based on the perceived importance and satisfaction of rural residents: 1, indicating very unimportant or very dissatisfied, to 5, indicating very important or very satisfied.…”

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“…Such factors being unsuitable or inadequate public transportation services ( 31 ), and imperfect transportation infrastructure ( 32 ). Inadequate road networks and poor road conditions can also act as barriers to marketplace access for rural residents ( 33 ). Liu et al ( 34 ) investigated the factors influencing rural residents’ access to periodic markets from a geospatial perspective and showed that proximity of town centers, and stores around village centers had a significant effect on access.…”

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The impact of road environments on rural periodic market travel satisfaction: a heterogeneity analysis of travel modes

Xu,

Liang,

Zhu

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionTravel satisfaction as experienced by rural residents is closely related to personal physical and mental health, as well as rural economic conditions. An improved rural road environment can be expected to enhance villagers’ satisfaction with regards to visits to markets, but to date this has not been established empirically.MethodsIn this study, a questionnaire was designed to obtain local residents’ evaluations of road environment characteristics for periodic market travel. And we use an Oprobit regression model and Importance-Performance Map Analysis (IPMA) to explore the heterogeneity of the 14 key elements of the “home-to-market” road environment impact on villagers’ satisfaction under different modes of travel.ResultsThe results of the study reveal that villagers expressed dissatisfaction with the current lack of sidewalks and non-motorized paths, and except for road traffic disturbances and road deterioration, which did not significantly affect mode of travel, other factors proved significant. Significantly, bus services are associated with a significant positive effect on walking, non-motorized and bus travel satisfaction, while distance travel also affects walking, non-motorized and motorized travel satisfaction. It is worth noting that greening and service facilities negatively affect motorized travel satisfaction. In summary, road width, sidewalks, bus service, and road deterioration, are among the elements most in need of urgent improvement for all modes of travel.DiscussionThe characteristics of the road environment that influence satisfaction with travel to the periodic market vary by travel mode, and this study is hoped to provide data support and optimization recommendations for the improvement of the rural road environment in China and other countries.

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The impact of road environments on rural periodic market travel satisfaction: a heterogeneity analysis of travel modes

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Liang,

Zhu

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Front. Public Health

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“…In the south-east zone, pepper is widely cultivated, but the production is mostly carried out in rain-fed systems. This crop used to be termed "women's crop" because it was mostly grown by women [21,20], but today most men are into the production of pepper due to its lucrative nature. Pepper crop offers income security to many farmers and provides employment to about 70% of the population (including local farm labourers) in the region [21].…”

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“…So far, many researchers ( [21], [28], [17], [10], [6], [29], [5], [22], [2], [8], and [9], among others) have conducted studies on the Nsukka yellow pepper but none have focused on sustainability. This study was carried out to fill this gap by providing information on sustainability practices for the crop.…”

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Farmers’ use of sustainable production practices for yellow pepper crop in the Nsukka agricultural zone, Enugu State, Nigeria

CHIDI

Nwobodo

Onwubuya

et al. 2022

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

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This study investigated farmers’ use of sustainable production practices for yellow pepper crop in the Nsukka agricultural zone, Enugu State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used in selecting 135 farmers and interview schedule using structured questionnaires was employed for data collection. Data generated were analysed with SPSS software using frequency and percentage, mean scores, standard deviation, factor analysis, and logistic regression. Findings revealed that the majority (91.1%) of the yellow pepper farmers had moderate knowledge on sustainable production practices and that some of the practices used were mass selection (97.0%), use of poultry manure (95.60%), use of improved varieties of yellow pepper (94.0%), crop rotation practices (91.10%), and minimum use of agrochemicals (78.50). Among the factors considered to be potential determinants of farmers’ use of sustainable production practices, only sex was statistically significant, at 5% level. Also, findings indicated that technical, institutional, and economic constraints affected farmers’ use of sustainable production practices. Furthermore, results indicated that sustainable production practices could be enhanced through the use of improved seeds (85.5%), access to credit facilities (77.8%), access to extension services (71.8%), and training of farmers (68.9%). The study therefore recommends that government and private sectors should provide services that will facilitate the development of sustainable production practices of Nsukka yellow pepper crop, as this will have a long-term effect on productivity and the production environment.

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Drivers of farmers market participation in southeast Nigeria

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The impact of road environments on rural periodic market travel satisfaction: a heterogeneity analysis of travel modes

The impact of road environments on rural periodic market travel satisfaction: a heterogeneity analysis of travel modes

Farmers’ use of sustainable production practices for yellow pepper crop in the Nsukka agricultural zone, Enugu State, Nigeria

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