The Impact of Boko Haram Insurgency on Pearl Millet Production in Yobe State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the impact of Boko Haram insurgency on pearl millet production among farmers in Yobe State, Nigeria. Percentage, logit regression and propensity score matching models were used in the data at 0.1 % significant level. The results showed that majority of the farmers perceived that unemployment was the major cause of Boko Haram insurgency with a means score of 4.7. The nearness neighbour matching reveals that a t-value of -4.31 resulted to an output difference of -627.29kg between affected and non-affected farmers and was significant at 0.1% probability level. A level of living difference of N -177,000 between affected and non-affected pearl millet farmers with a t-value of -9.67 was statistically significant at 1%. Majority (61.2%) of the affected farmers reported high price of inputs as a major constraint faced by pearl millet farmers. Private investors, NGOs and other stakeholders should collaborate to supply farm inputs such as improved seed variety, herbicides and fertilizer at subsidized rates to the affected farmers in order to boost their farming production