Arable Crop Farmers’ Perception of Non-Farm Activities in Akure North and Ondo East Local Government Areas of Ondo State, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.52493/j.jaab.2023.2.59Keywords:
Non-farm activities, arable farmers, perception, involvementAbstract
The study assessed arable crop farmers’ involvement in non-farm activities in Ondo State, Nigeria. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to select 210 respondents. The data were collected through a validated questionnaire. Data collected were described with frequency counts, percentages, and mean, while Chi-square and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) were used for analysis. Findings revealed that the mean age of the respondents was 55±1.26 years and the majority (67.9%) of the respondents were male. It was revealed that about 76.7% were married with an average household size of 6 members. The majority (87.1%) of the respondents were involved in non-farm activities such as trading (22.4%), tailoring/fashion designing (11.0%) and carpentry/furniture (11.0%). 64.2% indicated that they were involved throughout the season, 28.1% only during the rainy season and 12% were involved occasionally. Furthermore, inadequate finance (x̄ = 1.56) ranked 1st in the constraint to arable farmers’ involvement in non-farm activities. At p< 0.05, there was a significant association between educational level (χ2= 15.6; p< 0.05), source of credit (χ2 = 3.7; p<0.05), arable crop farmers’ perception of non-farm activities (r= -0.1, p <0.05). The study established that arable crop farmers are highly involved in various non-farm activities such as trading, tailoring, carpentry and food vending. These are expected to boost their living standard by making extra income are involved to make extra income in addition to farming. Therefore, change agents should encourage more farmers to involve in non-farm activities as a way to make extra means of living in order to fight poverty and food insecurity in the study area.
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