The study investigated the participation of community leaders in conflict resolution and management among farmers and herdsmen in Oyo state, Nigeria. Stratified and random sampling technique was used to select 180 community leaders from 25 communities in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Data were collected through the use of structured interview schedule and Focus Group Discussions. The data collected were summarised and analysed using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation) and Pearson Product Moment Correlation respectively. Results show that competition over water (93.8%), land (94.4%), lack of grazing zones (77.2%), and aggressive nature of the parties involved (77.2%) were main causes of conflicts among respondents. Conflict resolution measures mainly adopted by the community leaders include dialogue with parties involved (84.4%), use of village committees (76.7%), negotiating settlement (67.2%), entering agreement and ensuring such agreement is implemented (71.1%) and use of law enforcement agencies (84.4%). Level of participation of community leaders in conflict resolution was however moderate. Major constraints to effective participation of community leaders in conflict resolution include lack of institutional support from government (mean=3.0), inadequate finance (mean=3.0), language barrier (mean=3.0) and evasive nature of the herdsmen (mean=3.0). Years of schooling (r=0.223; p≤0.05) was found to be positively and significantly correlated with participation in conflict resolution. The study recommended the need for local leaders and the government to work together and take more proactive measure in reducing the current level of conflict in the conflict prone areas. It also suggested the need to broaden local leaders’ knowledge base through provision of training in conflict handling.
{"title":"Participation of community leaders in conflict resolution among crop farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Oyo state, Nigeria","authors":"M. O. Oyedokun, B. Lawal","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.285292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.285292","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigated the participation of community leaders in conflict resolution and management among farmers and herdsmen in Oyo state, Nigeria. Stratified and random sampling technique was used to select 180 community leaders from 25 communities in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Data were collected through the use of structured interview schedule and Focus Group Discussions. The data collected were summarised and analysed using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation) and Pearson Product Moment Correlation respectively. Results show that competition over water (93.8%), land (94.4%), lack of grazing zones (77.2%), and aggressive nature of the parties involved (77.2%) were main causes of conflicts among respondents. Conflict resolution measures mainly adopted by the community leaders include dialogue with parties involved (84.4%), use of village committees (76.7%), negotiating settlement (67.2%), entering agreement and ensuring such agreement is implemented (71.1%) and use of law enforcement agencies (84.4%). Level of participation of community leaders in conflict resolution was however moderate. Major constraints to effective participation of community leaders in conflict resolution include lack of institutional support from government (mean=3.0), inadequate finance (mean=3.0), language barrier (mean=3.0) and evasive nature of the herdsmen (mean=3.0). Years of schooling (r=0.223; p≤0.05) was found to be positively and significantly correlated with participation in conflict resolution. The study recommended the need for local leaders and the government to work together and take more proactive measure in reducing the current level of conflict in the conflict prone areas. It also suggested the need to broaden local leaders’ knowledge base through provision of training in conflict handling.","PeriodicalId":273470,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114802602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One Village One Product (OVOP) is a participatory rural development approach focusing on local specialties.It is a strategy to develop value based on local available resources by the local people. The principal actors arethe inhabitants of a community, and it is neither a project nor an undertaking of top-down nature, imposed byand implemented under the auspices of external entities like the central government or donor agencies. Thispaper demonstrates how the concept of OVOP can be used to effectively mobilize the rural populace in Nigeriafor enhanced productivity through effective participation. First, the paper x-rays the fundamental principles ofOVOP. It further dwells on the practices, drawing examples from nations where the concept has been usedsuccessfully to aid rural transformation. The key successes of OVOP were also discussed, while the challengesand issues relating to the propagation of the concept were highlighted drawing implications for Nigeria. Thepaper recommends that the concept of OVOP be adopted and factored into the current Agricultural ExtensionTransformation Agenda (AETA) in order to enhance sustainable rural transformation in Nigeria. Keywords: One village-one product, rural development, rural transformation, Nigeria
