The definition of a farmer in African culture is indeed difficult just as it is
difficult to classify the various causes of mobility. Since almost everybody
engages to some extent in the growing of subsistence crop, the tenant
farmers found in Aniocha North LGA of Delta State whose primary
occupation is farming are the target of this write up. The presence of large
arable land in Aniocha North Local Government Area and the variation in
its ownership from one community to another limit the farm size of tenant
farmers. Although these tenant farmers encounter some difficulties in
acquisition of farmlands in their destinations due to harsh rules and
regulations under which tenancy operates their bumper harvests compensate
for the difficulties. The study indicates that the tenant farmer alone cannot
provide sufficient food for the teeming population of the study area. The
influx of the tenant farmers to the study area is of great economic advantage
to the communities where they settled because their rents provide
revenue to such villages.