Determinants of Non-farm Income and Their Effects on Agricultural Productivity Among Farming Households in Nigeria

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 11 Sayı: 1, 81 - 95, 30.06.2025

Omobolaji Obisesan

https://doi.org/10.61513/tead.1580648

Öz

The agricultural sector accounts for about 23% of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with over 70% of the population involved in one agricultural activity or the other. Despite this huge involvement in the agricultural sector by farming households, majority are still relatively poor. As a result of this poor narrative among these households, it is not easy for them to attain optimum agricultural productivity. This also implies that majority of these farmers are easily prone to shocks and natural hazards assailing the agricultural sector negatively. To this end, this study investigated the determinants of non-farm income and their effects on the productivity of agricultural farming households in Nigeria, as a way of mitigating shocks. The World Bank Data on Emergencies Monitoring Household Survey 2021 was used to ascertain these claims. The descriptive statistics was used to determine the socio-economic characteristics of farming households while the Probit and the linear regression models were used in estimating the determinants of non-farm income and agricultural productivity. The results obtained elucidates on what effect agricultural non-farm income has on the productivity of farming households and how policy makers can make informed decisions that would support sustainable agriculture and mitigation of shocks in the Nigerian agricultural sector.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Agricultural Productivity , farming households , Mitigating shocks , non-farm income

Proje Numarası

None

Teşekkür

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Nijerya'daki Çiftçi Haneleri Arasında Tarım Dışı Gelirin Tarımsal Üretkenlik Üzerindeki Belirleyicileri

Öz

Tarım sektörü Nijerya'nın Gayri Safi Yurtiçi Hasılasının (GSYİH) yaklaşık %23'ünü oluşturur ve nüfusun %70'inden fazlası bir tarımsal faaliyette yer alır. Çiftçi hanelerin tarım sektöründeki bu büyük katılımına rağmen, çoğunluk hala nispeten fakirdir. Bu haneler arasındaki bu zayıf anlatının bir sonucu olarak, optimum tarımsal üretkenliğe ulaşmaları kolay değildir. Bu ayrıca, bu çiftçilerin çoğunun tarım sektörünü olumsuz yönde etkileyen şoklara ve doğal afetlere kolayca maruz kaldığı anlamına gelir. Bu amaçla, bu çalışma, şokları azaltmanın bir yolu olarak, tarım dışı gelirin belirleyicilerini ve Nijerya'daki tarımsal çiftçilik hanelerinin üretkenliği üzerindeki etkilerini araştırdı. Bu iddiaları doğrulamak için Dünya Bankası Acil Durum İzleme Hane Halkı Anketi 2021 Verileri kullanıldı. Betimleyici istatistikler, çiftçilik hanelerinin sosyo-ekonomik özelliklerini belirlemek için kullanılırken, Probit ve doğrusal regresyon modelleri, tarım dışı gelirin ve tarımsal üretkenliğin belirleyicilerini tahmin etmek için kullanıldı. Elde edilen sonuçlar, tarımsal tarım dışı gelirin çiftçilik hanelerinin üretkenliği üzerinde nasıl bir etkiye sahip olduğunu ve politika yapıcıların sürdürülebilir tarımı ve Nijerya tarım sektöründeki şokların azaltılmasını destekleyecek bilinçli kararlar nasıl alabileceklerini açıklamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Tarımsal üretkenlik , Çiftçi haneleri , Şoklarn azaltılması , Tarım dışı gelir

Destekleyen Kurum

Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State) Moor Plantation, Apata, Ibadan

Proje Numarası

None

Teşekkür

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