At the microeconomic level, in predominantly agrarian society of Nigeria where majority of the farmers are poor and unable to obtain insurance, price and production shocks would have adverse impact on growth and development. Particularly, there is a growing concern that current levels of rice...

This study profiled and decomposed political inequality among rural households in Nigeria. Core welfare indicator questionnaire survey data conducted by National Bureau of Statistics in 2006 was used. The data was analyzed using Generalized Entropy and Shapley decomposition. Result revealed that...

This study examined the causes of migration and the poverty profile of migrants in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. Primary data were collected from a total of 110 migrants using two staged purposive sampling procedure. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and...

Enhanced agricultural productivity is the key issue being presently discussed by agricultural stakeholders as being imperative to the attainment of food security, reducing the present high rate of unemployment and the diversification of Nigeria’s economy from being oil dependent. This...

Organic cotton production in Uganda is rising mainly due to the promotional efforts of private multinational cotton exporting companies. Nonetheless, the sustainability of organic cotton projects and their ultimate impact on poverty reduction will depend on the relative profitability of organic...

Post harvest facilities or appropriate storage technology has been the major problem of Nigerian agriculture for a long time that has resulted in considerable waste of agricultural output and hence considerable loss to the economy. This study therefore examines the post harvest choices of grain...

Policy makers are interested in knowing the welfare effect of the many development programmes implemented in rural centres in Nigeria. This study applied stochastic dominance approach to show whether the aggregate welfare in rural centres was better than in urban centres using the household...

The study quantitatively determine the impact of policy changes on technical efficiency of small scale food crop farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria, using the stochastic frontier methodology. Given the specifications of the Cobb-Douglas Stochastic frontier models, the results show that the...

Despite increases in the cultivation of pepper among farmers in South-West Nigeria, massive transportation of pepper from the Northern parts of the country and seasonal fluctuation in prices are still very common. Given a good knowledge of the efficiency levels of various production units...

This paper analyzes the poverty status of Fadama II and non-Fadama II beneficiaries in rural Oyo State, Southwestern Nigeria. The sample survey data were collected from 450 rural households comprising of purposively selected 150 beneficiaries of Fadama II, 150 non-beneficiaries within Fadama II...