Measurement of Technical Efficiency of Small Scale Farmers under the Growth E...BRNSS Publication Hub
The study investigated the technical efficiency of small-scale farmers under the growth enhancement scheme in Egbeda and Surulere Local Government Areas of Oyo State. Multistage sampling technique was used in the random selection of 250 respondents using copies of a structured questionnaire. The result of average input used of respondents was farm size (1.59ha), labor used (23 man-days), seed (30 kg), years of education (6.23 years), fertilizer (259.69 kg), and seasonal extension contact (7) while the average input per farm was 4,162.89 kg. Efficiency of farmers was influenced by the significant input variables such as farm size (3.3749), fertilizer (0.2094), and experience were significant at 1% while years of education (0.6038) and agrochemicals (0.0846) were significant at 1% and 10%, respectively. The distribution of efficiency score showed that farms within the range of 0.81–0.90 were highest with 62.4%. It was, therefore, recommended that policy that will stimulate more extension services and labor availability to improve on output.
Performance Implication of Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program...ijtsrd
In a bid to revitalize the ailing agricultural sector in Nigeria, several programmes have been introduced by the government, one of such programmes is Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase 1 Atasp 1 . Hence, this study was necessitated to look at the performance implication of the programme on participant farmers in Southeast Nigeria. The study specifically determined the effect of ATASP 1 interventions on the farm income of participants and ascertained the effect of ATASP 1 intervention on the farm profit of participants. A survey research design was adopted for the study. A total of 8,585 Rice 3248 and Cassava 5337 farmers are participating in the programme from Anambra and Enugu constituted the population for the study. A multi stage sampling technique was employed by the researcher. Taro Yamane sample size determination formula was further used to derive the sample size 730 of the study. R. Kumaison formula was adopted to allocate sample stratum for the study. Primary and secondary data were collected and used in the study. A combination of descriptive, regression and inferential statistics were utilized in data analysis. Results revealed that Pseudo R2 was 0.435 which implies that 43.5 variation in farmer's income was explained by the joint action of the programme interventions and that the Pseudo R2 was 0.300 which implies that the programme interventions explained 30.0 variation in the profit of farmers. Hence, it was concluded that ATASP 1 is a signifant and right step in the right direction to regalvanize the agricultural sector and give it the pride of place it desearves. Among others, the study recommended that there is a need for the programme to increase its efforts on financial market development intervention and that the programme implementers and policymakers are encouraged to increase their intervention in rural areas. Johnpaul Chimnedum Onyekineso | Nwankwo Frank "Performance Implication of Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase 1 (Atasp-1): A Southeast Nigeria Experience" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46410.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/business-economics/46410/performance-implication-of-agricultural-transformation-agenda-support-program-phase-1-atasp1-a-southeast-nigeria-experience/johnpaul-chimnedum-onyekineso
Effect of Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase 1 Atasp 1 ...ijtsrd
This study examined the effect of Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme Phase 1 ATASP 1 on Farmers Performance in Southeast, Nigeria. It used a well structured questionnaire to collect data from a cross section of randomly selected 730 respondents. A combination of analytical tools such as descriptive statistics, Tobit and multiple regression analysis and inferential statistics were used for analysis. The study found that 56.6 of the farmers are males with an average age of 44 years, who are 87.8 married and have 10 years of formal schooling. Apart from over 19 years farming experience, the average 6 people per household is large enough to supply cheap family labour to the farmers. The study found out that the programme interventions are classified into three important components, which are infrastructure, financial market and commodity value chain development. It was also revealed that farmers adopted the following agricultural technologies the use of improved seed varieties, the use of ICT extension facilities, and keeping a good farm processing record to track changes, among others. The study, therefore, recommended among others, that the programme implementers need to be transparent in their disbursement and implementation of the project mandates and that there is a need to improve the literacy level of the farmers, as this will go a long way to improve their possibilities of technology adoption. Johnpaul Chimnedum Onyekineso | Nwankwo Frank "Effect of Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase 1 (Atasp-1) on Farmers' Performance in Southeast, Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46407.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/business-economics/46407/effect-of-agricultural-transformation-agenda-support-program-phase-1-atasp1-on-farmers'-performance-in-southeast-nigeria/johnpaul-chimnedum-onyekineso
This research work examined the impact of Agriculture output on Economic Growth in Nigeria, with the objective of determining the relationship between the Agricultural sector and the Economic Growth rates in Nigeria. Thus, the research was aimed at examining the contributions of agriculture (value added) to the growth of the national economy, investigating government expenditure on agriculture in Nigeria, and determining the contributions of crop production from agriculture on the Nigerian economy. Data were collected from the World Bank Data base and CBN statistical bulletin. Co-Integration and Vector Error correction model techniques were employed as well as the Granger Causality test to determine the causality relationship between Agriculture and Economic Growth. As a result of the data collected, analyzed and interpreted, the research found that Agriculture has positive and long run impact on Economic Growth in Nigeria. The paper recommends amongst many other things that the Government of Nigeria should put in more efforts to diversify the Nigerian economy as the Nigerian agricultural sector currently suffers a lot of marginalization which has not enabled it to contribute more significantly as it should.
Impact of National Fadama Development Project III in Alleviating Poverty amon...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: This paper examined the impact of National Fadama Development Project III on their socioeconomic status, poverty issues and equally assesses the extent to which participation in the programme has reduce poverty among participants. The study relied primary data collected using structured questionnaire and personal interview. The analytical tools used include descriptive statistics and Foster Greer Thorbecke poverty index. The result of the analysis revealed that the per capita expenditure for participants N750,167.64 per annum. While that of non participants was N605833.57 per annum. The poverty line for the participants and non participants were N500,111.36 and N403,889.05 the poverty head count were 18.20% and 41.30%, the gap index was 10.20% and 25.90%, poverty severity index was 3.30% and 6.90% respectively. All the poverty indices showed that non participants were poorer than the participant’s household in the study area. The poverty line and core poverty for participants were found to be higher than that of the non participants, indicating that the participants had better standard of living when compare with non participants, meaning the programme have positive impact on their consumption expenditure through increased in income accrued. Hence, more participants were non poor than the non participants. Therefore, federal government should as a matter of deliberate policy initiated moves towards forcing state and local government through direct deduction from statutory allocation to pay counterparts fund for sustenance of the project.
