Title:
COOPERATIVE MEMBERSHIP AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY AMONG POULTRY FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA, EVIDENCE FROM OYO STATE: AN ALKIRE-FOSTER ANALYSIS AND IMPACT MEASUREMENT APPROACH

Authors:
Popoola, David Prince* and Obi-Egbedi, Ogheneruemu ,Nigeria

Abstract:
This study was conducted in Southwest Nigeria to examine the impact of cooperative membership on the poverty status of poultry farming households in Southwest Nigeria, using the multidimensional approach while controlling for selection bias. This can enhance understanding for more impactful policy making. A multistage sampling technique was employed in the random data collection from 210 poultry farmers; 101 Cooperators and 109 Noncooperators from four local government areas, using well-structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, AlkireFoster multidimensional poverty indices, Treatment effect models of the propensity score matching, inverse probability weighing and nearest neighbour matching algorithms are employed in data analysis. The multidimensional poverty index, incidence of deprivation across nine of the various ten welfare indicators with the aggregated average intensity of deprivations was found to be significantly higher among the Noncooperator poultry farming household category when compared to their Noncooperator counterparts. Also, Cooperative societies apart from its poverty reduction impact on the Cooperator, was also found to have significant negative impact on multidimensional poverty status among Noncooperator poultry farming households. Multipurpose cooperatives was found to reduce poverty more than other types of cooperatives. Finding based policy options were proffered