%0 Journal Article
%T Multidimensional Poverty among Sudanese Farmers: Evidence from Gezira Scheme, 2023
%A Gowaria Dafa Alla Abd-Elgadir Ali
%J Open Journal of Social Sciences
%P 216-231
%@ 2327-5960
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jss.2024.121014
%X This
paper assesses the spread of poverty among rural farmers of Gezira Scheme.
Empirical analysis follows Multidimensional Poverty Index to measure incidence
of poverty. The research relies on primary data aided by structured
questionnaires compiled by Gezira Scheme Board staff; the Head Office located
in <i>Barakat;</i> data provided for year 2023 over 18 sections organized
Gezira and Managil Extension Scheme, a total of 378 rural households </span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">were </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">randomly selected and interviewed. For the purpose of the research, the
Author </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">is </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">focusing on households headed by farmers. The result reveals that, 45.60%
of the rural farmers under the study area have been found multidimensional poor
with deprivation less than one third of the dimensions of education, health and
standard of living. The later, has been consider</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">ed</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> as </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">the </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">main contributor to deprivation of poverty, its indicator of nonexistence
of land ownership showing significant determining of incidence of poverty.
Similarly, food shortage </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">is </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">found to be associated with poverty. Therefore, government policies aim
to reduce poverty</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> should take into account rearrangement </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">of </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">the relation between government and farmers regarding land tenure to
improve agricultural productivity.
%K Multidimensional Poverty
%K Rural Farmers
%K Alkire-Foster Method
%K Gezira Scheme
%K Sudan
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=130683