Measurement of Technical Efficiency of Small Scale Farmers under the Growth E...BRNSS Publication Hub
The study investigated the technical efficiency of small-scale farmers under the growth enhancement scheme in Egbeda and Surulere Local Government Areas of Oyo State. Multistage sampling technique was used in the random selection of 250 respondents using copies of a structured questionnaire. The result of average input used of respondents was farm size (1.59ha), labor used (23 man-days), seed (30 kg), years of education (6.23 years), fertilizer (259.69 kg), and seasonal extension contact (7) while the average input per farm was 4,162.89 kg. Efficiency of farmers was influenced by the significant input variables such as farm size (3.3749), fertilizer (0.2094), and experience were significant at 1% while years of education (0.6038) and agrochemicals (0.0846) were significant at 1% and 10%, respectively. The distribution of efficiency score showed that farms within the range of 0.81–0.90 were highest with 62.4%. It was, therefore, recommended that policy that will stimulate more extension services and labor availability to improve on output.
Performance Implication of Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program...ijtsrd
In a bid to revitalize the ailing agricultural sector in Nigeria, several programmes have been introduced by the government, one of such programmes is Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase 1 Atasp 1 . Hence, this study was necessitated to look at the performance implication of the programme on participant farmers in Southeast Nigeria. The study specifically determined the effect of ATASP 1 interventions on the farm income of participants and ascertained the effect of ATASP 1 intervention on the farm profit of participants. A survey research design was adopted for the study. A total of 8,585 Rice 3248 and Cassava 5337 farmers are participating in the programme from Anambra and Enugu constituted the population for the study. A multi stage sampling technique was employed by the researcher. Taro Yamane sample size determination formula was further used to derive the sample size 730 of the study. R. Kumaison formula was adopted to allocate sample stratum for the study. Primary and secondary data were collected and used in the study. A combination of descriptive, regression and inferential statistics were utilized in data analysis. Results revealed that Pseudo R2 was 0.435 which implies that 43.5 variation in farmer's income was explained by the joint action of the programme interventions and that the Pseudo R2 was 0.300 which implies that the programme interventions explained 30.0 variation in the profit of farmers. Hence, it was concluded that ATASP 1 is a signifant and right step in the right direction to regalvanize the agricultural sector and give it the pride of place it desearves. Among others, the study recommended that there is a need for the programme to increase its efforts on financial market development intervention and that the programme implementers and policymakers are encouraged to increase their intervention in rural areas. Johnpaul Chimnedum Onyekineso | Nwankwo Frank "Performance Implication of Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase 1 (Atasp-1): A Southeast Nigeria Experience" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46410.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/business-economics/46410/performance-implication-of-agricultural-transformation-agenda-support-program-phase-1-atasp1-a-southeast-nigeria-experience/johnpaul-chimnedum-onyekineso
Effect of Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase 1 Atasp 1 ...ijtsrd
This study examined the effect of Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme Phase 1 ATASP 1 on Farmers Performance in Southeast, Nigeria. It used a well structured questionnaire to collect data from a cross section of randomly selected 730 respondents. A combination of analytical tools such as descriptive statistics, Tobit and multiple regression analysis and inferential statistics were used for analysis. The study found that 56.6 of the farmers are males with an average age of 44 years, who are 87.8 married and have 10 years of formal schooling. Apart from over 19 years farming experience, the average 6 people per household is large enough to supply cheap family labour to the farmers. The study found out that the programme interventions are classified into three important components, which are infrastructure, financial market and commodity value chain development. It was also revealed that farmers adopted the following agricultural technologies the use of improved seed varieties, the use of ICT extension facilities, and keeping a good farm processing record to track changes, among others. The study, therefore, recommended among others, that the programme implementers need to be transparent in their disbursement and implementation of the project mandates and that there is a need to improve the literacy level of the farmers, as this will go a long way to improve their possibilities of technology adoption. Johnpaul Chimnedum Onyekineso | Nwankwo Frank "Effect of Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase 1 (Atasp-1) on Farmers' Performance in Southeast, Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46407.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/business-economics/46407/effect-of-agricultural-transformation-agenda-support-program-phase-1-atasp1-on-farmers'-performance-in-southeast-nigeria/johnpaul-chimnedum-onyekineso
This research work examined the impact of Agriculture output on Economic Growth in Nigeria, with the objective of determining the relationship between the Agricultural sector and the Economic Growth rates in Nigeria. Thus, the research was aimed at examining the contributions of agriculture (value added) to the growth of the national economy, investigating government expenditure on agriculture in Nigeria, and determining the contributions of crop production from agriculture on the Nigerian economy. Data were collected from the World Bank Data base and CBN statistical bulletin. Co-Integration and Vector Error correction model techniques were employed as well as the Granger Causality test to determine the causality relationship between Agriculture and Economic Growth. As a result of the data collected, analyzed and interpreted, the research found that Agriculture has positive and long run impact on Economic Growth in Nigeria. The paper recommends amongst many other things that the Government of Nigeria should put in more efforts to diversify the Nigerian economy as the Nigerian agricultural sector currently suffers a lot of marginalization which has not enabled it to contribute more significantly as it should.
Impact of National Fadama Development Project III in Alleviating Poverty amon...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: This paper examined the impact of National Fadama Development Project III on their socioeconomic status, poverty issues and equally assesses the extent to which participation in the programme has reduce poverty among participants. The study relied primary data collected using structured questionnaire and personal interview. The analytical tools used include descriptive statistics and Foster Greer Thorbecke poverty index. The result of the analysis revealed that the per capita expenditure for participants N750,167.64 per annum. While that of non participants was N605833.57 per annum. The poverty line for the participants and non participants were N500,111.36 and N403,889.05 the poverty head count were 18.20% and 41.30%, the gap index was 10.20% and 25.90%, poverty severity index was 3.30% and 6.90% respectively. All the poverty indices showed that non participants were poorer than the participant’s household in the study area. The poverty line and core poverty for participants were found to be higher than that of the non participants, indicating that the participants had better standard of living when compare with non participants, meaning the programme have positive impact on their consumption expenditure through increased in income accrued. Hence, more participants were non poor than the non participants. Therefore, federal government should as a matter of deliberate policy initiated moves towards forcing state and local government through direct deduction from statutory allocation to pay counterparts fund for sustenance of the project.
