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ajoaa-1194	A. O. U., Ofuoku; F. N, Emuh; O, Ezeonu	Social Impact Assessment of Crude Oil Pollution on Small Scale Farmers in Oil Producing Communities of the Central Agricultural Zone of Delta State, Nigeria	2014	9	.pdf	application/pdf	4201	235	50	Table 2: Distribution of respondents in oil producing communities of central agro-ecological zone of Delta State according to types environmental problems faced (n =120) Environmental problems Frequency % Rank Land degradation/pollution 105 87.5 4 Soil erosion 116 96.6 1 Water pollution 100 80.3 5 Air pollution 75 62.5 6 Bush burning 112 93.3 3 Massive deforestation 75 62.5 6 Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 4(3)2014: 233-241 238 Acid rain 63 52.5 8 Noise 118 98.3 2 Source: Field survey, 2011 Factors responsible for diversification into other generating activities in oil producing communities Table 3 reveals that 83.3%, 85.8% and 98.3% of the respondents opined that oil pollution had a great negative impact on their income, land availability and agricultural production respectively. Keywords: Agricultural activities, crude oil pollution, farmers, socio-economic activities Introduction 1 The significance of the agricultural sector as a source of food in Nigeria took a downward trend soon after the discovery of crude oil and Corresponding author’s Name: Emuh, F. N. Email address: fnemuh@yahoo.com subsequent exploration and exploitation of crude oil in the 1970s as a major foreign exchange earner (Adesina, 2012; Babatunde, 2012).	cache/ajoaa-1194.pdf	txt/ajoaa-1194.txt