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DEMAND-DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS ON RURAL POVERTY: A PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING AND DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES ANALYSIS OF FADAMA III IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA

Mohammed Seri
Volume 5 Issue 6

This study estimates the causal impact of the Fadama III Community-Driven Development (CDD) program on rural poverty in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Although demand-driven agricultural interventions are widely promoted as poverty reduction instruments, rigorous causal evidence remains limited in Sub-Saha read more...

EFFECT OF FADAMA PROGRAMMES ON POVERTY REDUCTION IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

Daniel Agbese Ochapa, Ilemona Adofu, PhD and Walter Ugwuoke Okwudili, PhD
Volume 13 Issue 2

This study investigated the effect of Fadama programme (Fadama capacity building and rural infrastructure development) on poverty reduction in Benue State. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey research design, thereby making the questionnaire the main instrument of data collection to explore read more...

HATE SPEECH AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF OTHERS IN DIGITAL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG YOUTHS IN PLATEAU STATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL INTEGRATION AND PEACE IN NIGERIA

Makmis Mark Dakyen
Volume 13 Issue 2

Civic engagement is one of the bedrocks of modern day democratic practice and has in recent times been an area of concern among academics and the government in Nigeria, Africa and the world at large. In recent times, the increasing use of the digital media by the youths in Nigeria and the world ove read more...

BACTERIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION OF WASTEWATER, VEGETABLES, AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH RISKS IN MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA

Ali Galadima , Ikusemoran Mayomi and Zainab Chellube
Volume 13 Issue 2

This study evaluated the bacteriological quality of River Ngadda wastewater and its effects on the safety and chemical composition of vegetables irrigated with the water in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Wastewater samples were collected aseptically from three sections of the river (upper, middle, and lower c read more...


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