Küçük ölçekli ticarileştirme: Küçük ölçekli pirinç çiftçilerinin hane refahını neler etkiliyor?

Year 2024, Volume: 61 Issue: 4, 413 - 424, 16.12.2024

Ikenna Ukwuaba , Chukwuemeka Arene , Benjamin Okpukpara

https://doi.org/10.20289/zfdergi.1435516

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, dünyada çok boyutlu yoksulluğun en uç örneklerine sahip ülkelerden biri olan Nijerya'daki küçük çiftçi pirinç çiftçilerinin hane refahının sosyoekonomik ve kurumsal belirleyicilerini değerlendirmektir.
Materyal ve Yöntem: 288 küçük ölçekli pirinç çiftçisini seçmek için çok aşamalı örnekleme teknikleri kullanıldı. Katılımcılardan birincil veriler yarı yapılandırılmış bir anket aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Hedeflere ulaşmak için piyasa katılım endeksi ve sıradan en küçük kareler regresyonu modelleri kullanılmıştır.
Araştırma Bulguları: Küçük ölçekli pirinç çiftçilerinin 0,73 pazar katılım endeksiyle yarı ticarileştiği ortaya çıktı. Hane reisinin eğitim düzeyi, hane büyüklüğü, gübreye erişim, pirinç üretimi, satılan pirinç miktarı, kooperatif üyeliği ve yerleşik bir pazara uzaklık, küçük ölçekli pirinç çiftçilerinin refahının temel etkenleri olarak belirlendi.
Sonuç: Üretim piyasasına katılım, özellikle gübreye erişimi olan ve kooperatiflere üye olan eğitimli küçük ölçekli pirinç çiftçileri arasında, çiftlik geliri ve kişi başına tüketim harcamaları üzerinde olumlu etki yaptı.

Keywords

Ticarileştirme, tüketim harcamaları, hane refahı, küçük çiftçiler, pirinç

Ethical Statement

This research does not involve any sensitive or risky experimentation (s) or breach of human or animal rights.

Smallholder commercialization: What drives the household welfare of smallholder rice farmers?

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the socio-economic and institutional determinants of smallholder rice farmers’ household welfare in Nigeria, one of the countries with extreme cases of multidimensional poverty in the world.
Material and Methods: Multistage sampling techniques were used in the selection of 288 smallholder rice farmers. Primary data was collected from the respondents with a semi-structured questionnaire. The market participation index and ordinary least square regression were the models used to realize the objectives.
Results: It was revealed that the smallholder rice farmers were semi-commercialized with a market participation index of 0.73. The educational level of the household head, household size, access to fertilizer, rice output, the quantity of rice sold, cooperative membership and distance to an established market were identified as the key drivers of smallholder rice farmers’ welfare.
Conclusion: Engagement in the output market impacted positively on the farm income and per capita consumption expenditure, especially among educated smallholder rice farmers who had access to fertilizer and belonged to cooperatives.

Keywords

Commercialization, consumption expenditure, household welfare, smallholders, rice

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