Nijerya'nın Güneyindeki Akwa Ibom Eyaletindeki Küçük Ölçekli Ekilebilir Mahsul Çiftçileri arasında Çiftlik İşçiliği Tercihleri

Year 2023, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 77 - 90, 30.09.2023

Sunday Akpan , Veronica S. Nkanta , Edet Udoh

https://doi.org/10.59359/maujan.1264820

Cited By: 1

Abstract

İnsan emeği, gelişmekte olan ülkelerdeki küçük ölçekli çiftlik üretim sisteminin hayatta kalması ve sürdürülebilirliği açısından kritik öneme sahiptir. Kırsal işgücü piyasasındaki kusurun ve artan kırsal yoksulluğun ardından, kaynak bakımından fakir küçük ölçekli çiftçiler arasındaki işgücü talebi, geleneksel arz fazlası piyasası modelinden daha rekabetçi bir işgücü piyasasına kaymıştır. Örneğin Nijerya'da, insan emeği, önceki on yıllara kıyasla çoğu kırsal tarım topluluğundaki çiftçiler için hazır değildir. Tarımsal üretimin% 60'inden fazlasının ülkedeki küçük ölçekli çiftçiler tarafından yapıldığı göz önüne alındığında; Nijerya'nın güney bölgesindeki küçük ölçekli çiftçiler tarafından işgücü kullanımını artırmanın yollarını belirlemek için çok büyük ihtiyaçlar var. Bu gerçeklerden yola çıkarak, çalışma öncelikle küçük ölçekli manyok temelli çiftçiler için mevcut olan önde gelen işgücü kaynaklarını inceledi ve taleplerinin veya benimsemelerinin belirleyicilerini belirledi. Çalışma Nijerya'nın güney bölgesindeki Akwa Ibom Eyaletinde yapıldı. Yapılandırılmış anket kullanılarak toplam iki yüz (200) manyok bazlı çiftçi rastgele örneklendi. Çalışmanın veri ve amaçlarını analiz etmek için tanımlayıcı ve çok terimli Logit modeli kullanılmıştır. Bulgular, bölgedeki küçük ölçekli çiftçiler için başlıca insan emeği kaynakları olarak işe alınan işgücü, aile emeği ve grup emeğini ortaya çıkardı. Ayrıca, çiftçilerin yaşı, eğitim düzeyi, çiftlik geliri, çiftçilik deneyimi, çiftlik dışı gelir, çiftlik büyüklüğü ve sosyal sermaye oluşumu, bölgedeki aile emeğine göre işe alınan emeği benimseme olasılığını artıran faktörler olarak belirlenmiştir. Benzer şekilde, çiftçilerin yaşı, eğitim düzeyi, sosyal sermaye oluşumu, çiftçilerin cinsiyeti ve çiftlik dışı gelirlerinin, aile emeği kaynağına göre grup emeği kullanma olasılığını artırdığı bulunmuştur. Bununla birlikte, hanehalkı büyüklüğü, aile emeğine göre hem işe alınan hem de grup emeğini kullanma olasılığını olumsuz yönde etkilemiştir. Kırsal işgücü piyasasında işgücü talebi konusunda verimli seçimler yapmalarına yardımcı olmak için çiftçilerin örgün eğitiminin, çiftlik gelirinin ve sosyal sermaye oluşumunun artırılması önerilir.

Keywords

Çiftlik, Emek, Manyok, Ekilebilir mahsul, Akwa Ibom, Akwa Ibom

Farm Labour Preferences among Small-scale Arable Crop Farmers in Akwa Ibom State, Southern Nigeria

Abstract

Human labour is critical in the survival and sustainability of the small-scale farm production system in developing countries. Following the imperfection in the rural labour market and the mounting rural poverty, labour demand among resource-poor small-scale farmers has shifted from its traditional surplus supply market pattern to a more competitive labour market. In Nigeria for instance, human labour is not readily available to farmers in most rural farming communities compared to the previous decades. Considering the fact that more than 60% of agricultural production is done by small-scale farmers in the country; there is an overwhelming need to identify ways of increasing labour utilization by the small-scale farmers in the southern region of Nigeria. Premised on these facts, the study primarily examined the prominent labour sources available to small-scale cassava-based farmers and identified determinants of their demand or adoption. The study was conducted in Akwa Ibom State in the southern region of Nigeria. A total of two hundred (200) cassava-based farmers were randomly sampled using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive and multinomial Logit models were employed to analyse the data and objectives of the study. The findings revealed hired labour, family labour and group labour as the major human labour sources for the small-scale farmers in the region. Also, farmers’ age, educational attainment, farm income, farming experience, non-farm income, farm size and social capital formation were identified as factors that increase the probability of adopting hired labour relative to the family labour in the region. Similarly, farmers’ age, education attainment, social capital formation, farmers’ sex and non-farm income were found to increase the probability of using group labour relative to the family labour source. However, household size impacted negatively on the probability of using both hired and group labour relative to family labour. It is recommended that farmers’ formal education, farm income and social capital formation should be enhanced to help them in making efficient choices on labour demand in the rural labour market.

Keywords

Farm, Labour, Cassava, Arable crop, Nigeria, Akwa Ibom

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