Predictor Variables

Ekiti State

Ondo State

Lagos State

Ogun State

Osun State

Oyo State

Beta

P-value

T

Beta

P-value

T

Beta

P-value

T

Beta

P-value

T

Beta

P-value

T

Beta

P-value

T

Low National GDP

0.249

0.101

1.650

0.093

0.559

0.586

0.065

0.660

0.441

0.037

0.931

0.087

0.011

0.934

0.083

−0.316

0.229

−1.229

Reduction in household resources

−0.076

0.751

−0.317

−0.045

0.908

−0.116

0.465

0.000

4.028

−0.136

0.678

−0.416

0.133

0.381

0.877

0.010

0.956

0.056

Loss of house and other properties

−0.092

0.589

−0.541

0.028

0.896

0.131

−0.159

0.125

−1.245

0.021

0.883

0.147

0.135

0.290

1.061

0.031

0.830

0.215

Displacement of farmers

0.395

0.014

2.469

−0.035

0.880

−0.151

0.985

0.000

4.779

0.185

0.425

0.801

−0.023

0.865

−0.171

−0.212

0.136

−1.493

Infrastructural damages

0.119

0.413

0.821

0.023

0.919

0.102

−1.035

0.000

−5.566

0.305

0.049

1.988

0.799

0.005

2.636

−0.026

0.848

−0.191

Scarcity of Agric. Produce

0.373

0.017

2.401

−0.416

0.163

−1.403

−1.420

0.000

−4.492

−0.090

0.685

−0.406

−0.132

0.387

−0.867

−0.080

0.535

−0.621

Low revenue generation from agriculture by individual farmers and state government

0.445

0.000

3.911

0.911

0.000

12.550

0.434

0.027

2.239

0.235

0.467

0.730

0.078

0.638

0.471

0.078

0.638

0.471

Reduction in output and income

0.200

0.288

1.066

1.047

0.073

2.001

0.126

0.591

0.539

0.625

0.000

1.770

0.365

0.022

2.299

0.565

0.002

2.299

Diversion of national income to fight the menace

−0.184

0.226

−3.641

−2.393

0.000

−13.56

0.068

0.676

0.418

−0.110

0.632

−0.480

0.175

0.222

1.225

0.175

0.222

1.225

Loss of produce in storage

-

-

-

-

-

-

−0.471

0.000

−3.679

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-