Adesiyan Adewumi Titus, Kehinde Ayodeji Damilola
Department of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Heliyon. 2024 Aug 8;10(16):e35844. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35844. eCollection 2024 Aug 30.
Cocoa farmers in Nigeria adopt crop diversification to safeguard the food security of their households. Although credit and land are thought to play a vital role in crop diversification, they continue to have limited access to credit and land. This study investigated the linkages between access to credit, land use, crop diversification, and food security with a focus on cocoa farming households. A multistage sampling procedure was used to obtain data for the study. Data were analyzed with the aid of descriptive statistics, the Heifindahl index, the Tobit regression model, the food consumption score, and the ordered Logit regression model. The results for the entire respondents showed mean values of 55 years for age, 31 years for farming experience, 6 people for household size, and 5 ha for farm size. Heifindahl index shows 38.67 % of the respondents had low crop diversification in the study area. Tobit regression model reveals that access to credit, farming experience, cooperative organization, access to extension service, farm size, distance to farms, and labour are the main albeit significant factors that determine crop diversification among cocoa farming households. Food consumption score revealed that 46.67 % were poor, 30.67 % were at the borderline and about 27.67 % were within the acceptable threshold. The ordered logit model revealed that crop diversification index, formal education, access to credit, farm size, land use, and farming experience have a significant influence on the food security of households. The study concluded that there is a positive relationship between access to credit, land use, crop diversification, and food security. Therefore, the government and financial institutions should make credit facilities accessible to cocoa farmers to improve their livelihood.
尼日利亚的可可种植农户采用作物多样化方式来保障家庭的粮食安全。尽管信贷和土地被认为在作物多样化中发挥着至关重要的作用，但他们获得信贷和土地的机会仍然有限。本研究调查了信贷获取、土地使用、作物多样化和粮食安全之间的联系，重点关注可可种植农户。采用多阶段抽样程序获取研究数据。借助描述性统计、赫芬达尔指数、托比特回归模型、食物消费得分和有序逻辑回归模型对数据进行了分析。全体受访者的结果显示，年龄平均值为55岁，务农经验为31年，家庭规模为6人，农场规模为5公顷。赫芬达尔指数显示，研究区域内38.67%的受访者作物多样化程度较低。托比特回归模型表明，信贷获取、务农经验、合作组织、推广服务获取、农场规模、到农场的距离和劳动力是决定可可种植农户作物多样化的主要且显著的因素。食物消费得分显示，46.67%的家庭贫困，30.67%处于临界状态，约27.67%处于可接受阈值范围内。有序逻辑模型表明，作物多样化指数、正规教育、信贷获取、农场规模、土地使用和务农经验对家庭粮食安全有显著影响。研究得出结论，信贷获取、土地使用、作物多样化和粮食安全之间存在正相关关系。因此，政府和金融机构应使可可种植农户能够获得信贷便利，以改善他们的生计。
