Is the participation in the non-farm income generating activities help smooth food consumption? Evidence from rural Nigeria
More than 40 percent of the total income of households in rural Nigeria is from non-farm activities. However, there has been no much empirical work to analyse whether the participation in these activities reduces food insecurity and smooth food consumption or not. This paper examines the impact of n...
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| author | Jabo, Mohammad Sani Muhammad Ismail, Mohd Mansor Abdullah, Amin Mahir Shamsudin, Mad Nasir |
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| description | More than 40 percent of the total income of households in rural Nigeria is from non-farm activities. However, there has been no much empirical work to analyse whether the participation in these activities reduces food insecurity and smooth food consumption or not. This paper examines the impact of non-farm diversification on food consumption expenditure using a national representative sample of 3624 rural households from the General Household-panel Survey data. The propensity score matching technique was employed in the analysis to take care of selection bias. We find that the on the average food consumption expenditure of the non-participating households in NFIGA is less than participating households. Overall, the average increase in food expenditure due to diversification into non-farm income generating activities range between ₦1571.52 to ₦11654.07. |
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| spelling | upm-515782017-04-05T04:07:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51578/ Is the participation in the non-farm income generating activities help smooth food consumption? Evidence from rural Nigeria Jabo, Mohammad Sani Muhammad Ismail, Mohd Mansor Abdullah, Amin Mahir Shamsudin, Mad Nasir More than 40 percent of the total income of households in rural Nigeria is from non-farm activities. However, there has been no much empirical work to analyse whether the participation in these activities reduces food insecurity and smooth food consumption or not. This paper examines the impact of non-farm diversification on food consumption expenditure using a national representative sample of 3624 rural households from the General Household-panel Survey data. The propensity score matching technique was employed in the analysis to take care of selection bias. We find that the on the average food consumption expenditure of the non-participating households in NFIGA is less than participating households. Overall, the average increase in food expenditure due to diversification into non-farm income generating activities range between ₦1571.52 to ₦11654.07. Australian Academy of Business and Social Sciences 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51578/1/Is%20the%20participation%20in%20the%20non-farm%20income%20generating%20activities%20help%20smooth%20food%20consumption%20Evidence%20from%20rural%20Nigeria.pdf Jabo, Mohammad Sani Muhammad and Ismail, Mohd Mansor and Abdullah, Amin Mahir and Shamsudin, Mad Nasir (2014) Is the participation in the non-farm income generating activities help smooth food consumption? Evidence from rural Nigeria. In: Australian Academy of Business and Social Sciences Conference 2014, 25-26 Aug. 2014, Grand Season Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. . https://www.aabss.org.au/research-papers/participation-non-farm-income-generating-activities-help-smooth-food-consumption |
| spellingShingle | Jabo, Mohammad Sani Muhammad Ismail, Mohd Mansor Abdullah, Amin Mahir Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Is the participation in the non-farm income generating activities help smooth food consumption? Evidence from rural Nigeria |
| title | Is the participation in the non-farm income generating activities help smooth food consumption? Evidence from rural Nigeria |
| title_full | Is the participation in the non-farm income generating activities help smooth food consumption? Evidence from rural Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Is the participation in the non-farm income generating activities help smooth food consumption? Evidence from rural Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is the participation in the non-farm income generating activities help smooth food consumption? Evidence from rural Nigeria |
| title_short | Is the participation in the non-farm income generating activities help smooth food consumption? Evidence from rural Nigeria |
| title_sort | is the participation in the non-farm income generating activities help smooth food consumption? evidence from rural nigeria |
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