M AJOR OCCUPATION
Results in Table 1 reveal that majority (60.0%) of the respondents were farmers. In Nigeria particularly in Benue State, a
lot of peopl e are engaged in farming on small-scale as their major occupation primarily because the soil is very fertile, the
climatic conditions is also good for production of many crops. The involvement of many people in farming in the state has
made Benue State earn the slogan ‘‘food basket of Nigeria’’. The soil fertility is good for production of many crops which
cannot be produce neither in the northern or southern parts of Nigeria.