Simeon C. Onya

Market Participation and Value Chain of Cassava Farmers in Abia State

Simeon C. Onya, Samuel E. Oriala, Ikenna V. Ejiba & Francis C. Okoronkwo · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2016

In recent times there has been emphasis on value chain development especially in Africa so as to allow farmers derive maximum benefit from farm produce. This study therefore examined market participation and value chain of cassava farmers in Abia state, Nigeria; using primary dat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2016/27950

Determinants of Participation in Non-farm Employment among Rural Farmers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Simeon C. Onya, Chukwukere A. Okezie & Ikenna V. Ejiba · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2016

This study examined the determinants of participation in non-farm employment, and factors that influence income derived from non-farm employment among rural farmers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Primary data used in the study were obtained from 150 respondents’ selected employing mul...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2016/28047

Impact of Oil Pollution on Livelihood: Evidence from the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Ikenna V. Ejiba, Simeon C. Onya & Oluwadamilola K. Adams · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2016

This paper highlights the negative impact of oil pollution in Nigeria with particular reference to the Niger Delta region. For a region that provides a majority of Nigeria’s revenue and foreign exchange earnings to bear an exclusive brunt of oil exploration and exploitation is qu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2016/26633