{"title":"ONE-VILLAGE ONE-PRODUCT (OVOP): A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE RURAL TRANSFORMATION IN NIGERIA","authors":"F. Issa, A. Lawal","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.287174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.287174","url":null,"abstract":"One Village One Product (OVOP) is a participatory rural development approach focusing on local specialties.It is a strategy to develop value based on local available resources by the local people. The principal actors arethe inhabitants of a community, and it is neither a project nor an undertaking of top-down nature, imposed byand implemented under the auspices of external entities like the central government or donor agencies. Thispaper demonstrates how the concept of OVOP can be used to effectively mobilize the rural populace in Nigeriafor enhanced productivity through effective participation. First, the paper x-rays the fundamental principles ofOVOP. It further dwells on the practices, drawing examples from nations where the concept has been usedsuccessfully to aid rural transformation. The key successes of OVOP were also discussed, while the challengesand issues relating to the propagation of the concept were highlighted drawing implications for Nigeria. Thepaper recommends that the concept of OVOP be adopted and factored into the current Agricultural ExtensionTransformation Agenda (AETA) in order to enhance sustainable rural transformation in Nigeria. Keywords: One village-one product, rural development, rural transformation, Nigeria","PeriodicalId":273470,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128977116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Participation of rural youths in community development process in Osun State, Nigeria","authors":"J. Oladeji, O. M. Olaore, O. Fapojuwo","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.287584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.287584","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":273470,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131905084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The wellbeing of a household is determined by the level of utility accessed by individual members of that household. This study examined the level of household wellbeing in rural communities of selected Niger Delta states. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. A total of 454 respondents were selected from the four sampled local government areas of Akwa Ibom (Ibeno and Ibesikpo Asutan) and Abia state (Ukwa west and Ikwuano) oil and non oil communities. Quantitative data was collected using interview schedule, while qualitative data was collected through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. About 37.4 (OPC) and 26.8% (NOPC) households always had access to material living conditions, while access to quality of life were 46.6 (OPC) and 38.9% (NOPC. Most severe constraint faced by households in OPC was poor access to poverty alleviation programmes (422), and unavailability of credit in NOPC (483). The result also indicated that majority of the households in both communities had low levels of wellbeing and consequently fell below the community poverty line. The study recommends that efforts to improve household wellbeing in the study area should focus on improving agricultural activities as it was discovered that these activities were still the dominant livelihood activities in the communities. These farm activities form the base for household food supply, capital for other livelihood activities and overall wellbeing.
{"title":"Comparative analysis of rural households' wellbeing in selected states of the Niger Delta zone of Nigeria","authors":"E. Etuk, S. Odebode","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.287491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.287491","url":null,"abstract":"The wellbeing of a household is determined by the level of utility accessed by individual members of that household. This study examined the level of household wellbeing in rural communities of selected Niger Delta states. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. A total of 454 respondents were selected from the four sampled local government areas of Akwa Ibom (Ibeno and Ibesikpo Asutan) and Abia state (Ukwa west and Ikwuano) oil and non oil communities. Quantitative data was collected using interview schedule, while qualitative data was collected through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. About 37.4 (OPC) and 26.8% (NOPC) households always had access to material living conditions, while access to quality of life were 46.6 (OPC) and 38.9% (NOPC. Most severe constraint faced by households in OPC was poor access to poverty alleviation programmes (422), and unavailability of credit in NOPC (483). The result also indicated that majority of the households in both communities had low levels of wellbeing and consequently fell below the community poverty line. The study recommends that efforts to improve household wellbeing in the study area should focus on improving agricultural activities as it was discovered that these activities were still the dominant livelihood activities in the communities. These farm activities form the base for household food supply, capital for other livelihood activities and overall wellbeing.","PeriodicalId":273470,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115210951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Negative social values have hampered the various rural development efforts for sustainable livelihoods in rural Nigeria over the years. This study analyzed the social factors affecting livelihood strategies of rural households in Southeast Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to identify the predominant livelihood strategies of rural households and analyses the social factors affecting livelihood strategies of rural households in the study area. With the aid of a structured and validated interview schedule, data were collected from a sample size of 180 household-heads selected from a population of 754,702 households in the study area using a multi-stage sampling procedure. The statistical tools used in data analysis included mean, frequency, percentage and factor analysis. The result indicated that the predominant agricultural livelihood strategies found among rural households in southeast Nigeria include crop farming (mean = 3.47), livestock farming (mean = 3.13) while