FINANCIAL STRESS AND FARM INSECURITY AS PREDICTORS OF BURNOUT AMONG FARMERS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Many factors, including the psychological condition of burnout, consistently threaten the contemporary agricultural ecosystem in Nigeria. The present study examined farmers' burnout based on financial stress and farming insecurities in a sample of farmers recruited from different farming communities in  River state, Nigeria. Two hundred and fourteen respondents completed a self-report measure of financial stress, farming insecurity, and burnout. Two hypotheses were tested using data from the respondents. Multiple regression was performed on the data, and the result demonstrated a statistically significant effect of financial stress (?=186) and farming insecurity (?=167) on farmers' burnout. An observation of the R2 indicated that the predictor variables explained about 28.8% of the variation in farmer burnout. The result has implications for developing agricultural output and food security.