Rural Folks Perception of Suicide Drivers in rural communities of Delta State, Nigeria: Implications for Societal and Agricultural Security

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon Okeoghene Ebewore
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Suicide Victim ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
Suicidal Death ◽  
The Government

AbstractThe study examined rural folks’ perception of suicide drivers in rural communities of Delta state, Nigeria and the resultant implications for societal and agricultural security. The objectives of the study are to: describe the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, ascertain the perceived suicide rates in rural households; identify the main causes (or drivers) of suicide in rural communities, ascertain the means of committing suicide, and determine respondents’ perception of the effect of suicide on agricultural production and their families. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used in composing 351 respondents who furnished information on suicide situation in the study area. Results indicated some cases of suicide in the area; several perceived suicide drivers were identified by the respondents, and the respondents identified some perceived deleterious effects of suicide as illness among family members, depression of surviving members, loss of income and output of agricultural production and scattering of family of suicide victim. Logistic regression of relationship between perceived social economic characteristics and suicidal death indicated that marital status, education, family size, family income, membership of association and extension contact were significant in preventing suicide. From the findings, it was recommended that all stakeholders including the government, private sector, religion organizations, health and welfare institutions, rural communities, and individuals have crucial role to play in curbing suicidal deaths in rural communities.

scholarly journals Farmers' Perception on the influence of Inter-communal Conflicts on Agricultural Production in Shaare/Tsaragi Communities, Kwara State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Issa Zubair Busari ◽  
Felix Olayinka Oladipo ◽  
Abdulrasaq Kamal Daudu ◽  
Olawale Samson Selesi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Personal Property ◽  
Agricultural Produce ◽  
Continuum Scale ◽  
The Government ◽  
Schedule Technique

Rural communities which produce the bulk of agricultural produce in Nigeria have been plagued by several inter communal conflicts. One of such conflicts is Share /Tsaragi inter-communal conflicts. The objective of the study was to assess perceptions of farmers on the influence of inter-communal conflicts on the agricultural production in Share and Tsaragi communities in Edu and Ifelodun Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kwara State, Nigeria. Methododology. A three-stage random sampling procedure was used to select one hundred and twenty (120) respondents for the study.  Data were collected through the use of interview schedule technique. A likert-type five point continuum scale was used to rank farmers perceptions with five (5) as the most and one (1) as the worst check. Results The results showed that 68% of the respondents were above forty (40) years of age and 70% have resided in the communities for more than ten (10) years. Respondents perceived that conflict of resource which bordered on boundary issue, claim of ownership of fertile land at Fejewe area, conversion of leased land to personal property among others are causes of the conflicts within the two communities. The results equally revealed the perceptions of respondents on the effects of conflicts in the area to include scarcity of arable land, displacement of farmers, destruction of lands and crops, scarcity of food and destruction of stored produce among others. The study showed relationship between selected socio-economic characteristics and perception. Conclusion. The study concludes that there should be clear delineation of the boundary within the two communities, lift of ban on some arable lands seized by the government and promotion of other secondary occupation to relieve pressure on the land.

scholarly journals Analysis of Consumers’ Preference for Local Rice among Households in Ekiti State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
G. T. Ajayi ◽  
A. Ajiboye
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Good Taste ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Government

Consumers’ preference for local rice determines its demand. Therefore, the study was carried out to analyze consumers’ preference for local rice among households in Ekiti State. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for this study. A total of 240 women were randomly selected from three Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the State. Primary data were obtained with the use of a well-structured interview schedule. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics as well as inferential statistic like logistic regression. The mean age of the respondents was 38 years and more than half (53.3%) of the respondents were females. Most (70.0%) of the respondents had a mean family size of 7 persons. Most (87.0%) preferred local rice and factors influencing consumers’ preference for local rice include good nutritional value, quality of rice and good taste. Local rice was very much preferred by the respondents. Logistic regression shows that significant influence exists between price, taste, availability of rice and presence of particles and preferred choice of rice. Therefore, efforts should be made by the government to formulate price control policy on local rice for its affordability by the consumers and there should be improvement on processing technology of local rice to eliminate presence of particles for improved quality and good taste to enhance the consumers’ preference for choice of rice. Also, the government should support farmers through provision of incentives and credit facilities so as to produce more local rice for its availability all year round.

