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    Contribution of maize-based products to the livelihood of smallholder processors in rural northern Nigeria

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    Date
    2022
    Author
    Ojide, M.
    Maziya-Dixon, B.
    Abdoulaye, T.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    In the smallholder value chains of maize, diversification of utilisation is an essential strategy towards enhancing the benefits drivable from the increase in maize production. This article identifies the contribution of maize-based products on poverty level among smallholder processors. The study, which was conducted in 30 rural communities in northern Nigeria, involved Focus Group Discussions and survey of 300 smallholder processors of maize-based products. Descriptive and inferential analyses were used. The results show that average annual profit among the interviewed smallholder processors of maize-based products was approximately N425,506 (about US$1,400). These processors faced several constraints which tend to keep them under poverty trap (vicious cycle of poverty). The result of the estimated two-step Tobit model shows that, with necessary interventions, profit from maize-based products has the capacity of keeping these processors out of poverty trap. The result indicates that as profit from maize-based products increases, the poverty probability index that household is not below poverty line of $1.90/day at 2011 purchase–power parity increases (p < 0.05). Thus, household poverty among rural smallholder processors of maize-based product could be reduced drastically through interventions targeted at mitigating the identified constraints.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0973005221998244
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7712
    IITA Authors ORCID
    Ojide Gabriel Makuachukwuhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3254-8938
    Busie Maziya-Dixonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-2201
    Tahirou Abdoulayehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8072-1363
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0973005221998244
    Research Themes
    Nutrition and Human Health; Social Science and Agribusiness
    IITA Subjects
    Agronomy; Food Security; Livelihoods; Maize; Nutrition; Smallholder Farmers
    Agrovoc Terms
    Maize; Smallholders; Processing; Rural Communities; Poverty; Nigeria
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
    Hubs
    Headquarters and Western Africa Hub
    Journals
    International Journal of Rural Management
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