Impact of the Adoption of Improved Varieties of Household Income of Farmers i...BRNSS Publication Hub
In Benin, maize occupies a strategic place in the agricultural sector due to its growing importance in national consumption and trade with neighboring countries. This study aims to analyze the impact of the adoption of improved maize varieties on the income and expenditure of maize farmers in the South Atlantic Department of Benin. The data used were collected from 144 maize growers in the Atlantic Department. Maize farmers with or without improved varieties were selected randomly. The average treatment effect method with propensity score matching was used to estimate the impact of the adoption of improved maize varieties on household income and expenditure. Maize growers using four impact indicators: (i) Netincome; (ii) school expenses; (iii) health expenditure; and (iv) food expenditures. The results showed that the adoption of improved maize varieties led to an improvement in annual netincome (a relative effect of 8.78%), health expenditure (a relative effect of 15.88%), and expenditure on education (a relative effect of 16.08%). On the other hand, the adoption of improved varieties of maize has no significant influence on the expenditure invested in the dietof household members. It shows that the adoption of improved varieties of maize by which has a positive impact on the netincome, health expenditure, and household education expenditure.
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 59 on “Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and IPES-FOOD was held on Wednesday 15 January 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing brought various perspectives and experiences on agroecological systems to support agricultural transformation. Experts presented trends and prospects for agroecological approaches and what it implies for the future of the food systems. Successes and innovative models in agroecology in different parts of the world and the lessons learned for upscaling them were also discussed.
“Agricultural Performance and Food Security in Nepal: Constraints and Challenges” presented by Bishnu Pant, IIDS, Nepal, at the ReSAKSS-Asia Conference, Nov 14-16, 2011, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Presented by Tahmina Begum, Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh
Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone Conference
21-23 October 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://waterandfood.org/ganges-conference/
Concept of Economic Environment
Agricultural Sector
Status of agriculture sector in Nepalese economy
Features of Nepalese Agriculture
Issues of Agriculture Development in Nepal
The Economic Survey, 2016/17
The study assessed the socio economic variables of cashew farmers in Oyo State. Two towns within
Ibarapa East Local Government Area (Temidire and Eruwa) were purposively sampled. These areas are known
for the cultivation, production and marketing of this crop. A total sampling frame of fifty-six respondents was
used.
It is observed from the analysis that at national level as well as zone level, there is unequal distribution of total subsidies . The increasing rate of total subsidies (fertilizers, electricity and irrigation) is higher than gross cropped area (GCA) during pre, first as well as second phase of liberalization periods. In total subsidies during pre-liberalisation period, the percentage share of fertilizers subsidies is maximum (38.41 in 1980-81 and 37.63 in 1985-86), whereas during 1990-91 to 2000-01, the percentage share of electricity subsidies is maximum and again in 2008-09 fertilizers subsidies has got major percentage share 87.26 per cent in total subsidies. There is a lot of variation to find out the relationship between gross cropped area (GCA) and in total subsidies in zones throughout the study period. As zone level, it is observed that there is a negative relationship between GCA and total subsidies, in west zone and in north zone (in 2006-07) and in east zone (1996-97 and in 2006-07). It is seen that there is a direct relationship in GCA and total subsidies i.e. GCA as well as total subsidies have increased at zone level in west and in north (during 1980-81 to 2000-01), in
south zone (during 1980-81 to 1996-07) and in north-east zone (during 1980-81 to 2006-07). From the above discussion, it is concluded that in India, the total subsidies of fertilizers, electricity and of irrigation have increased in terms of per hectare during pre, first as well as second liberalisation periods, whereas the increasing rate is higher in 1985-86 among all the other years and lowest rate in 2000-01. Productivity has declined in the year 1996-97 at country as well as zone level.
Agriculture has been the major source of livelihood in Nigeria, primarily because the environment is favorable for Agricultural practice. On the basis of climate, topography and vegetation the country is divided into five agricultural zones, namely Dry sub humid, Sub-humid, very humid and swamp/flood. Subsistence agriculture formed the major system of farming in the olden days which provide food crops for human consumption, while surplus are transported to the local markets for sale. Subsistence agriculture also forms the basis upon which all other system of farming are built. Hence, this paper examines the problems and prospects of subsistence agriculture in Ibarapa East local Government Area of Oyo State. Ten farming centres were used as samples in the area. Questionnaires were used to collect relevant data. Percentage and T-test distribution techniques were used to analyze the data. The findings show that there is low agricultural production in the study area as a result of problems such as shortage of fund, land tenure system, inadequate transportation system among others.
