LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES OF FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN FOREST FRINGE COMMUNITIES OF NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
Abstract
This study assesses the different types of livelihood strategies as well as factors that influence the choice of these strategies among rural households in Niger State, Nigeria. One hundred copies of a structured questionnaire were used to obtain information from respondents in the study area. Two Local Government Areas (LGAs) were purposively selected for the study. Both descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages and inferential statistics such as Multinomial Logistic Regression were used in the study. The average household size, farm size and farming experience in the study were 10, 2.2 acre and 20 years respectively and most of the respondents were educated. The results of the Multinomial Logistic Regression show that age, household size, farm size, non-farm income, access to extension services, educational qualifications, farming experience and forest availability in their locality were factors that influenced the respondents’ choice of livelihood strategy relative to the reference category in the study.
Keywords
livelihood strategy; rural households; multinomial logistic regression; Niger State
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