Adediran Oluwasogo, Osabuohien Evans, Silberberger Magdalene, Osabohien Romanus, Gbenro Adebayo Waidi
Department of Economics and Development Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR), Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
Heliyon. 2024 Mar 27;10(7):e28655. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28655. eCollection 2024 Apr 15.
One of the critical issues of concern is how African countries can take agriculture as a business that creates wealth which can help transform rural communities, increase income, reduce poverty and help the continent achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) of no poverty (SDG-1) and food and nutrition security (SDG-2) by 2030. Hence, this study examines how participation in agriculture through cassava value chain can improve households' livelihood income in Africa using the case of Nigeria. To achieve its objective, the study utilised quantitative analysis approach to address the linkages among economic agents within the agricultural value chain. The logit regression and propensity scores matching technique are used for the quantitative analysis. The result show that, while more significant proportion of male cassava production household heads sell cassava in its fresh form, their female counterparts add value by processing cassava further into finished staple foods. Another key insight is the high involvement of youth and women in cassava production, processing and marketing. Thus, they have greater influence in promoting and improving households' livelihood income. Therefore, more targeted efforts should be made by all stakeholders to ensure that youth and women have better, less expensive and dependable assess to facilities at lower interest rates to participate in agricultural value chain. This will engender inclusiveness of the vulnerable groups in agricultural value chain.
一个备受关注的关键问题是，非洲国家如何将农业作为一项创造财富的产业，以帮助改变农村社区、增加收入、减少贫困，并助力非洲大陆实现联合国（UN）的可持续发展目标（SDG），即到2030年消除贫困（SDG-1）以及实现粮食和营养安全（SDG-2）。因此，本研究以尼日利亚为例，考察通过木薯价值链参与农业活动如何能够提高非洲家庭的生计收入。为实现其目标，该研究采用定量分析方法来解决农业价值链中经济主体之间的联系。定量分析使用了逻辑回归和倾向得分匹配技术。结果表明，虽然更大比例的男性木薯生产户主以新鲜形式出售木薯，但女性户主则通过将木薯进一步加工成成品主食来增加其附加值。另一个关键见解是青年和妇女高度参与木薯的生产、加工和销售。因此，他们在促进和提高家庭生计收入方面具有更大的影响力。所以，所有利益相关者应做出更具针对性的努力，以确保青年和妇女能够以更低的利率更好、更廉价且可靠地获得设施，从而参与农业价值链。这将使弱势群体在农业价值链中更具包容性。
