• POVERTY ALLEVIATION ON PLANTAIN AND BANANA FARMERS


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study focused on poverty alleviation among plantain and banana farmers in Ovia South North East Local Government Area of Edo State. It answered the following questions (i) what is the socio-economic characteristics of plantain and banana,(ii) what is the perception of farmers on the profitability of plantain and banana production in their area, (iii) what is the constraint faced by plantain and banana farmers (iv) what is the value addition of plantain and banana among respondentsThe data were collected using well structured questionnaire descriptive statistics was used to estimate the soc ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]NBS (2007) revealed that about 69 million people were living in poverty in 2004 which represent 54.4% of the Nigerian population. Sectorial disaggregation show urban poverty rate of 43.1% and rural poverty rate 63.8% in the same year (Adeyonu et al., 2002). Incidentally, the rural sector is the predominant sector in Nigeria economy. Evidences abound that among the rural poor people, the farming households are poor. For instance Federal Office of Statistics (FOS) (1999), Olaniyan and Bankole (2005) reveals that in 1980, 1985, 1992, 1996 and 2004, the incidence of poverty were 32 ... Continue Reading