THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION OF ITS MEMBERS IN BIRNIN GWARI AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ZONE, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA.
THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION OF ITS MEMBERS IN BIRNIN GWARI AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ZONE, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA.
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2015-01
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YAKUBU, Faith Oshothenua
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This study was focused on the Role of Community Based Organizations in Livelihood
Diversification of its members in Birnin Gwari Agricultural Extension Zone, Kaduna
State, Nigeria with the objective of identifying the different livelihood activities the
members are involved in and how the CBOs influence their diversification. This
assessment looked at the support services provided by the CBOs and how they
influenced livelihood diversification. The data for this study were collected through the
use of structured questionnaire. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select
137 respondents from the eight selected CBOs used in the study. In the first stage, four
Local Government Areas were purposively selected. In the second stage, two CBOs
were randomly selected from each LGA to make a total of eight CBOs. In the third
stage, the members of the selected CBOs were used as respondents. Both descriptive
statistics and multiple regression were used to analyse the data collected. The findings
from the research showed that the mean age of the CBOs is 11years. All the CBOs used
in this study were registered and functional. The study also showed that 71% of the
CBOs were educated. Their membership strength ranged from 15 to 43 members. The
study revealed that the respondents were involved in crop farming, livestock farming,
business, civil service, nursing, teaching, trading, processing and artisans. The study
also revealed reasons for diversification such as to increase income, reduce risk, ensure
food security, meet family needs and improve standard of living. The support services
the CBOs rendered to their members included conflict mediation, financial support,
capacity building, group affiliation, access to information and access to market. From
the study, ten (10) different constraints were indicated with climatic/environmental
problems ranking first, inadequate farm inputs ranked second, inadequate finance
ranked third, then followed by lack of external help, leadership problem, government
policies, lack of regular meetings, no standard market, lack of education and lack of
awareness ranked last. The study recommends that government, NGOs and
development agencies should recognise and reinforce the positions of CBOs in the rural
development process. Also, there is a need for both internal and external funding: CBOs
should mobilise themselves and pool their resources together and funds from the
government through soft loan facilities. Trainings, workshops and seminars should be
organized to equip the people the more. Market linkages should be advocated for and
created for the CBOs members.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL
EXTENSION AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL
SOCIOLOGY, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, AHMADU BELLO
UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE
Keywords
ROLE,, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS,, LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION,, MEMBERS,, BIRNIN GWARI,, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ZONE,, KADUNA STATE,, NIGERIA