about agri. ministery, ICAR, National horticultural board, National horticultural mission,PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJNA (PMFBY)
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)
Soil Health Card Scheme
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
Scheme on Micro irrigation
Subsidy scheme for construction storages facilities
Market Information Service for Horticulture Crops
National bamboo mission
Determinants of Income Inequality Among Cooperative Farmers in Anambra Stateijtsrd
This study examines determinants of income inequality among cooperative farmers in Anambra State. The study, modeled variables like farmers efficiency, technology, market proximity, credit obtained, farm size, soil fertility, crop type, input supply and agric extension services using descriptive and inferential statistics. The population of this study was made up of 298 members of selected cooperative societies in Anambra State and a sample of 171 was determined for the study using Taro Yamane formula. A structured questionnaire was administered to 171 respondents but only 115 responded to the questionnaire. The data collected using the questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that apart from market proximity which was not significant, all other factors farmers' efficiency, technology, credit obtained, farm size, soil fertility, crop type, input supply and agric extension services contributed significantly to the farmers' income. This study therefore recommends that The government should carry out a public enlightenment campaign on the potentials of agricultural cooperatives as sustainable approach for reducing income inequality through synergy and emphasis should be placed more on cooperative education as requirement for growth and development since most of the people in the target areas has low educational background. The agricultural cooperative subsector should be adequately financed to help improve the farmers' income and also reduce income inequality. Agricultural technology transfer through extension services should be encouraged to help create awareness and increase adoption of better ways farming so as to increase the farmers' income and reduce income inequality among others. Anigbogu, Theresa Ukamaka | Uzondu, Chikodiri Scholastica ""Determinants of Income Inequality Among Cooperative Farmers in Anambra State"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-3 , April 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23149.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/economics/23149/determinants-of-income-inequality-among-cooperative-farmers-in-anambra-state/anigbogu-theresa-ukamaka
Impact of the Adoption of Improved Varieties of Household Income of Farmers i...BRNSS Publication Hub
In Benin, maize occupies a strategic place in the agricultural sector due to its growing importance in national consumption and trade with neighboring countries. This study aims to analyze the impact of the adoption of improved maize varieties on the income and expenditure of maize farmers in the South Atlantic Department of Benin. The data used were collected from 144 maize growers in the Atlantic Department. Maize farmers with or without improved varieties were selected randomly. The average treatment effect method with propensity score matching was used to estimate the impact of the adoption of improved maize varieties on household income and expenditure. Maize growers using four impact indicators: (i) Netincome; (ii) school expenses; (iii) health expenditure; and (iv) food expenditures. The results showed that the adoption of improved maize varieties led to an improvement in annual netincome (a relative effect of 8.78%), health expenditure (a relative effect of 15.88%), and expenditure on education (a relative effect of 16.08%). On the other hand, the adoption of improved varieties of maize has no significant influence on the expenditure invested in the dietof household members. It shows that the adoption of improved varieties of maize by which has a positive impact on the netincome, health expenditure, and household education expenditure.
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 59 on “Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and IPES-FOOD was held on Wednesday 15 January 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing brought various perspectives and experiences on agroecological systems to support agricultural transformation. Experts presented trends and prospects for agroecological approaches and what it implies for the future of the food systems. Successes and innovative models in agroecology in different parts of the world and the lessons learned for upscaling them were also discussed.
“Agricultural Performance and Food Security in Nepal: Constraints and Challenges” presented by Bishnu Pant, IIDS, Nepal, at the ReSAKSS-Asia Conference, Nov 14-16, 2011, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Presented by Tahmina Begum, Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh
Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone Conference
21-23 October 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://waterandfood.org/ganges-conference/
Concept of Economic Environment
Agricultural Sector
Status of agriculture sector in Nepalese economy
Features of Nepalese Agriculture
Issues of Agriculture Development in Nepal
The Economic Survey, 2016/17
The study assessed the socio economic variables of cashew farmers in Oyo State. Two towns within
Ibarapa East Local Government Area (Temidire and Eruwa) were purposively sampled. These areas are known
for the cultivation, production and marketing of this crop. A total sampling frame of fifty-six respondents was
used.
It is observed from the analysis that at national level as well as zone level, there is unequal distribution of total subsidies . The increasing rate of total subsidies (fertilizers, electricity and irrigation) is higher than gross cropped area (GCA) during pre, first as well as second phase of liberalization periods. In total subsidies during pre-liberalisation period, the percentage share of fertilizers subsidies is maximum (38.41 in 1980-81 and 37.63 in 1985-86), whereas during 1990-91 to 2000-01, the percentage share of electricity subsidies is maximum and again in 2008-09 fertilizers subsidies has got major percentage share 87.26 per cent in total subsidies. There is a lot of variation to find out the relationship between gross cropped area (GCA) and in total subsidies in zones throughout the study period. As zone level, it is observed that there is a negative relationship between GCA and total subsidies, in west zone and in north zone (in 2006-07) and in east zone (1996-97 and in 2006-07). It is seen that there is a direct relationship in GCA and total subsidies i.e. GCA as well as total subsidies have increased at zone level in west and in north (during 1980-81 to 2000-01), in
south zone (during 1980-81 to 1996-07) and in north-east zone (during 1980-81 to 2006-07). From the above discussion, it is concluded that in India, the total subsidies of fertilizers, electricity and of irrigation have increased in terms of per hectare during pre, first as well as second liberalisation periods, whereas the increasing rate is higher in 1985-86 among all the other years and lowest rate in 2000-01. Productivity has declined in the year 1996-97 at country as well as zone level.
Agriculture has been the major source of livelihood in Nigeria, primarily because the environment is favorable for Agricultural practice. On the basis of climate, topography and vegetation the country is divided into five agricultural zones, namely Dry sub humid, Sub-humid, very humid and swamp/flood. Subsistence agriculture formed the major system of farming in the olden days which provide food crops for human consumption, while surplus are transported to the local markets for sale. Subsistence agriculture also forms the basis upon which all other system of farming are built. Hence, this paper examines the problems and prospects of subsistence agriculture in Ibarapa East local Government Area of Oyo State. Ten farming centres were used as samples in the area. Questionnaires were used to collect relevant data. Percentage and T-test distribution techniques were used to analyze the data. The findings show that there is low agricultural production in the study area as a result of problems such as shortage of fund, land tenure system, inadequate transportation system among others.
