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Poverty Alleviation On Plantain And Banana Farmers
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0INTRFRFTRODUCTION
One of the most challenging
problems comforting the Nigeria nation today is how to significantly
address the problem of a widespread and rising incidence of poverty
among the populace. Available statistics shows that as much as 70.8% of
the populace lived on less than us & I a day and are thus classified
as extremely poor. This is an increase from 15% in 1970, 46.3% in 1985
and 65.6% in 1996 (Fos, 1996). Apart from death due to starvation and
other health hazards that these poor people are rarely faced with,
poverty induced hunger and malnutrition are known to impair mental
(intelligent quotient) development in children and could lead to a large
loss in quality of life, productivity and economic growth in developing
countries(Von,2005). Empirical evidence on the level of poverty in
Nigeria is that the poor are predominantly the rural households that
depend primarily on agricultural income. (Philip et al., 2009).
Poverty
is a multi dimensional phenomenon that affect many aspect of human
conditions ranging from the physical, moral to the psychological (Agbi,
2013). It is defined as the state of being poor or deficient in money or
means of subsistence. The concept of basic subsistence is a measured by
the availability of infrastructural services such as safe water,
sanitation, solid water collection, health care, schools and security.
(Agbi, 2013)
Poverty can also be defined based on the concept of
access to opportunities and resources, concern for human rights and
environmental challenges. Other factors include exposure to violence,
injustice, powerlessness and uncertainty in the face of unexpected
situations like sickness, accidents and natural disasters. Poverty in
Nigeria is characterized by hunger, homelessness, disease, malnutrition,
high child mortality rate, family disintegration, unemployment, human
trafficking, child labour, kidnapping, killing, sexual assault, drug
abuse, prostitution and high mortality rate (Agbi, 2013).
Poverty
alleviation involves the improving of the lives of poor people
(Shringal, 2000). Poverty alleviation is the result of overall economic
growth and result from an increase in human and physical capita (Krugman
et al., 2009). According to Bharati (2005), the process usually
followed in poverty alleviation programs is as follows
Find the main activity of the target group
Turn the activity in an economic activity capable of generating income
Involve as many members of the target group a possible in the economic activity.
Educate the target group on personal finance to enable them use the generated income to improve their lives
This process is expected to diffuse through the community.
In
a bid to overcome poverty of Nigeria, government has initiated
different policies and structural programmes between 1997 till date.
These programmes includes: Directorial of food, Road and Rural
Infrastructure (DFFRI), Better Life Programme (BLP), National
Directorate of Employment (NDE), People’s Bank of Nigeria (PBN),
Community Bank (CB), Family Support Program (FSP), Family Economic
Advanced Programme (FEAP), Poverty Eradication Programme (PEP), National
Poverty Eradication Program (NAPEP) and National Economic Empowerment
Development Strategy (NEEDS). Their aims are to ameliorate the suffering
of the people by providing them employment opportunities and access to
credit facilities to enable them establish their own business. (Adebisi,
2011).
Plantain and banana are staple food for rural and urban
consumers as they provide an important source of rural income,
particularly for small holders who produce them in compound or home
gardens (Nweke et al., 1988).
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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 we ... Continue reading---
