Socio-economic factors influencing poverty among rural households in onicha local government area, ebonyi state, Nigeria

Eze, V. A.; Odoh, Ngozi Ekunyi; Igwe, O. E.; Mgbanya, Jude C

doi:10.3329/ijarit.v9i1.42943

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“…Therefore, they can make positive contribution to agricultural development. This finding is in line with [20]. Table 1 reveals that the average households' size were 6 members in the Ebonyi rice farmers households, implying that majority of them have relatively high household sizes.…”

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Analysis of The Cost and Economic Returns in Rice Production in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Nwahia

2021

Indonesian J. Agric. Res

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Low profit from most staple food production in Nigeria, have continued to discourage the teaming unemployed Nigerian youth from taking up farming as a business. Therefore, this study analyzes the cost and economic returns in Ebonyi State rice production. This study made used of simple random sampling techniques to select 242 rice farmers. The study employed the use of structured questionnaire in its primary data collection. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (Percentages, Frequency, Standard deviation and Mean), Net Rice Farming Income (NRFI) and Returns/US Dollar Invested (RUSDI). The result from the analysis reveals that rice production is profitable in Ebonyi state. The Net Rice Farming Income (NRFI) obtained by the farmers in Ebonyi state were $900.10 US Dollar per hectare while the return on investment obtained by them were $2.90 US Dollar per hectare. Therefore, unemployed youth in Nigeria should be encourage through provision of rice farming grant or loan by the government. In addition, adequate training on improve technology should be conducted by the government agency for the rice farmers.

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Analysis of The Cost and Economic Returns in Rice Production in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Nwahia

2021

Indonesian J. Agric. Res

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“…Fifty-six percent of the population lives below US $1 per day (GDP) with limited social service and infrastructure, high levels of unemployment and underemployment, and with very few industries with a low output. (Eze et al, 2019;National Bureau of Statistics, 2019;Olawuyi & Adetunji, 2013). Moreover the world bank stated that Nigeria had overtaken India as the country with the highest number of impoverished individuals (Babalola, 2018).…”

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“…For instance, Uzochukwu et al (2008) reported that many rural households in Nigeria might not pay for all their drugs and treatments. Although the cost of YF vaccination may be affordable, the prevailing economic crisis and abject poverty could hinder rural households from seeking appropriate healthcare (Eze et al, 2019).…”

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Delay in health‐seeking behaviour: Implication to yellow fever outcome in the 2019 outbreak in Nigeria

Umoke

Eyo³

et al. 2021

Health Soc Care Community

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Yellow fever is a vaccine-preventable acute viral disease that can rapidly spread and cause serious public health impact. Delay in seeking health care from health facilities is a potential risk of prolonged disease spread. Therefore, this study assessed the delay in health-seeking behaviour and implications for yellow fever outcomes in the 2019 outbreak in Nigeria. Furthermore, the study examined the factors associated with delayed yellow fever vaccine uptake. A retrospective study was conducted from January to December 2019 using 137 cases recorded in the WHO database. The data were analysed using descriptive (frequency and percentages) and the Chi-square test.The results were significant at p < 0.05. Results showed a low uptake of yellow fever vaccine (24.1%) among patients and a median total health-seeking delay of 7 [IQR 7, 9] days. The delay was more among the older age ≥40 years (12 [IQR 12, 29]), females (8 [IQR 8, 11], and rural inhabitants 7 [IQR7, 9], particularly in Izzi LGA (9 [IQR 9, 16] than the other subgroups. Patients' location or place of residence was significantly associated with the yellow fever vaccine uptake (p < 0.000*), and delay (p = 0.003*).Conclusively, the low vaccine uptake was due to the delay in health-seeking behaviour. Thus, the healthcare system in Nigeria needs to intensify mass participation in immunisation programmes. Interventions that promote behavioural change towards immunisation are required. Also, health promotion campaigns to educate rural people on desirable health-seeking behaviour are needed.

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“…Tersoo (2013) viewed poverty as a state where an individual is not able to cater for his or her basic needs of food, clothing and shelter. Poverty manifests itself in lack of income and productive resources, low purchasing power, low life expectancy, malnutrition, lack of access to social and economic services (Adebayo, 2013;Eze, Odoh, Igwe and Mgbanya, 2019). Poverty is considered as a major menace in the Nigerian society.…”

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“…The poverty rate in the State was 56% which was higher than the national average of 46% and average of 27% for the South East in 2013 (UNDP, 2013). Recently, the poverty rate in Ebonyi State increased to 58.9% (Eze et al, 2019). About 80% of Ebonyi citizens are classified as falling below the poverty line, which is, living below the $1.9 per day benchmark with life expectancy of 47 years (UNDP, 2013;UNDP 2016;NBS, 2017).…”

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Analysis of Poverty Status of Ebonyi State Farming Households

Nwahia¹,

Ahmed²,

Onyeabor³

et al. 2021

Turkish JAF Sci.Tech.

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Poverty is a major menace in Nigeria. Therefore, the research centered on the analysis of poverty status of farming households in Ebonyi State. Multi stage and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 450 respondents for the study. Primary data were collected using electronic data capturing instrument containing the questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Foster, Greer and Thorbeecke (FGT), and Logit regression model. The result from the study shows that 54% of the farming households in Ebonyi state were poor while 46% of them were not poor. The result further reveals that household size, dependency ratio, sex, monthly household expenditure, and farm size were the significant factors that influenced poverty status of Ebonyi state farming households. Therefore, government at the federal, state and local levels should consider socioeconomic characteristics of the farming households in the design and implementation of any poverty driven projects in order to improve their standard of living. Also, government at the various level, should consider embarking on programs to address the youth unemployment and aged members of the Nigerian society for these will reduce the dependency burden which have continued to increase the poverty level in farming households in Ebonyi state.

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Socio-economic factors influencing poverty among rural households in onicha local government area, ebonyi state, Nigeria

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Analysis of The Cost and Economic Returns in Rice Production in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Analysis of The Cost and Economic Returns in Rice Production in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Delay in health‐seeking behaviour: Implication to yellow fever outcome in the 2019 outbreak in Nigeria

Analysis of Poverty Status of Ebonyi State Farming Households

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