The Nexus Between Pilfering Menace and Crop Farmers’ Income Shock: Evidence From Nigeria

Theophilus Miebi Gbigbi

doi:10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.700483

Abstract

Pilfering has a big impact on the crop farming industry and it is threatening the sustainability of the industry. To generate information that can be used to inform crop farmers on how to effectively mitigate pilferage on their farms, the study investigated the factors influencing pilferage and its effects on farmers’ income in Delta State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling method was applied to choose respondents for the study. A sample size of 135 farmers were carefully chosen. The study data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, binary logistic regression, linear regression and one-way ANOVA. The findings showed that they had a mean age of 48 years and were mostly females who were also married. Majority of them were educated. The mean family size was 7 people and average farming experience of 11years with mean farm size of 1.15ha. The result disclosed pilferage index of 0.68, suggesting that 68% of farmers were victims of pilfering. The findings revealed that plantain has the highest proportion of the crops pilfered with 46.5% while cassava was the least with 11.5%. The ANOVA result indicates a statistically significant difference (F = 177.633; p

Highlights

Farming activities are expected to be rewarding to farmers as long as they enable them increase their productivity, earn increased income, enjoy high standard of living and as well as improve performance of basic civic responsibilities
The small scale crop farmers who constituted over 80 percent of the rural population are the major producers of the food consumed in Nigeria (Sabo et al 2017)
These people depend on farm produce for food and income, and the extent to which they are supported and sustained by the farm output is a reflection of agricultural development

Summary

Introduction

Farming activities are expected to be rewarding to farmers as long as they enable them increase their productivity, earn increased income, enjoy high standard of living and as well as improve performance of basic civic responsibilities. Keywords Pilfering on the farm Income losses Crop production From the results so far, it is revealed that there is significant differences between the percentage income losses of the different crop types as a whole in the study area.

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