about agri. ministery, ICAR, National horticultural board, National horticultural mission,PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJNA (PMFBY)
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)
Soil Health Card Scheme
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
Scheme on Micro irrigation
Subsidy scheme for construction storages facilities
Market Information Service for Horticulture Crops
National bamboo mission
Determinants of Income Inequality Among Cooperative Farmers in Anambra Stateijtsrd
This study examines determinants of income inequality among cooperative farmers in Anambra State. The study, modeled variables like farmers efficiency, technology, market proximity, credit obtained, farm size, soil fertility, crop type, input supply and agric extension services using descriptive and inferential statistics. The population of this study was made up of 298 members of selected cooperative societies in Anambra State and a sample of 171 was determined for the study using Taro Yamane formula. A structured questionnaire was administered to 171 respondents but only 115 responded to the questionnaire. The data collected using the questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that apart from market proximity which was not significant, all other factors farmers' efficiency, technology, credit obtained, farm size, soil fertility, crop type, input supply and agric extension services contributed significantly to the farmers' income. This study therefore recommends that The government should carry out a public enlightenment campaign on the potentials of agricultural cooperatives as sustainable approach for reducing income inequality through synergy and emphasis should be placed more on cooperative education as requirement for growth and development since most of the people in the target areas has low educational background. The agricultural cooperative subsector should be adequately financed to help improve the farmers' income and also reduce income inequality. Agricultural technology transfer through extension services should be encouraged to help create awareness and increase adoption of better ways farming so as to increase the farmers' income and reduce income inequality among others. Anigbogu, Theresa Ukamaka | Uzondu, Chikodiri Scholastica ""Determinants of Income Inequality Among Cooperative Farmers in Anambra State"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-3 , April 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23149.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/economics/23149/determinants-of-income-inequality-among-cooperative-farmers-in-anambra-state/anigbogu-theresa-ukamaka
Prof. V. Okoruwa's presentation given the the Africa Agriculture Week.
The role of agriculture in an economy is a major factor in determining the economy‟s state of development (Hazell and Diano, 2005). Most African countries are mainly agrarian since agriculture contributes immensely to their economies. Agriculture‟s contribution to GDP in the Africa is between 30% and 40% on the average. The sector accounts for almost 60% of total export earnings in the continent, provides the dominant occupation for about 65% of Africa‟s population and has been growing on the average at about 3.3% each year since 2000 (IFPRI, 2009). Despite this impressive contribution of agriculture to Africa‟s economy, the sector remains largely under-developed. Most farmers are still at the subsistence level and small scale, having less than 2ha of land. The level of technology is also low, production remains weather-dependent and consequently, farmers‟ incomes are low. Poor market access, weak infrastructure and limited ability to influence government policy also characterize the sector (Quartey et al, 2012). Majority of Africa's agricultural population live in rural areas and the rural population comprises over 60% of the entire population. Further, over 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are youths under the age of 30 years and about 65% of this number, work in subsistence agriculture. Rural agricultural workers are among the poorest in Africa with poverty rate averaged at about 50% (UN/ECA, 2010).
Agriculture has the potential to serve as a strong
Dr. Katundu is a lecturer at the Moshi Co-operative University (MoCU). He works under the Department of Community and Rural Development specializing in the area of rural development. He holds a PhD and Master of Arts in Rural development from the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro Tanzania and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Geography and Environmental Studies from the University of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania. His research interests include: Agriculture and rural development, rural land reform, rural livelihoods and cooperatives, community driven development, environment and natural resource management, entrepreneurship development, impact evaluation. His PhD thesis is titled: Entrepreneurship Education and Business Start Up: Assessing Entrepreneurial Tendencies among University Graduates in Tanzania whereas; Master dissertation is titled: Evaluation of the Association of Tanzania Tobacco Traders’ Reforestation Programme: The Case of Urambo District.
Determinants of Agricultural Innovations Adoption among Cooperative and Non C...ijtsrd
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Lessons from Agricultural Policies and Programmes in Nigeria
Iwuchukwu J .C. and Igbokwe E.M.
Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
julieiwuchukwu@yahoo.com
Abstract
The study reviewed several agricultural policies and programmes that were initiated in Nigeria. Through this,
objectives/goals, achievements as well as problems that hindered realization of the dreams of the policies and
programmes were known. Gaps in their invention, execution and management were also identified.
Solutions/recommendations were then proffered based on these gaps as lessons/guide for future policies and
programmes inventions.
Key words: agriculture policies programmes Nigeria
I. Introduction
Societies have in fact defined themselves by the way and degree in which they have succeeded in increasing
agricultural production (FAO, 2004). Historically, the most common and effective extensive adjustment in
agricultural production in Nigeria has been to increase the area of land planted. Therefore Nigerian
agricultural/rural institutions are at a crossroad. This is because agriculture is growing but the growth is
unsustainable. Agriculture also continues to suffer from the inertia associated with policies and programmes
intervention and reformation that pervaded Nigeria especially in the post colonial era.
A policy is a deliberate plan of action to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes (www. Monster. ca). It is
also a guideline consisting of principles and rules governing the behaviour of persons in an organization. Policies
prescribe how people in an organization should act or behave (Asiabaka, 2002). Policy differs from rule of law.
While law can compel or prohibit behaviuors, policy merely guides actions toward those that are most likely to
achieve a desired outcome (www. Monster. ca). Agricultural policy is a statement of action and a fundamental
tool employed in achieving agricultural development (FBN, 1997). A programme, on the other hand is a
comprehensive plan that includes objectives to be attained, specifications of resources required and stages of
work to be performed (Asiabaka, 2002). Elaborate plans are called programmes (Kirkpatrick, 1987). According
to Olatunji (2005), a programme is a collection of coordinated activities that are mutually directed towards the
attainment of a definite goal and it usually comprises of several segments or projects which can be separately
pursued as a component of the whole. The concept of programme implies that a goal is in focus and several
activities would be needed and co-ordinated to attain the goal.
It is generally accepted that Nigerian agriculture has suffered as a result of the resource curse effect of oil and
inappropriate policies and institutions. This, coupled with heavy handed and unpredictable government
intervention programmes which has led to short term investment decisions and rent seeking behaviour by
programmers has created dysfunctional and disconnected benefit to the poor masses. Clearly, the persisted
failures of agricultural programmes in Nigeria have revealed the basic weakness of agricultural policies in
Nigeria and the inability of the several administrations in Nigeria to solve the basic and fundamental problems of
agricultural development (Amalu, 1998). A cream of authors (Amalu 1998, Ayoola 2001 and Madukwe 2008)
have also laid the failure on the door-steps of governments for the absence of or weak agricultural policies.
