Effect of Farm and Non-Farm Livelihood Activities on the Well-Being of Arable Crop Farmers in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.55677/ijlsar/V02I08Y2023-04Abstract
This study analyzed the effect of farm and nonfarm livelihood activities on the well-being of arable crop farmers in Yenagoa Local Government area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Nigeria. Data were collected through well-structured questionnaire from 100 arable crop farmers. Data were analyzed using simple descriptive and inferential statistical tools. The result showed that poultry rearing (=3.5), swine rearing (=3.3), cassava cultivation (=3.3), maize cultivation (=3.1), rice cultivation (=2.9) were the farm and non-farm livelihood activities which had effect on arable crop farmers well-being. The result further showed that 60.0% of arable crop farmer had block house as the shelter and 40% had meal ratio of 1:0:1 daily. The regression result indicated that the coefficient of well-being of arable crop farmers (2.521) was positive and statistically significant at 1%. The study concluded that farm and non-farming livelihood activities had positive effect on arable crop farmers. Hence, it was recommended that arable crop farmers should be encouraged to also engage in non-farm livelihood activities.
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