Water Related Poverty among Farm Households in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Water Related Poverty among Farm Households in Ebonyi State, Nigeria



Ufiem O.O, Umeh G.N, Alimba J.O



Water related poverty among farm households in Ebonyi State, Nigerian
was studied. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select a
total of 180 respondents. Primary data were collected with the use of
structured questionnaire and interview schedule and analyzed with
descriptive and inferential statistical tools. The result of the study
shows that more males participated in agriculture than females. Analysis
also indicated that majority of the farm households live below poverty
line with about two-third (68.1%) of the farmers’ mean per capita
household income spent on food alone and one-third (31.8%) of the income
on non-food items such as education, accommodations, clothing and
transformation. The poverty indicator analysis shows that there was
incidence of water borne diseases, infant mortalities, and poor primary
school enrolment among others in the study area. The result also shows
that the farmers were very poor and lacking in basic necessities of
life. The results of the cross tabulation analysis, chi-square and
multiple regression show that there was significant relationship between
poverty indicator variables and water supply gap among the Farm
households in the study area. It was recommended that Federal, State
and Local Governments should consider water provision to the rural areas
as top priority. This will reduce the incidence of water borne
diseases, enhance the economic performance of the farmers, increase
their productivity, and thus reduce poverty in the study area. 



10.22161/ijeab/1.2.21



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