In Nigeria agricultural policies and programmes have undergone changes especially in the postcolonial era.
These changes have been a mere reflection of changes in government or administration (Amalu, 1998). This is
because these policies and programmes vary only in nomenclature and organizational network. They emphasize
almost same objectives like: to provide food for the inhabitants of the nation (food security and sufficiency) and
export excess to other countries and to provide rural dwellers and farmers with extension services, agricultural
support and rural development services etc. Despite all the policies and laudable programmes (Tables 1 and 2)
with challenging themes, Nigeria is yet to achieve food security. Agriculture also continues to suffer from inertia
associated with these policies and programme reformation that pervade Nigeria. To be successful, Nigeria’s
reform and agricultural programmes in particular need to be backed up or initiated through a policy or policies
coupled with increased and better co-ordinated technical and financial assistance. It should also be a programme
selected based on a rational, national and institutional structure that come from a national consensus on how best
to achieve sustainable and equitable rural/ agricultural development. It is against these aforementioned facts that
the study sought to critique agricultural policies and programmes in Nigeria. Specifically it:
described agricultural policies and programmes in Nigeria and
identified gaps in management of agricultural policies and programmes in Nigeria.
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2. Methodology
The study relied on literature to describe historically agricultural policies and programmes/projects in Nigeria
and from this deductions, gaps were drawn.
3. Agricultural policies and programmes in the colonial era.
The potential of agriculture for propelling Nigeria’s economic development was recognized by the colonial
government when policies were put in place to encourage output growth and to extract the surpluses there from
(Aigbokhan, 2001). The predominant theme of development in this period was the surplus extraction philosophy
or policy whereby immense products were generated from the rural areas to satisfy the demand for raw materials
in metropolitan Britain (Ayoola, 2001). This early interest of the extraction policy was on forest resources and
agricultural exports like cocoa, coffee, rubber, groundnut, oil palm etc.
Documented policies of the era and their histories as shown in Table 4 were: Forest Policy (1937), Forest Policy
(1945), Agricultural Policy (1946), Policy for the Marketing of Oils, Oil Seeds and Cotton (1948), Forest Policy
for Western Region (1952), Agricultural Policy (1952), Policy for Natural Resources (undated) and Western
Nigeria Policy of Agricultural and Natural Resources (1959). As can be seen in the table, more than half of
policies in the era focused on forest matters while less emphasis was made on food and animal production. Most
of these policies were made without proper institutional arrangement, programmes, specific projects, strategies,
goals or targets and specific objectives geared towards realization of the dreams of the policies. This can be
proved by the fact that there was only one documented agricultural scheme that evolved towards the end of the
era (early 1960s) termed Farm Settlement Scheme.
3.1.Farm Settlement Scheme (FSS)
This was initiated by some regional governments in Nigeria and was a critical element of Western Nigeria Policy
of Agricultural and Natural Resources of 1959. The main objective of this scheme was to settle young school
leavers in a specified area of land, making farming their career thereby preventing them from moving to the
urban areas in search of white collar jobs. These settled farmers were also to serve as models in good farming
systems for farmers residing in nearby villages to emulate. Unfortunately, the dream of this scheme was not
materialized because some of the settlers were too young and inexperienced in farming thus causing a high
percentage of drop-outs among the settlers (Amalu, 1998). Secondly lack of understanding of the meaning and
implication of the scheme by some settlers who assumed that through their participation in the scheme they
would eventually get paid job. They were discouraged and some withdrew as soon as the allowances were not
given any more. Thirdly, the cost of establishing a viable farm settlement was too high in terms of cash and staff
(Amalu, 1998). Finally, expenses made on the scheme was incurred mainly on installation of infrastructure like
construction of houses, schools, markets, roads etc for the settlers which did not directly bring about increase in
agricultural output by the participants as targeted.
4. Agricultural policies and programmes in post colonial era
4.1. From independence (1 st October 1960) to 15th January 1966.
New policies were formulated in the post independence era to actualize more equitable growth in agriculture.
The earlier surplus extraction policies were quickly translated into the pursuit of an export-led growth (Ayoola,
2001). This led to the demarcation of the country into the Western Region (cocoa), Northern Region (groundnut)
and Eastern Region (oil palm). In this era, there was also an import substitution policy which saw
industrialization as the best strategy to achieve economic growth. It emphasized on establishment of domestic
industries behind tariff and quota barriers. Manufacturing industries were considered as the most appropriate
tool to initiate the process. In this policy, it was hoped that imports would be replaced and internal growth
fostered; and that the costs of the strategy would be mostly borne by the advanced countries supplying the
manufactured consumer goods (Pearce, 1986).
Surprisingly, there was no programme, project or scheme set out to accomplish the goal of these policies as can
be seen in Table2 that no agricultural programme or project emanated within this period. For a policy to have
meaningful impact, it must have strategies (that is programme or project) geared towards accomplishment of
specific objectives and the ultimate goal of the policy.
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4.2. 15TH January 1966 to 29TH May 1999 (military era)
This period is termed military era because apart from Alhaji Shehu Shagari’s civilian administration (lasted
from 1st October 1979 to 31st December 1983) that thrived within this period others were military
administrations. The agricultural policies that existed within this period were Agricultural Policy for Nigeria
1988 (Table2) and Agricultural (Control of Importation 1990) (The Washington Times, 1999). There were also
River Basin Development Decree (Decree 25 of 1976) and Land Use Decree promulgated under the military
regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1978, which was later changed to Land Use Act. The Act aims at
ameliorating the problem of land tenure that existed mainly in Eastern Nigeria. Irrespective of the two policies,
two decrees and an act that existed, several programmes/projects were initiated within this period which include:
4.2.1.National Accelerated Food Production Programme (NAFPP)
National Accelerated Food Production Programme (NAFPP) was an agricultural extension programme initiated
in 1972 by the Federal Department of Agriculture during General Yakubu Gowon’s regime. The programme
focused on bringing about a significant increase in the production of maize, cassava, rice and wheat in the
northern states through subsistent production within a short period of time. The programme was designed to
spread to other states in the country after the pilot stage that was established in Anambra, Imo, Ondo, Oyo,
Ogun, Benue, Plateau and Kano states. Mini –kit, production-kit and mass adoption phases were the three phases
of the programme. Lapses found in the programme included:
Farmers sponsored (financially) the last two phases of the programme. This discouraged some farmers
from participathing in the programme.
