Abstract
Poor households are faced with several challenges which affect their income generating activities. In the Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality, where this study was carried out, unemployment and food insecurity are prevalent. The respondents were selected using a multistep sampling method. The first stage involved selection of villages, where HFG are commonly found were randomly selected. In the second stage, a snowball sampling process was employed to identify and select people involved in homestead food gardening, lastly was to find a sample of 110 HFG. The study found that HFG were experiencing different shocks. The regression coefficients indicated that entrepreneurial income was significantly and positively affected by socio-economic characteristics and shocks while it was significantly and negatively affected by shocks and challenges. The marginal parameters of perceived vulnerability to poverty were significantly and positively affected by entrepreneurial activities. Socio-economic characteristics significantly and negatively affected marginal effects of perceived vulnerability to poverty. It can be concluded that farmers still need more training and awareness on how to run agricultural businesses as well as non-farm businesses for increased entrepreneurial income, improved welfare and limited likelihood of poverty and vulnerability. It was recommended that government to intervene in matters that arose from this study by providing more awareness, opportunities and training for people in the study area in order to reduce and prevent future poverty.
Highlights
The legal profession contributes in significant respects to the legal, social and economic development of a nation
The unfolding complexities associated with the Nigerian context, further amplifies the considerable efforts that must be deployed by lawyers towards curbing the endemic trend of human rights abuses, injustices and corruption
The study adopts secondary sources such as journals, textbooks written by renowned legal scholars, relevant International Conventions, as well as a point-by-point comparative approach of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and the Repealed Criminal Procedure Act (CPA), Chapter C42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004
Summary
The legal profession contributes in significant respects to the legal, social and economic development of a nation. It suffices to say, that lawyers are primary stakeholders in preserving the sanctity of the socio-economic polity, in an evolving country such as Nigeria. In this regard, the unfolding complexities associated with the Nigerian context, further amplifies the considerable efforts that must be deployed by lawyers towards curbing the endemic trend of human rights abuses, injustices and corruption. Lawyers have the responsibility of fostering a legal system that guarantees the presumption of innocence until a guilty verdict can be established in the law court. Section 36(5) Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended). In the case of the Federal Republic of Nigeria V.
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