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Poverty Status Among Farming Households in Ogbomoso South Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria

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  • Alao, O. T.
  • Bamiwuye, O. A.
  • Adedokun, J. A.

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The study assessed poverty status among farming households in Ogbomoso South Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State. It identified the causes, determined the depth and severity of poverty. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select a total of 110 respondents from 22 households in 5 out of the 10 wards in the LGA. Primary data were collected using validated interview schedule. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the effects of selected variables on household poverty. Results showed that the respondents’ mean age, years of education and annual income were 47 years, 8 years and N202,547.27, respectively. While the poverty line and poverty incidence were N135,030.7 and 50.9 percent, respectively. Lack of access to farm machinery (79.1%), poor road network (70.9%), non-accessibility to storage facilities (60.9%) were the identified causes of poverty among respondents. Respondents’ age (t = -0.759), household size (t = 0.576) and farm size (t = -1.344) were the determinants of poverty among the farming household. Nearly half of the farming households were below poverty line. The study recommended that government should make farm machinery available to the farmers at affordable price, improve on infrastructure and road constructions.

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  • Alao, O. T. & Bamiwuye, O. A. & Adedokun, J. A., 2020. "Poverty Status Among Farming Households in Ogbomoso South Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria," Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology, Rural Sociological Association of Nigeria, vol. 20(1), September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ngnjrs:347350
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.347350
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