Open AccessSocial impact of agro-allied industries on the rural dwellers in Benue state, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Evelyn Okpi Oraka,
Ali Ocholi,
P.I. Ater
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of agribusiness and rural development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1899-5772
pISSN - 1899-5241
DOI - 10.17306/j.jard.2017.00272
Subject(s) - stratified sampling , descriptive statistics , local government area , socioeconomics , government (linguistics) , geography , multistage sampling , business , systematic sampling , rural area , economic growth , local government , economics , political science , statistics , mathematics , law , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy
The study examined the impact of agro-allied industries on rural dwellers in Benue state, Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select the respondents for the study. Primary data were collected through the use of structured questionnaires administered on 366 respondents from the selected communities; the data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of MannWhitney (U) statistics showed that water availability (14 350) and good road network (15 082.00) were the only social impact derived from the industries by the rural dwellers. The study recommended that government should ensure that infrastructural facilities such as schools, electricity, hospitals, good roads and portable water are provided for the rural dwellers who are residing where the agro-allied industries are situated.
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