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Agriculture is the principal means of livelihood in Ogoniland of Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Ascertaining the determinants of agricultural productivity in the community is therefore important in meeting food security and income needs. This study uses survey data of 400 households in Ogoni community. The data was collected using a multistage sampling method. An ordinal logit regression model was estimated. Descriptive analyses indicate that 75.8% of the surveyed households were involved in agricultural production and that only 37.1% of the households involved in agriculture had lost their agricultural produce due to oil spoilage in the last two years. The ordinal logit regression model identifies government intervention towards cleaning of polluted land and water, land degradation, air pollution and household income as significant determinants of agricultural productivity in the community. However, land degradation and air pollution are negatively associated with agricultural productivity while government intervention towards cleaning of polluted land and water and household income are positively related to agricultural productivity in Ogoni community.

Nigeria is currently ranked as the world's top 10 remittance destination country with estimated official inflows of about US$10 billion. However, very little is still known about the end-use dynamics of these large inflows into Nigeria. Understanding these dynamics is central to any attempt to minimize the negative effects of migration, while optimizing its development potentials in the country. Using a new dataset involving 697 end-users of remittances collected at money-operating facilities in the country between March 2011 and December 2012, the study finds that the bulk of remittances flowing into Nigeria are primarily used to subsidize households' consumption, education and health expenditures (74.3 per cent). However, intriguingly, when sources are disaggregated, the study finds that remittances originating from within Africa are driven by 'pure altruism', whereas those originating from the rest of the world are mostly driven by 'purely selfish' motives.