Socio-economic Concerns of Host Communities and Crisis Management of Agribusiness Companies nrdajournals@africaresearchcorps.com 86 | Page Abstract: The aim of this study was to access the socio-economic concerns of host communities and crisis management of agribusiness companies in Benue State. Two hundred and fourteen respondents were chosen for the study via sample size determination. The regression model consisting of, standard social interaction, socio-economic wellbeing, improving knowledge and education, improving livelihood and empowerment of tribes and cooperatives played very important roles in crisis management of agribusiness companies operating in Benue State. The safety and health of the employees and domain consensus are necessary for setting effective work environment policies, accident safeguard, food and medical facilities. The study concludes that, there is significant effect of socio-economic concerns on host communities and crisis management of agribusiness companies in Benue State. Provision of schools, hospitals, bore holes, etc, should be one of the CSR activities of the companies so as to enable the host communities feel the impact of the companies first hand. Socio-economic concerns require that management take pro-active measure so as to prevent social unrest in the host community. Agribusiness companies should try and carry out free medical outreach and entrepreneurial trainings for community members. Key words: agribusiness companies, host communities and crisis management, socio-economic concerns 1. Introduction Socio-economic concerns warrant the agribusiness company to engage in corporate philanthropy; contributing to community development activities and involving social projects (Ezeigwe, 2010; Ogidi, 2015). The safety and health of the employees and domain consensus are necessary for setting effective work environment policies, accident safeguard, food and medical facilities. As per the United Nations, “poverty is fundamentally a denial of choices and Socio-economic Concerns of Host Communities and Crisis Management of Agribusiness Companies in Benue State Ogidi, A.E. and Tondo, D.T. Department of Agribusiness and Management, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria Network for Research and Development in Africa International Academic Journal of Management and Marketing ISSN: 2384-5349. Volume 9, Number 1 Pages 86-94 (June, 2017) www.africaresearchcorps.com