This study examined the effect of access to micro-credit on poverty status of rural households in Obafemi-Owode LGA in Ogun state, employing data collected from 94 randomly selected households in the study area. Data were analysed with the aid of FGT poverty index and the Logit regression model....

The provision of safe drinking water has been a major concern of government over the decades and boreholes have been drilled in many rural areas in Nigeria. Despite this, the proportion of Nigerians in rural areas with access to safe drinking water is about 50%. This paper evaluates...

Lack of basic infrastructural facilities has been one of the problems of rural poverty in Nigeria. Various programmes had been introduced by past and present administrations in Nigeria to provide these facilities in rural area. This study investigated rural dwellers perception on effect of...

Apprehension of risk induces certain behaviour into a farmer and this would grossly affect enterprise selection and consequently his resource use and allocation pattern. In this study, risk preferences of food crop farmers in Osun State were measured and efficient resource use and allocation...

The study examined the effects of various trade policy instruments such as tariff, import restrictions, outright ban on rice import and other determinants on the import demand for rice in Nigeria between 1960 and 2007. Adopting a dynamic modeling approach, the unit root test of the series used...

Based on the data from the recent Nigerian National Living Standard Survey (NLSS), income, demographic and environmental factors as well as exposure to western culture influence the consumption of dairy products in the country. From the results of the descriptive and quantitative analyses, it is...

This study assessed the technical efficiency of fish farmers in Ibadan metropolis of Oyo State, Nigeria using the stochastic frontier production function analysis. Primary data were collected from 82 fish farmers in Ibadan metropolis. The mean efficiency value was 0.906 with majority (65.9...

This paper addresses the constraints to agricultural research systems in Nigeria with particular emphasis on the role marketing research can play in enhancing farm gate prices. Marketing research is imperative given the yearly experiences of the small farmers in marketing their products. The...

This study examines the benefit incidence accruing to households from government expenditure on solid waste management in Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria. Data were collected from one hundred and fifty households using stratified random sampling. The data were analyzed...

Land degradation in south eastern part of Nigeria is becoming widespread because population pressure is increasing, fallow land are unavailable for agricultural activities and even marginal lands are being lost to developmental projects. The problem of land degradation emanated from increase...