Local Community Attitude and Support Towards Tourism Development at Saint Martin Island, Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
pp. 976-987
Author(s):  
Md. Abdul Hai ◽  
Md. Badsha Alamgir
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Personal Benefit ◽  
Community Attitude ◽  
Saint Martin ◽  
Island Community ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Government

Tourism development, a double-edged sword for local communities, is the influenced by attitude of the residents. Favorable attitudes of local community escalate tourists' satisfaction levels. The study focuses on local community attitude and support towards tourism development of Saint Martin Island in Bangladesh. Using judgmental sampling procedure, a sample of 175 local residents was surveyed through a self-administered questionnaire and data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and ANOVA. The findings of the study indicate that the Saint Martin Island-community supports future tourism development based on the personal benefit they receive. ANOVA analysis shows significant differences among the local community attitude and support to the tourism development based on profession, age, education, and family income. The study may ensure the commercial, socio-cultural, physiological, political and economic development of the community that enhance sustainability for the industry and it may also help the government to shape future tourism development for the island.

scholarly journals Participation in social group and wellbeing status of rural women in Oyo State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Oluwaseun Aderonke Adeleke ◽  
Falilat Shadefunmi Alani
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Group Participation ◽  
Multi Stage

This study examined participation in social group and wellbeing status of rural women in Oyo State. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to obtain data from 170 rural women who are members of selected social groups. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. More than half (54.1%) of the respondents had low level of social group participation. Benefits derived from social group participation were social control ( x̄ = 1.65), access to credits and loans ( x̄ =1.35), security of goods ( x̄ =1.62) and invitation to social functions ( x̄ =1.72). Time ( x̄ =0.64), distance of the meeting venue ( x̄ =0.45) and financial constraint ( x̄ =0.39) were some of the factors that affect social group participation among the women. There was no significant relationship between participation (r = 0.126) in social group and wellbeing status of rural women. Based on these findings, this study has implications for the assessment of social groups in rural communities as they serve as strong platform for dissemination of social and agricultural information. This study therefore recommends that social groups should be well organised by engaging in activities that will improve the quality of life of rural women in all spheres, this will increase their involvement in group activities, improve their wellbeing and ensure rural development.Keywords: Participation, social groups, social security, time, wellbeing

Local Community Attitude and Support Towards Tourism Development at Saint Martin Island, Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Abdul Hai ◽  
Md. Badsha Alamgir
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Personal Benefit ◽  
Community Attitude ◽  
Saint Martin ◽  
Island Community ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Government

Tourism development, a double-edged sword for local communities, is the influenced by attitude of the residents. Favorable attitudes of local community escalate tourists' satisfaction levels. The study focuses on local community attitude and support towards tourism development of Saint Martin Island in Bangladesh. Using judgmental sampling procedure, a sample of 175 local residents was surveyed through a self-administered questionnaire and data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and ANOVA. The findings of the study indicate that the Saint Martin Island-community supports future tourism development based on the personal benefit they receive. ANOVA analysis shows significant differences among the local community attitude and support to the tourism development based on profession, age, education, and family income. The study may ensure the commercial, socio-cultural, physiological, political and economic development of the community that enhance sustainability for the industry and it may also help the government to shape future tourism development for the island.

scholarly journals Factors Determining Continuous Tractor Use in Benin Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Ephrème Dossavi Dayou ◽  
Emmanuel A. Ajav ◽  
K.L. Barnabé Zokpodo ◽  
A. Isaac Bamgboye ◽  
L. Romain Glèlè Kakaï
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Socioeconomic Characteristics ◽  
Agricultural Equipment ◽  
Injection Pump ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Fuel Filter ◽  
Continuous Use ◽  
Benin Republic ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study investigated the factors determining continuous tractor use in Benin. A multi stage sampling procedure was used to select tractor users in the country. A total of 203 households using agricultural machinery were surveyed through interviews and using a structured questionnaire. The information concerned socioeconomic characteristics, the equipment used and agricultural production. The logit model was used for data analysis. About 75% of tractor owners use it for service delivery, while 71.4% of them possess their own land. Continuous use of tractor is significantly influenced by the number of hours for one hectare tilled, the total area tilled per year as well as the tractor age. Moreover, the tractor brands available in the country also influenced tractor use. The hierarchized failures were hydraulic lifting pump (16.4%), fuel filter (14.6%), clutch disc failure (9.9%), breakage of plough (8.8%) and injection pump (7.6%). The future of agricultural equipment use can now be anticipated and take action to deal with any tractor use difficulties for sustainable agricultural extension in Benin. Keywords: Farm machinery, adoption, failure, Benin Republic.

scholarly journals Assessing the Assets and Welfare Conditions of the Left-Behind Migrant Households in the Ekumfi District of Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-87
Author(s):  
Anamoa-Pokoo Standhope ◽  
◽  
Margaret Badasu Delali ◽  
O.A. Urzha ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Migrant Household ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Social Support Services ◽  
The Government ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
Migrant Households

the study assessed the assets and welfare conditions of the left-behind migrant households in the Ekumfi District of Ghana during the absence of remittance receipts. The Asset-Based Welfare Paradigm informed the study. Using the multi-stage sampling procedure, 377 left-behind migrant household heads were sampled and administered with survey questionnaires. Descriptive statistical methods and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were used for data analyses. This was supplemented with in-depth interviews from eight key informants. The results showed that apart from food, economic and financial indices, the other existing stocks of assets did not enhance the welfare conditions of the left-behind migrant households. The study concluded that generally left-behind migrant households had depriving assets and welfare conditions during the absence of remittance receipts. Additionally, government’s social intervention and development programmes enhanced the assets and welfare conditions of the left-behind migrant households. The study therefore recommended that the Government of Ghana should extend the provision of social support services beyond free healthcare and education and include basic asset indices such as housing, water, sanitation, economic, financial, food, gender equity and access to social organisation to cushion the welfare conditions of the left-behind migrant households during the absence of remittance receipts.