Farmers who could not form co-operatives were likely to be left out in the programme since the
programme relied on disbursement of credits and farm inputs through co-operative societies.
Abrupt/premature withdrawal of funding by the Federal Government due to the introduction of another
programme termed Operation Feed the Nation.
Demonstration trials were done on some selected farmers’ plots by the research and extension
personnel which did not give a true/good representation of the outcome of the technology or programme
. In other words, it lacked farmers participation.
4.2.2. Agricultural Development Projects (ADP):
ADP formerly known as Integrated Agricultural Development Projects (IADP) was earlier established in 1974 in
the North East (Funtua), North west (Gusau) and North Central (Gombe) states as pilot schemes. The earlier
impressive result of the programme led to its replication in 1989 to the entire then nineteen states of the
Federation. This approach to agricultural and rural development was based on collaborative efforts and tripartite
arrangement of the federal government, state government and World Bank (Amalu, 1998). Today this has grown
to become the major agricultural and rural development programme existing in states in Nigeria. The important
features of the programme are reliance on the small scale farmers as the main people that will bring about
increase in food production and the feedback information mechanism which is a decentralized decision making
process that allows farm families/households to give their responses to an innovation/technology, incentive,
subsidies etc according to their judgment. The objectives of the programme are to bring about solution to the
decrease found in agricultural productivity by sustaining domestic food supply, through massive infusion of
world bank funds, the ADPs were established to provide extension services, technical input support and rural
infrastructure (Ayoola, 2001) to the farmers/rural dwellers. Some problems that occurred in the course of
executing the projects were; Shortage of fund due to decline in oil prices that started in 1982 which led to delays
in recruiting competent staff and provision or purchasing of materials and facilities needed for the projects take
off. This made implementation much slower than scheduled. Secondly, ADP emphasizes more on modern/ high
input technology like sole cropping while majority of the farmers practiced mixed/relay cropping. There was
also untimeliness of subsidized input supply for the programme. Present problems of ADP include: high
frequency of labour mobility, limited involvement of input agencies, dwindling funding policies and counterpart
funding, intricacies of technology transfer etc.
4.2.3. Operation Feed the Nation (OFN):
This programme evolved on 21st May 1976 under the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo. The
programme was launched in order to bring about increased food production in the entire nation through the
active involvement and participation of everybody in every discipline thereby making every person to be
capable of partly or wholly feeding him or herself. Under this programme every available piece of land in urban,
sub-urban and rural areas was meant to be planted while government provided inputs and subsidies (like
agrochemicals, fertilizers, improved variety of seed/seedlings, day olds chicks, matchets, sickle, hoes etc) freely
to government establishments. Individuals received these inputs at a subsidized rate.
The failure of the programme can be attributed to:
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Farming was done on any available piece of land irrespective of its suitability for agriculture.
Majority of the participants in the programme had little or no farming background and there was no
formal or informal preparatory teaching or advice given to them on how to manage their farms.
They practiced mono cropping instead of mixed/ relay cropping and relied on hired labour to carry
out their farming activities, which resulted in high input and low output /yield per unit of land.
Preference was given to government establishments and individuals in authority/administration
over the poor farmers (real producer of food) in terms of input supply.
There was abundance of food in the market and less demand for the food because many people
produced part or almost whole food they consumed.
There was incidence of endemic poultry diseases especially new castle disease that wiped out the
birds due to lack of quarantine and necessary routine inoculation /vaccination.
4.2.4. River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs).
River Basin Development Decree was promulgated in 1976 to establish eleven River Basin Development
Authorities (RBDAs) (Decree 25 of 1976) (Ayoola, 2001). The initial aim of the authorities was to boost
economic potentials of the existing water bodies particularly irrigation and fishery with hydroelectric power
generation and domestic water supply as secondary objectives. The objective of the programme was later
extended to other areas most importantly to production and rural infrastructural development. Problems found in
the programme were: a number of the authorities grew out of proportion and the operations of some suffered
from intensive political interference. Also ,substantial public funds were wasted to streamline sizes and
functions of RBDAs through the disposal of their non-water assets.
4.2.5. Green Revolution (GR)
Green Revolution (GR) was a programme inaugurated by Shehu Shagari in April 1980. The programme aimed at
increasing production of food and raw materials in order to ensure food security and self sufficiency in basic
staples. Secondly, it aspired to boost production of livestock and fish in order to meet home and export needs and
to expand and diversify the nation’s foreign exchange earnings through production and processing of export
crops. The federal government ensured the success of the programme by providing agrochemicals, improved
seeds/seedlings, irrigation system, machine (mechanization), credit facilities, improved marketing and
favourable pricing policy for the agricultural products. The programme did not achieve its objective of
increasing food supply because there was delay in execution of most of the projects involved in the programme.
There was also no monitoring and evaluation of the projects for which huge sums of money were spent.
4.2.6. Directorate for Food Roads and Rural Infrastructure (DFRRI)
The Directorate was initiated in Nigeria in January 1986 under General Ibrahim Babangida’s administration. It
was a kind of home grown social dimensions of adjustment (SDA) that was embarked upon in most sub Saharan
African countries by the World Bank, African Development Bank and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP). The programme was designed to improve the quality of life (improvement in nutrition,
housing, health, employment, road, water, industrialization etc) and standard/level of living of the rural dwellers
through the use of many resources that exist in the rural areas and mass participation of the rural people.The poor
quality of infrastructures provided by the directorate probably due to embezzlement / mismanagement of fund
made the impact of the programme almost insignificant.However, the directorate has been criticized in the past
for lack of proper focus and programme accountability (Idachaba, 1988).
