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JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL POLICY (JHSP )

E-ISSN 2545-5729
P-ISSN 2695 2416
VOL. 10 NO. 3 2024
DOI: 10.56201/jhsp.v10.no3.2024.pg23.35

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Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Agricultural Corporate Social Responsibility (CSRs) and livelihood of Farmers in Rivers state, Nigeria: Canonical Analysis Approach

Emmanuel Edet Umoh, Unyime Robson Etuk and Amayak Ikpong Uko

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Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the effect of Shell Petroleum Development Company Corporate Social Responsibility on Livelihood of farmers in Rivers State, Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to; examine the pattern of agricultural CSR projects of Shell in Rivers State and determine the effect of agricultural CSRs on livelihood of farmers in Rivers State. Data for the study were obtained through the administration of questionnaire. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 120 respondents from the sample frame of five communities. Data were analyzed using factor analysis and canonical correlation analysis. Factor analysis was used on the patterns of agricultural CSR projects yielded five dimensions namely; agro processing projects, agricultural infrastructure and credit scheme projects, fisheries projects, agricultural capacity building projects and extension service support project. Variables on livelihood activities were also subjected to factor analysis which yielded two major dimensions namely: farm activities and non-farm activities factor. Effect of SPDC agricultural CSR projects on livelihood of the farmers was determined using canonical analysis. The result from the analysis showed that the predicted livelihood activities (factor II: non-farm activities) had a canonical loading of 0.51 and it correlated with factor II: Agricultural infrastructure and credit scheme project. Most of the SPDC corporate social responsibilities did not significantly affect farm activities livelihood rather it impacted significantly on non-farm activities. It was recommended that SPDC should improve the Agricultural extension services of the CSRs

keywords:

agricultural corporate social responsibility, livelihood activities, Shell Petroleum

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