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：2019
卷号：54
期号：4
页码：297-305
DOI：10.17306/J.JARD.2019.01194
出版社：Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu
摘要：The notion that herder households only restrict their
livelihood strategy to the rearing of livestock most often than
not excludes the group from the right to access land for the
agricultural activity they engage in. This study investigated
the participation of herder households in sedentary agriculture
(crop production) in Niger state, Nigeria. Findings from
this study show that herder households in the study area are
no longer strictly livestock keepers; they participate in crop
production just like crop farmers who also combine the cultivation
of crops with livestock keeping. The results also revealed
that most herder households (66%) that engage in crop
production cultivate cereals; other crops cultivated by herder
households in the study area include tuber crops (22%) and
vegetables. Regarding herder household farm outputs, most
of the harvests are at the subsistence level, with the harvests
ranging between 300 kg and 750 kg. Identified drivers of
herder households’ participation in crop production include:
duration of stay in a particular locality, increase in household
size, economic motives (grain price), and reducing the
dependence on crop farmers for food supply. Therefore, this
study recommends that interest of herder households in cultivating
crops be sustained and encouraged. The participation
of herder households in crop production will enhance their
own food security status in the first instance and throughout
the area in general.
关键词：herders; crop production; cereals and vegetables;
participation drivers; households
