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Livelihood Vulnerability Resilience Capacity of the Rural Economy in Nigeria’s Bauchi State Sadiq, Sanusi Mohammed; Singh, Invinder Paul; Ahmad, Muhammad Makarfi; Umar, Mahmood Bala
Journal of Indonesian Applied Economics Vol. 12 No. 1 (2024): February 2024
Publisher : Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Brawijaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21776/ub.jiae.2024.012.01.10

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Purpose This research explores the livelihood vulnerability resilience capacity of the rural economy in Nigeria's Bauchi state, aiming to inform sustainable livelihood policies in the region. Design/methodology/approach Data from 322 households in Bauchi state was collected using a structured questionnaire and interview schedule, employing a multi-stage random sampling technique. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Findings Households with more livelihood assets tend to use adaptive strategies like diversification and intensification, reducing vulnerability. However, food insecurity can mask this adaptive capacity, impacting household resilience and rural economy sustainability. Research limitations/implications The findings are specific to Bauchi state and may not be generalizable to other regions or countries. Originality/value This study sheds light on the resilience capacity of households in Bauchi state, emphasizing the importance of enhancing factors that buffer vulnerability and resilience capacity. The findings suggest that resilience capacity significantly influences food security and sustainable livelihoods in the region, highlighting the need for targeted policy interventions.
Cost Efficiency of USAID Markets II Beneficiary Smallholder Rice Farmers in Nigeria’s Kano State Sadiq, Sanusi Mohammed; Singh, Invinder Paul; Ahmad, Muhammad Makarfi
Indonesian Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 4 No. 3 (2021): InJAR, Vol. 4, No. 3, November 2021
Publisher : Talenta Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32734/injar.v4i3.6178

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The present research attempted to address cost inefficiency of USAID MARKETS II smallholder farmers in Nigeria’s Kano State using farm survey data obtained from 189 farmers through a multi-stage sampling technique. The farm survey data were elicited viz. well-structured questionnaire coupled with interview schedule during the 2018 cropping season. The collected data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics- stochastic cost frontier function. The empirical evidence showed that none of the technical unit was cost efficient and this owed majorly to extension gap given its interwoven link with risk inducing factors. Besides, only 57.7%, marginally above half of the sampled technical units were fairly cost efficient i.e. close to the optimum minimum cost preferred for the production process. On the average, a technical unit wasted 14.7% of its actual incurred cost which translates to N1100 ($3.7) relative to the best practiced farmers facing the same technology and producing the same output. Therefore, since the farmers still have the room to eliminate the extra cost incurred, the study advice the program to explore further the advisory services offered to the farmers, thus addressing the extension gap that inhibited the farmers’ cost efficiency. The sustainability of the project in the near future in the absence of the advisory services especially farmer-2-farmer extension services if not explored is unlikely.
Food Demand Projection and Consumption Patterns of Urban Households in Nigeria’s Kano State Sadiq, Sanusi Mohammed; Singh, Invinder Paul; Ahmad, Muhammad Makarfi; Isah, Musa Ahmad; Alibaba, Ahmad
Journal of Agri-Food Science and Technology Vol. 4 No. 2 (2023): November
Publisher : Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.12928/jafost.v4i2.7730

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Changes in population and income are essential components for altering the pattern of food demand. In light of the importance of food demand analysis, this study set out to ascertain urban household consumption trends in Nigeria’s Kano State in order to forecast future demand levels for certain food items. This research contributes to becoming a basis for policymakers to increase food productivity. A household’s cross-sectional survey data elicited through a well-structured questionnaire complemented with an interview schedule from a total of 144 households chosen via a multi-stage sampling procedure was used for the study. The collected data were analyzed using both Linear Approximate/ Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS) and factor analysis models. Based on empirical evidence, households’ poor purchasing power is owed to high food inflation, which causes them to have low dietary diversity. Besides, the necessary and luxury goods, respectively, were rice, beans, spaghetti, and meat; and millet, yam, Irish potatoes, semovita, fish and groundnut. Meanwhile, maze, garri, and palm oil were established to be inferior commodities. Besides rice and semovita being everyday goods, they demand high price-sensitive commodities. Consequently, to maintain the status quo in the households’ welfare, the onus lies on policymakers to compensate consumers if there is a rise in the prices of local rice, indomie and groundnut oil. The study advises policymakers to increase the productivity of those food items projected to witness the steep-to-gentle rise in demand, and government should endeavour to adopt macro-economic policies with human-face so as to cushion/soften households’ economic hardship in the study area.
Co-Authors Alibaba, Ahmad Isah, Musa Ahmad Sadiq, Sanusi Mohammed Singh, Invinder Paul Umar, Mahmood Bala