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Does credit constraint in agriculture influence choice of nonfarm activities? evidence from rural Nigeria
((International Society for Development and Sustainability) ISDS, 2019) Adepoju, A. O.; Omolade, O. K.; Obayelu, O. A.
Agriculture is less becoming the main source of livelihood in rural Nigeria owing to high climatic risks, poor returns to investment and lack of modern tools. Thus, rural households are beginning to diversify their livelihoods from farming into non-farm activities, as alternative income sources. However, investment in non-farm income generating activities that yield higher returns require in most cases credit availability and accessibility. A household’s participation in and choice of nonfarm activities is thus expected to vary significantly between those who have access to credit and those who do not. However, recognition of the widespread nature and possibly far-reaching impacts of credit on non-farm income activities is scarce. This study examines the link between credit constraint status of rural households and their choice of nonfarm activities. Descriptive statistics, Probit and Multinomial Logit Regression models were employed for analysis. Results revealed that trading, artisanship and commercial transportation activities were the major non-farm activities engaged in by the households. A household credit constrained status also significantly influenced the choice of non-farm activities. Credit constrained households were more likely to participate in commercial transportation activities relative to other non-farm activities owing to its less capital-intensive nature. Promoting access to credit is thus pertinent and should be of utmost priority in the design of any programme for rural households in Nigeria.
Multidimensional role(s) of sports in community development in Nigeria
(John Archers (Publishers) Ltd, 2021) Adisa, O.; Ifeta, O.; Adegbesan, O. A
Preparedness and containment of Ebola virus during football competitions in the southwestern, Nigeria
(Department of Physical and Health Education, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, 2018) Adlsa O.; Ayeni, A.A.; Oyedlran B. A.
Objective: The Ebola virus disease, formerly called the Ebola haemorrhagic fever, was first identified in rural Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1976, where it killed 280 people. The disease had mostly been confined to relatively small outbreaks in rural settings, until the 2014 outbreak, which hit urban areas in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. Today, the African countries affected by the outbreak of Ebola in 2014 have been able to curtail it and have even come out strong out of its devastating effect. However, this disease has a tricky way of sneaking back, as it has demonstrated in the time past. So to what extent is our stadium equipped to screen, detect, prevent and contain Ebola spread during football competitions. This has been the major focus of this research Methods: Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. It was correlational type which explores the relationships that exists among variables on which predictions are made based on the relationships. A total of 75 (Seventy five) respondents were selected from among the Sport medical personnel, coaches, athletes, sport managers/administrators and sport journalist from each stadium to make a total of 150 (one hundred and fifty) respondents. A self-developed questionnaire which has reliability coefficient of 0.87 was used to collect data while the data were analysed using inferential statistics of chi-square at 0.05 level of significance.
Results: The findings of the study reveal that the selected stadia lack surveillance and detection capabilities for Ebola and other infectious diseases. It was also discovered that many personnel working in and around the stadia, athletes and spectators lack adequate knowledge about Ebola. The health facilities in around the complex too did not have functional diagnostic and containment capabilities for Ebola.
Conclusions: It was concluded among others that adequate laboratory service and active surveillance capacity for Ebola detection during football competition should always be made available by the authority concern.
Small scale poultry farmers’ choice of adaption strategies to climate change in Ogun State, Nigeria
(Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 2018) Adepoju, A. O.; Osunbor, P. P.
Climate risks constitute an enormous challenge to poultry production and have affected the livelihoods of the people who depend on them. Thus, farmers have adopted various strategies that can help them cope with the adverse effects of climate change. The aim of this study is to examine the factors influencing small scale poultry farmers’ choice of adaptation strategies to climate change. Data used for this study were obtained from 121 representative farmers selected through a two-stage random sampling procedure. Descriptive Statistics, Likert Scale and the Multinomial Logit Model were the tools used for analysis. Results showed that the mean age and household size of the respondents were 45 years and 5 persons respectively, while the average number of birds per farmer stood at 583 birds. Majority of the respondents had a moderate perception of the impacts of climate change on poultry farming and chose management adaptation strategies in their fight against climate change. Econometric analysis showed that the age, gender and educational status of farmers, number of birds, household size, poultry experience, access to cooperative societies, poultry housing system, access to credit, access to extension services and farm size were the factors influencing farmers’ choice of climate change adaptation strategies in the study area. Therefore, policy should focus on awareness creation on management adaptation strategies through enhancing education and extension services as well as access of poultry farmers to credit facilities to indirectly insure farmers against climate change impacts.
Negativity of muscle drain in African sport development
(2014) Adisa O.