1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria.
2 Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria.
3 Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
4 Nigeria Stored Products Research Institute Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 21(01), 1974-1983
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.21.1.0259
Received on 10 December 2023; revised on 20 January 2024; accepted on 22 January 2024
This study investigated the seasonal determinant of expected poverty status among cashew farmers in Oyo State. Multistage random sampling procedure was used to collect panel data from cashew farmers in Oyo State. Ogbomoso Agricultural Development Project (ADP) zone was purposively selected out of the four ADP zones in Oyo State due to high concentration of cashew farmers in the zone, then based on proportionate to size technique a total of 25 villages were selectfromthe LGAs.Finally 10 farmers were selected from each of this villages. This resulted in a total of250respondents, but due to absence of 29 respondents during off-season, 221 respondents were used for the study. The Foster, Greer and Thorbecke (FGT), descriptive statistics and Three-Stage Feasible Generalized Least Squares (3FGLS) were used to analyze data collected. Result showed that 68.80% of the cashew farmers were poor during off-season, with high poverty intensity (47.40%) and severity (38.10%), respectively. During on-season, 57.90% of cashew farmers were poor, poverty intensity and severity were 38.10% and 30.80% respectively. 40% of the farmers poor in both seasons. 28.05% of them transited from poor to non-poor, about 17.65% of non-poor transited into poor while only 28.10% were non-poor in both seasons.3FGLS result shows that seasonal production of cashew and household size were inversed related (p=0.001) with poverty status of the respondents. Farming experience, age and gender positively (p=0.001) influenced farmers’ poverty status positively. Conclusively, majority of cashew farmers were poor while poverty intensity and severity increased more during off-season.
Seasonal poverty; Cashew farming; Ogbomoso; Three-Stage Feasible Generalized Least Squares (3FGLS)
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Abisola Adenike Ogunkunle, Adebusola Adenike Adepoju, Mufutau Oyedapo Raufu, Matthew Olufemi Adio, Damilare Ifeoluwa Olufemi, Soladayo Samson Tojola, Isaac Tunde Oyebamiji and Adetayo Seun Ayodele. Seasonal determinant of expected poverty status among cashew farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 21(1), 1974-1983. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.21.1.0259