IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy2049General SciencesEFFECT OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ON HOUSEHOLD CROP PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA IdrisZagiBakoMakarau ShehuAyubaDamina)6065This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

This study analyzes the differences in crop production outputs between household with migrants and households without migrants. Differences in reasons for migration and by age range were also analyzed. A structured questionnaire was used to source information from 250 heads of households. Results revealed significant difference at P__ampersandsignlt; 0.01 in all the four crops; maize, sorghum, cowpea and groundnuts. While reasons for migration by age range revealed no significant differences among migrants at P__ampersandsignlt; 0.05. It was recommended that government should empower rural areas economically so as to minimize out migration and enhance agricultural production in the communities.

Migration migrant output and crop.