the predominant non-agricultural livelihood strategies includes petty trading (mean =3.13) and remittances from relatives (mean = 2.70). The social factors affecting livelihood strategies of farm-families in the study area include lack of trust and dependability among members of the community (mean = 3.02), misappropriation of resources by corrupt political appointees at both state and local levels (mean = 3.27. Factor analysis result showed 2 major social factor loadings affecting livelihood strategies of households in the study area as corrupt social order and insecurity. It is concluded that social factors affected the livelihood strategies of households in Southeast Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that sustainable programmes on social reformation, transformation and re-orientation of national values should be designed and mounted by government at all tiers, groups and organis ations. Keywords: Social factors, livelihood strategies, rural households, Southeast Nigeria
{"title":"SOCIAL FACTORS AFFECTING LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA: IMPLICATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT","authors":"O. Nwaogwugwu, E. Matthews-njoku","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.287399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.287399","url":null,"abstract":"Negative social values have hampered the various rural development efforts for sustainable livelihoods in rural Nigeria over the years. This study analyzed the social factors affecting livelihood strategies of rural households in Southeast Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to identify the predominant livelihood strategies of rural households and analyses the social factors affecting livelihood strategies of rural households in the study area. With the aid of a structured and validated interview schedule, data were collected from a sample size of 180 household-heads selected from a population of 754,702 households in the study area using a multi-stage sampling procedure. The statistical tools used in data analysis included mean, frequency, percentage and factor analysis. The result indicated that the predominant agricultural livelihood strategies found among rural households in southeast Nigeria include crop farming (mean = 3.47), livestock farming (mean = 3.13) while the predominant non-agricultural livelihood strategies includes petty trading (mean =3.13) and remittances from relatives (mean = 2.70). The social factors affecting livelihood strategies of farm-families in the study area include lack of trust and dependability among members of the community (mean = 3.02), misappropriation of resources by corrupt political appointees at both state and local levels (mean = 3.27. Factor analysis result showed 2 major social factor loadings affecting livelihood strategies of households in the study area as corrupt social order and insecurity. It is concluded that social factors affected the livelihood strategies of households in Southeast Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that sustainable programmes on social reformation, transformation and re-orientation of national values should be designed and mounted by government at all tiers, groups and organis ations. Keywords: Social factors, livelihood strategies, rural households, Southeast Nigeria","PeriodicalId":273470,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123604369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Farmers and Fulanis are in recent times becoming more frequently involved in land resources use conflicts. Alot of lives (human and cattle) as well as crops and properties are lost to this conflict on a regular basis. It isdue to these profound losses that the study aimed at investigating the root causes; determine the consequencesof the conflict on the respondents and ascertain the management strategies in use to curb or reduce the conflict.A total of 486 respondents were randomly selected for the study while a structured questionnaire was used fordata collection. Descriptive statistics and the logit regression were used to analyze the data. The results showsthat majority (76.4%) of the farmers interviewed are middle aged, that is between 40-59 years while majority(76.7%) of the Fulanis are youths between 20 and 39 years. The result further shows that majority (70.0%) offarmers and 47.4% of Fulanis said destruction of crops/animals was the major source of conflict. The results oneffect of conflict on the losses incurred by the farmer’s shows that all the variables had direct relationship withconflict. However, only the loss of crops (2.047) and loss of other properties (1.016) had significant effect onconflict at p < 0.05 and p< 0.01, respectively. The results on the effect of conflict on the losses incurred by theFulanis show that only loss of cattle (1.003) is statistically significant at p < 0.05. It has a direct relationshipwith the Fulanis conflict with the farmers. The result of the conflict resolution methods shows that majority(90.3% and 72.3%) of farmers and Fulanis, respectively, agree that payment of compensation is the best way ofsettling conflict between farmers and Fulanis. The results on the selected conflict management strategiesindicate that majority (49.7%) of farmers and 52.2% of Fulanis hold the view that the use of traditional rulersin conflict resolution is the most preferred. On the basis of these findings, it was recommended among othersthat: Existing laws on grazing routes should be reviewed and strengthened by the National Assembly andvarious State Assemblies. The Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) and other insuranceorganizations should devise insurance policies as strategies of reaching farmers and Fulanis to ensure supportwhenever they suffer losses which will go a long way to mitigate their sufferings and Government should ensurethat adequate compensation is paid to farmers and Fulanis who suffer losses.
