Estimation of economic costs of malaria among rural farm households in Niger State, Nigeria
Malaria fever is increasingly a debilitating and killer disease, which fleets labour availability and human capital development in many developing nations .including Nigeria. This study therefore attempted to estimate the economic cost of malaria among rural farming households in Niger State, Nigeria; with special emphasis on the determination of malaria related factors affecting the farm output and identification or coping strategies among rural farming households in the study area. A total number of one hundred and twenty eight households were interviewed through a multi stage sampling procedure using crop farmers lists obtained at the Niger State Agricultural Development. Programme as sampling collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, arithmetic indices, gross margin analysis, Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression analysis and t test.