FUW TRENDS IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(A Peer Review Journal)
e–ISSN: 2408–5162; p–ISSN: 2048–5170
keywords: Determinants, poverty, small-scale farmers, Hong
Poverty has remained prevalent in Nigeria, especially among farmers. This study identifies the determinants of poverty in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State; Nigeria. A total of 142 households were randomly sampled from fifteen communities in five districts of the Area. Data were collected using questionnaires and was analysed using descriptive statistics; poverty line was established using household per capita weekly expenditure while binary logit regression model was used to identify the determinants of poverty in the area. The results reveals that, majority (76%) of the respondents areless than 50 years of age and were mostly educated (88%). Male headed households are predominant (85%), and agriculture is their primary livelihood source (63%). About 44% of the respondents fall below poverty line established using a mean per capita weekly consumption expenditure of about ₦1469.6 with a poverty line of ₦979.7. The results of the Binary Logit model shows that; education level, farm size, membership of group, access to basic social amenities and credit had significant effect on household poverty status of the respondents. Efforts to reduce poverty by the respondents is constrained by lack of basic social amenities, lack of access to credit and their inability to access modern farm inputs. The study recommends that concerned development actors should provide basic infrastructures such as access road and electricity among others, in addition to credit facilities and modern farm inputs to the rural farmers at subsidized rates.
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