{"title":"CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO REDUCE CONSEQUENCES ON LIVELIHOODS OF FULANI CATTLE HERDERS AND FARMERS IN KABBA-BUNU, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"E. A. Kehinde","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.287170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.287170","url":null,"abstract":"Farmers and Fulanis are in recent times becoming more frequently involved in land resources use conflicts. Alot of lives (human and cattle) as well as crops and properties are lost to this conflict on a regular basis. It isdue to these profound losses that the study aimed at investigating the root causes; determine the consequencesof the conflict on the respondents and ascertain the management strategies in use to curb or reduce the conflict.A total of 486 respondents were randomly selected for the study while a structured questionnaire was used fordata collection. Descriptive statistics and the logit regression were used to analyze the data. The results showsthat majority (76.4%) of the farmers interviewed are middle aged, that is between 40-59 years while majority(76.7%) of the Fulanis are youths between 20 and 39 years. The result further shows that majority (70.0%) offarmers and 47.4% of Fulanis said destruction of crops/animals was the major source of conflict. The results oneffect of conflict on the losses incurred by the farmer’s shows that all the variables had direct relationship withconflict. However, only the loss of crops (2.047) and loss of other properties (1.016) had significant effect onconflict at p < 0.05 and p< 0.01, respectively. The results on the effect of conflict on the losses incurred by theFulanis show that only loss of cattle (1.003) is statistically significant at p < 0.05. It has a direct relationshipwith the Fulanis conflict with the farmers. The result of the conflict resolution methods shows that majority(90.3% and 72.3%) of farmers and Fulanis, respectively, agree that payment of compensation is the best way ofsettling conflict between farmers and Fulanis. The results on the selected conflict management strategiesindicate that majority (49.7%) of farmers and 52.2% of Fulanis hold the view that the use of traditional rulersin conflict resolution is the most preferred. On the basis of these findings, it was recommended among othersthat: Existing laws on grazing routes should be reviewed and strengthened by the National Assembly andvarious State Assemblies. The Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) and other insuranceorganizations should devise insurance policies as strategies of reaching farmers and Fulanis to ensure supportwhenever they suffer losses which will go a long way to mitigate their sufferings and Government should ensurethat adequate compensation is paid to farmers and Fulanis who suffer losses.","PeriodicalId":273470,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126295957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sudano-Sahelian zone of Nigeria has a history of meeting the demands of both the human and livestock population with food and fodder supplies. However, growing human population in recent time coupled with climate change has brought keen competition for the control of land resource between crop farmers and pastoralists, resulting to conflicts which in most cases end in loss of life and property, rapid reduction of fodder and crop, low productivity of land and general poverties. Approach to stem these phenomena is application of aagro-forestry systems to improve soil fertility. This study was conducted in three northern states of Borno, Jigawa and Sokoto to proffer agroforestry as one of the solutions to the problem in the area. Purposive and random sampling procedures were used to select 10 communities from where 310 respondents were select rural communities and respondents, respectively. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency distribution, means and percentages). Deforestation of economic trees on their farmland was the major cause of the conflicts in the area. The farmers were aware of dwindling trend of crops, fodder and other vegetal resources over the years. Natural forest had dwindled by 37.3%, shrubs and grass by 11.5% and water by 26.9%. Also, they were aware of potentials of agro-forestry practices to improve crop and fodder production in the area. Some 37.3% stated soil erosion control, 21.9% reported as a mean of wind break and 11% pointed that agroforestry conserves groundwater. Therefore, it was recommended that state government should strictly enforce deforestation laws to minimize pressure on land resources, and sensitise and educate farmers on wood production for their various uses in the area.