scholarly journals Kalesang Village Program

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
PSPM UNIQBU
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Village Community ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village

The village Kalesang Program is a government business of Buru Regency to improve the lives of the village community with participatory planning patterns that come from the government and society. The Kalesang village includes the planning and implementation of Village development conducted jointly between the Government and the village community. This research is a qualitative study aimed at describing the implementation of the village's Kalesang program as a poverty alleviation instrument in rural communities. The research location focuses on Lala, Namlea and Marloso with the consideration of different social economic characters with other villages in Namlea subdistrict. The number of informant interviewed was 45 people divided into communities, village apparatus and community leaders. Analytical techniques used to follow the concept of Miles and Huberman where activities in the analysis of qualitative data are conducted interactively and continuously. The results showed that the village's Kalesang program was able to become a development instrument and empowerment that was able to foster cooperation from the Community and government to plan and implement development and to keep watching it Through active participation. The end goal of the village Kalesang in the form of poverty testing made easy in the frame of harmonization and synergy between the government and the community to cooperate in resolving the problem of Village development.

scholarly journals Role of transportation and marketing in enhancing agricultural production in Ikwo local government area of Ebonyi state, Nigeria.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K.O. Nnadozie ◽  
Ume Smiles ◽  
C Kadurumba
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cost Of Transport ◽  
Multi Stage

Role of transport and marketing in enhancing agricultural production in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria was studied. A multi stage sampling procedure was used to select   300 respondents for the detailed study. A structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. Data collected were analyzed  using of chi-square. The results show that head carrying, use of wheel barrows, bicycles, motor van, keke, donkeys, and motor cycles were various traditional modes of transportation for inter local transport of agricultural products. Furthermore, the result reveals that producers, retailers, consumers, wholesalers and processors were the marketing channels in the study area. Additionally, transportation and marketing have greatly enhanced the growth of agricultural production in the study area , despite existing problems such as bad roads, high cost of transport, few vehicles, poor drainage channels, culverts, few bridges and poverty. Also, the solutions to the identified problems were giving out loans to farmers, construction and repairs of roads, use of rail, mass transit, encouraging farmers’ cooperative societies and processing centres. However, If these solutions to the problems could be entrenched into policy framework at the three tiers of the governments, high returns in agriculture will  ensue. This will boost the contributions of agricultural sector to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP),which could translate to  better standard of living.Keywords:  Role, Transportation, Marketing, Enhancing, Agricultural production

scholarly journals LEMBAGA KEUANGAN MIKRO SYARIAH: EKSISTENSI DAN AKSESIBILITASNYA BAGI PEMBIAYAAN USAHATANI DI SUMATERA BARAT (Studi Kasus: Koperasi Jasa Keuangan Syariah (KJKS) Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil (BMT))

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Widya Fitriana
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
The Government ◽  
Number Of Customers

<em>Farm financing is one of the factors facilitating the development of agriculture which allow farmers to expand the scale of farming and adopt new technologies. Unfortunately, a number of financial institutions often perceive farmers as "unbankable poor" that is costly to finance. KJKS BMT is one financial institution that is initiated by the government of West Sumatra's mission of poverty reduction in rural areas in particular to improve the access of small farmers to credit. So this study aims to identify and analyze the existence and accessibility of financing KJKS BMT in serving the financing of farming in West Sumatra. This study was conducted in a multi-stage random sampling, cities that randomly selected are Kota Padang and Bukittinggi, and then for each city, one KJKS BMT is also randomly selected. Primary data were collected by interviewing 60 respondent’s farmers. This research uses grounded research methods and data analysis in qualitative descriptive. Period of observation data for 2 years ie 2012-2014. Existence of KJKS BMT to finance farming measured by used five indicator namely a) The number of customers, b) The number of farmer customers, c) credit share for the agricultural, d) The number of farm financing and e) Development of BMT’s human resources. Furthermore accessibility is measured using six indicators, namely: (a) access to information, (b) access to loan procedure, (c) access to the maximum limit, (d) access to the time of disbursement, (e) access to loan repayment, and ( f) facilitation of access to financing. The results show that (1) although the existence of KJKS BMT start respected by rural communities, and even show a positive growth, but the credit share given by KJKS BMT to farm credit is still very small compared to another sectors (like trade and manufactures) which are less than 5%, Even though the level of customer growth of farmers during the past two years is reach 75%, higher than the growth of total customer (2) Accessibility of KJKS BMT to farm financing overall is good, although there are several factor that must be addressed like the availability of information, the number of loan, monitoring and loan supervision.</em>

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