期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
印刷版ISSN：1899-5241
电子版ISSN：1899-5772
出版年度：2018
卷号：49
期号：3
页码：251-260
DOI：10.17306/J.JARD.2018.00422
出版社：Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu
摘要：This study focused on analyzing the effects of human
capital on income diversification among crop farmers in
rural Oyo State, Nigeria. The result presented was based on
primary data collected from a random sample of 120 households
selected from two agricultural zones of Oyo State,
Nigeria. Descriptive statistics, Poisson regression and Tobit
regression were employed as analytical techniques. Both
the Poisson and Tobit regression methods were respectively
used to examine the determinants of income diversification.
The Poisson regression result showed that educational background,
value of productive assets and access to credit were
statistically significant and had a positive influence on the
number of income sources (NIS). In turn, the Tobit regression
results revealed that years of education, years of vocational
training etc. were positively significant to income diversification.
The recommendations arising from this study were that
government should intensify their efforts at enhancing human
capital development through formal education, vocational
training and extension programs for the farmers so as to make
them aware of the benefits of income diversification in improving
their welfare. In addition, there is need to improve
the participation of poor households in formal credit with low
interest rates as credit enables the households to convert their
stock into physical capital within a short time to take advantage
of income opportunities outside agriculture.
关键词：human capital; crop farmers; income diversification;
households; rural Nigeria