{"title":"Agro-forestry as a strategy for environmental conservation and sustainable peace in Sudano-Sahelian zone of northern Nigeria","authors":"M. K. Saleh","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.287483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.287483","url":null,"abstract":"Sudano-Sahelian zone of Nigeria has a history of meeting the demands of both the human and livestock population with food and fodder supplies. However, growing human population in recent time coupled with climate change has brought keen competition for the control of land resource between crop farmers and pastoralists, resulting to conflicts which in most cases end in loss of life and property, rapid reduction of fodder and crop, low productivity of land and general poverties. Approach to stem these phenomena is application of aagro-forestry systems to improve soil fertility. This study was conducted in three northern states of Borno, Jigawa and Sokoto to proffer agroforestry as one of the solutions to the problem in the area. Purposive and random sampling procedures were used to select 10 communities from where 310 respondents were select rural communities and respondents, respectively. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency distribution, means and percentages). Deforestation of economic trees on their farmland was the major cause of the conflicts in the area. The farmers were aware of dwindling trend of crops, fodder and other vegetal resources over the years. Natural forest had dwindled by 37.3%, shrubs and grass by 11.5% and water by 26.9%. Also, they were aware of potentials of agro-forestry practices to improve crop and fodder production in the area. Some 37.3% stated soil erosion control, 21.9% reported as a mean of wind break and 11% pointed that agroforestry conserves groundwater. Therefore, it was recommended that state government should strictly enforce deforestation laws to minimize pressure on land resources, and sensitise and educate farmers on wood production for their various uses in the area.","PeriodicalId":273470,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123283948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Every social institution serves to provide the basic social needs of people in any given society. These institutionsin traditional times function in such unique ways that they were able to satisfy society’s basic needs. In Nigeria,as in other African societies, the fabrics of traditional social institutions have undergone several changes duelargely to colonization. In contemporary times however, several factors including modernization, urbanizationand migration have contributed to the sustenance of change in the fabrics of these institutions, which haveaffected several sectors of the social system, including agricultural development. This paper examines thenature and role of traditional social institutions in Nigerian society vis-a-vis the changes that have occurredover time. The five basic social institutions, namely, the family, religion, education, government, and economyare the focus in this paper. It was evident that changes occurred in these institutions and these are discussed inrelation to their functions as well as implications for agricultural development. The paper also suggests the wayforward.
{"title":"CHANGE IN THE FABRICS OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT","authors":"R. Ukpong-Umo, K. S. Mboho","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.287169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.287169","url":null,"abstract":"Every social institution serves to provide the basic social needs of people in any given society. These institutionsin traditional times function in such unique ways that they were able to satisfy society’s basic needs. In Nigeria,as in other African societies, the fabrics of traditional social institutions have undergone several changes duelargely to colonization. In contemporary times however, several factors including modernization, urbanizationand migration have contributed to the sustenance of change in the fabrics of these institutions, which haveaffected several sectors of the social system, including agricultural development. This paper examines thenature and role of traditional social institutions in Nigerian society vis-a-vis the changes that have occurredover time. The five basic social institutions, namely, the family, religion, education, government, and economyare the focus in this paper. It was evident that changes occurred in these institutions and these are discussed inrelation to their functions as well as implications for agricultural development. The paper also suggests the wayforward.","PeriodicalId":273470,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130957251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The study examined the beneficiaries’ perception of the effect of IFAD-Community-Based Natural Resource Management Programme (CBNRMP) on their livelihood in Edo State. CBNRMP is one of many effort aimed at improving the livelihood of rural dwellers, it is important to examine how far this has been achieved from the beneficiaries’ perspective. The main objective was to ascertain project beneficiaries’ perception of the effectiveness of the programme on their standard of living and assess their satisfaction. Data were collected from 82 CBNRMP beneficiaries randomly sampled from the three agro-ecological zones in the State. Structured questionnaire and interview schedule were employed as instruments of data collection. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, means, percentages and satisfaction indices. Perception was rated using the scores from a Likert- type scale. The study found that most beneficiaries in the CBNRM programme were males (80.5%), small scale operators (average = 2.9ha) with their average age being 49 years (46.3%). About 50% of beneficiaries felt they benefited more regularly from the agricultural credit than other activities undertaken ( X = 3.27). Respondents claimed that many of the trainings given and inputs provided were not regular. Most programme beneficiaries agreed that their participation in the programme positively enhanced their living standards in areas such as farm expansion (X =3.49), improved household feeding (3.44) among others. A grand mean satisfaction index of 3.05 indicated general satisfaction. It was recommended that the programmes be adopted to transform agriculture in Edo State in line with the Agricultural Transformation Agenda because of its effect on the livelihood of beneficiaries Keywords : Perception, beneficiaries, community-based, natural resource, management
