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Perception Of Poverty By Women And Men And Their Coping Strategies
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Rural Nigerians principally draw their
livelihoods from agriculture. However, many rural households cannot earn
sustainable livelihoods based on their incomes from agriculture or from
many of the other economic activities they pursue.
According to
Omonona (2006), those rural households in the lowest quintile group
receive about 49 percent of their total per capita income from nonfarm
employment and about 51 percent from farm employment (see table below).
In specific terms, the percent of total per capita income, among the
poorest quintile, from farm self-employment is highest (34 percent).
This is followed by nonfarm wage employment (28percent), nonfarm
self-employment (21 percent) and farm wage employment (17 percent).
However,
as one moves from the lowest to the highest quintile, nonfarm
employment becomes a more important source of income than the farm
employment as the percent contribution of nonfarm employment increased
to 59 percent while those of farm employment have decreased to 41
percent as we move from the lowest to the highest quintile. The share of
nonfarm wage employment in total per capita income increased from 28 to
33 percent while that of nonfarm self-employment increased from 21
percent to 25 percent. As for farm income, the share of total per capita
income from farm wage employment decreased drastically from about 17
percent to about 9 percent. That of farm self-employment decreased
marginally from 34 to 33 percent.
Broad efforts to enhance the
productivity, profitability, and sustained growth of the rural economy
of Nigeria will be necessary to enhance the resilience of Nigerian
agricultural households and to lift them out of poverty, hunger, and
malnutrition. Work under the Agricultural Policy Support Facility (APSF)
aims to ensure that vulnerable rural households benefit from
agricultural and rural development and economic growth. The focus of the
research is vulnerable households that pursue agricultural livelihoods.
The sources of vulnerability such households face includes physical,
related to health and nutritional status, and economic, related to the
sustainability and efficacy of the rural livelihood strategies pursued
by household members. The characteristics of these households, as well
as the shocks they face and the resources they can draw upon, will
differ across Nigeria. IFPRI’s Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division
supported the APSF’s objectives by commissioning a review of knowledge
on poverty and rural development in Nigeria. The report aimed not only
to help identify the knowledge base, but also the gaps in information
needed to support evidence-based policymaking.
1.1 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
The poverty experienced by Nigerians is pervasive, multifaceted, and chronic, affecting the lives
of
a large proportion of the populace. The Nigerian situation presents a
paradox because the country is rich but the people are poor. This has
been captioned, ‘poverty in the midst of plenty’ by the World Bank
(World Bank 2006).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Gender and perception of poverty in Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos State is the focus of this study. The main objectives of the study were to examine the way men and women perceive poverty and to understand the gender-based differences in the perception of poverty and to explore the effects of poverty coping strategies with/without taking into account the gender-based differences in perceptions of poverty and to assess the impact of intra household inequalities on household welfare and ... Continue reading---
