Effects of banditry on income and livelihoods of yam marketers in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study was on effects of banditry on income and livelihoods of yam marketers in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria. Banditry is one the major confronting production and marketing of yam in Shiroro Local Government of Niger State. The activities on banditry over the years have paralysed economic activities since majority of the populace derived their livelihood from farming. The menace posed by banditry has affected rural populace income livelihood thereby making them sojourning in the neighbouring Local Government Area. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 197 of yam marketers. Data were collected using structured questionnaire and interview scheduled. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics (percentages, frequency, count and mean), multiple regression and livelihoods status index. The results revealed that majority of respondents were male with long year of experience in yam marketing. The coefficient of low participation on weekly contribution (Adashi) (1.9823.93) was negatively significant at 10% level of probability. Also, 84.8% of the respondents in the study area were of very low livelihood status. Displacement of yam marketers from their native markets to nearby markets (x̅=2.42) and rising of the price of yam stead (x̅=2.20) were the major constraints faced by yam marketers. It was recommended that yam marketers should diversify into other income generating activities in order to improve their livelihood status and government should collaborate with village heads for provision of security for yam marketers.

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“…Diversifying off-the-farm income by Nigerian households has not received much awareness at the national level, because previous studies focused more on rural Nigeria. For example, Mohammed et al (2021) dealt with rural women in Niger state; Omirin and Okpara (2018) focused on rural women of Ido LGA in Oyo state; Ogbanje et al (2015) studied rural households in Benue, Kogi and Niger states; and Babatunde and Qaim (2009) studied rural households in Kwara State. However, none of the previous studies that employed national-level data such as Adeyo et al (2019), Corral and Radchenko (2017), Shehu and Abubakar (2015) used four waves of the Nigeria General Household Survey (NGHS) panel data, namely 2010/2011, 2012/2013, 2015/2016 and 2018/2019 datasets, to investigate the drivers of off-the-farm income diversification patterns in the rural and urban sectors across the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria.…”

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