{"title":"BENEFICIARIES’ PERCEPTION OF THE EFFECT OF IFAD-COMMUNITY BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME ON THEIR LIVELIHOOD IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"G. Alufohai, D. Ugolor, I. I. Edemhanria","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.287376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.287376","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the beneficiaries’ perception of the effect of IFAD-Community-Based Natural Resource Management Programme (CBNRMP) on their livelihood in Edo State. CBNRMP is one of many effort aimed at improving the livelihood of rural dwellers, it is important to examine how far this has been achieved from the beneficiaries’ perspective. The main objective was to ascertain project beneficiaries’ perception of the effectiveness of the programme on their standard of living and assess their satisfaction. Data were collected from 82 CBNRMP beneficiaries randomly sampled from the three agro-ecological zones in the State. Structured questionnaire and interview schedule were employed as instruments of data collection. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, means, percentages and satisfaction indices. Perception was rated using the scores from a Likert- type scale. The study found that most beneficiaries in the CBNRM programme were males (80.5%), small scale operators (average = 2.9ha) with their average age being 49 years (46.3%). About 50% of beneficiaries felt they benefited more regularly from the agricultural credit than other activities undertaken ( X = 3.27). Respondents claimed that many of the trainings given and inputs provided were not regular. Most programme beneficiaries agreed that their participation in the programme positively enhanced their living standards in areas such as farm expansion (X =3.49), improved household feeding (3.44) among others. A grand mean satisfaction index of 3.05 indicated general satisfaction. It was recommended that the programmes be adopted to transform agriculture in Edo State in line with the Agricultural Transformation Agenda because of its effect on the livelihood of beneficiaries Keywords : Perception, beneficiaries, community-based, natural resource, management","PeriodicalId":273470,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology","volume":"19 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132791507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Location and message content make Nigeria’s media urban-centred, thus creating information deficit on development issues particularly in the rural areas. Since community newspapers are designed to fill this development information gap at the local level, their efforts in carrying out this role deserve scrutiny. This study therefore assessed readers’ perception of the development inclination of Oriwu Sun community newspaper in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 104 respondents from the study area. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit information on demographic characteristics, content preference, development roles, credibility and perception of the development inclination of the community newspaper from the sampled respondents. Data were described using frequencies and percentages. Hypotheses were tested using Spearman rho and Chi-square at 0.05 level of significance. Results show that most readers were adults (77.9%), male (63.0%) with 17 years as mean year of living in the community. The most preferred section of the newspaper content was the local/community news. The major roles performed by the newspaper were giving voice to the community and mobilisation ( 1.51) while, the watchdog role ranked lowly 4th. Although the newspaper enjoys high credibility rating among the readers, they perceived it as having indifferent inclination to development issues. The local news segment should feature more development content in order to make it serve the community better. Keywords: Community development news, media decentralisation, news credibility and development inclination.
{"title":"READERS’ PERCEPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT INCLINATION OF ORIWU SUN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER IN IKORODU AREA OF LAGOS STATE","authors":"I. O. Badiru, S. T. Ajao","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.287394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.287394","url":null,"abstract":"Location and message content make Nigeria’s media urban-centred, thus creating information deficit on development issues particularly in the rural areas. Since community newspapers are designed to fill this development information gap at the local level, their efforts in carrying out this role deserve scrutiny. This study therefore assessed readers’ perception of the development inclination of Oriwu Sun community newspaper in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 104 respondents from the study area. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit information on demographic characteristics, content preference, development roles, credibility and perception of the development inclination of the community newspaper from the sampled respondents. Data were described using frequencies and percentages. Hypotheses were tested using Spearman rho and Chi-square at 0.05 level of significance. Results show that most readers were adults (77.9%), male (63.0%) with 17 years as mean year of living in the community. The most preferred section of the newspaper content was the local/community news. The major roles performed by the newspaper were giving voice to the community and mobilisation ( 1.51) while, the watchdog role ranked lowly 4th. Although the newspaper enjoys high credibility rating among the readers, they perceived it as having indifferent inclination to development issues. The local news segment should feature more development content in order to make it serve the community better. Keywords: Community development news, media decentralisation, news credibility and development inclination.","PeriodicalId":273470,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121704056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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