The Determinants of Farmers Adaptive Capacities to Poverty Related Diseases along River Niger in Edo and Kogi States, Nigeria

Abstract

Many of the diseases contributing to the disease burden in low-income countries are tightly linked to the debilitating conditions of poverty. At the global level, there are three primary poverty-related diseases (PRDs) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), malaria and tuberculosis (TB). This study determining the determinants of farmers adaptive capacities to poverty related diseases along river Niger in Edo and Kogi States. Primary data were collected from respondents, multistage sampling technique were used to select respondents in Edo and Kogi States. Descriptive statistics, using the threshold concept for discrete variables results shows that land preparation pattern was the most used adaptive capacity to climate change in the study areas. The findings also show that gender, types of accommodation, sanitation, visit to hospital, amount spent on treatment, education and irrigation were the major determinants of climate change adaptation capacities to poverty related diseases. It was concluded that the major factors influencing adaptive capacities to poverty Related diseases were education, household size, off farming income, access to credit, distance to health Centre, cost of treatment, visit to hospitals and irrigation farming. The study recommends that to reduce effect of poverty related diseases, there is need for policy makers to engage communities when taking decisions relating to their health.