4.2.7. Better Life Programme (BLP) For Rural Womenj
Better Life Programme (BLP) for rural women was founded in Nigeria by Mrs Maryam Babangida (wife of the
then president of Nigeria) in 1987. The programme aimed at stimulating and motivating rural women towards
achieving better living standards and sensitizing the rest of Nigerians to their problems. Others include; to raise
consciousness about their rights, the availability of opportunities and facilities, their social, political and
economic responsibilities; encourage recreation and enrich family life; and inculcate the spirit of self
development particularly in the fields of education, business, arts, crafts and agriculture (Obasi and Oguche,
1995). Over publicity of the programme was criticized by people who thought that the programme might turn
into a mere fashion parade. Also, cultural and religious inhibition of the muslims that do not allow easy access
to women in ‘purdah’ reduced level of participation and consequently 1ed to low level of benefit accruing from
the programme.
4.2.8 National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA):
This was established in 1992 much more later than the Decree (Land Use Decree, 1978) and Act (Land Use Act
1979). The authority aims at giving strategic public support for land development, assisting and promoting better
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uses of Nigeria’s rural land and their resources, boosting profitable employment opportunities for rural dwellers,
raising the level/standard of living of rural people, targeting and assisting in achieving food security through self
reliance and sufficiency. The land reform act/decree has been criticized most as what highly placed officers used
to usurp land that belonged to poor people.
4.2.9. Family Support Programme (FSP)/ Family Economic Advancement Programme (FEAP)
Family Support Programme (FSP) was initiated in 1994 while FEAP was initiated in 1996 by late General
Abacha and his wife Mrs. Maryam Sani Abacha. This programme culminated in the creation of the Ministry of
Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare
(http;//www.ilo:org/public//english/employment/gems/eeo/program/nigeria/fami.htm). The programme stressed
on areas like health, education, women in development, agriculture, child welfare and youth development,
disability, destitution, income generation as well as facilitating the provision of shelter for the less privileged in
the society from on going housing programme of government. It is unfortunate that these programmes (FSP and
FEAP) died as soon as the administration that initiated them was dethroned thereby limiting their impact on the
women and the masses.
4.2.10. National Fadama Development Project (NFDP)
The first National Fadama Development Project (NFDP-1) was designed in the early 1990s to promote simple
low-cost improved irrigation technology under World Bank financing. The main objective of NFDP- I was to
sustainably increase the incomes of the fadama users through expansion of farm and non-farm activities with
high value-added output (http://www.fadama.org//). The programme covered twelve states of Adamawa, Bauchi,
Gombe, Imo, Kaduna, Kebbi, Lagos, Niger, Ogun Oyo, Taraba including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
NFDP adopted community driven development (CDD) approach with extensive participation of the stakeholders
at early stage of the project. This approach is in line with the policies and development strategies for Nigeria
which emphasize poverty reduction, private sector leadership and beneficiary participation
(http.//www.fadama.org//). Overall appraisal of the first and second phases of the project show remarhkable
success, hence the invention of the current third phase. The problem associated with the project lies on the fact
that unskilled handling of water application through irrigation can degrade and deplete the soil of its productive
capacity (Afolayan, 1997) while environmental impact assessment conducted on behalf of the NFDP showed
that the programme does not pose serious threat to the environment (Agriscope, 2001).
4.3. 29TH May 1999 to date
Since 1999 Nigeria has embarked on an ambitious economic reform program that is yielding impressive results
in budget discipline and implementation. The reform programme is also leading to less waste as many
government benefits are now monetized ( The washington Times, 1999). The thrust of current Nigerian
government policy against poverty is to enable the poor and more vulnerable sections of the society to achieve
sustainable livelihoods ( The washington Times, 1999). Government programmes in the era that are related to
agriculture emphasize poverty alleviation. They include.
4.3.1 National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS).
NEEDS was initiated by Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999. The key elements of this development strategy included
poverty eradication, employment generation, wealth creation and value reorientation. NEEDS provided help to
agriculture, industry, small and medium scale enterprises and oil and gas. It sets up a series of performance
targets that government wanted to achieve by 2007.These include a 6 percent annual growth in agricultural GDP
of US $ 3 billion per year on agricultural exports and 95 percent self sufficiency in food. NEEDS offered farmers
improved irrigation, machinery and crop varieties which would help to boost agricultural productivity and tackle
poverty head on since half of Nigerian’s poor people are engaged in agriculture. Its activity with States’
Economic Empowerment and Development Strategies (SEEDS) would help to implement integrated rural
development programme to stem rural-urban migration. NEEDS differ from other reforms by its
participatory process that will ensure ownership, sustainability, encompassing scope, coordination,
attractiveness, problem solving and achievement oriented. NEEDS/SEEDS process has been commended for
bringing about cordial relationship between federal and state level planning. The plans enumerate strategic roles
for the private sector in agriculture.
4.3.2. National, Special Programme on Food Security (NSPFS)
This Programme was launched in January 2002 in all the thirty six states of the federation during the Olusegun
Obasanjo’s regime. The broad objective of the programme was to increase food production and eliminate rural
poverty. Other specific objectives of the programme were: assisting farmers in increasing their output,
productivity and income; strengthening the effectiveness of research and extension service training and
educating farmers on farm management for effective utilization of resources; supporting governments efforts in
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the promotion of simple technologies for self sufficiency; consolidating initial efforts of the programme on pilot
areas for maximum output and ease of replication; consolidating gain from on-going for continuity of the
programme and consequent termination of external assisted programmes and projects. Setbacks associated with
the programme were seen in the inability of majority of the beneficiaries to repay their loan on time, complexity
and incompatibility of innovation and difficulty in integrating technology into existing production system.
Others include: insufficient knowledge of credit use, poor extension agent- farmer contact, unavailability of
labour to carry out essential farming activities, lack of modern storage facilities and high cost of farm input.
4.3.3. Root And Tuber Expansion Programme (RTEP)
RTEP was launched on 16th April 2003 under Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. It covers 26 states and was
designed to address the problem of food production and rural poverty. At the local farmers level, the programme
hopes to achieve economic growth, improve access of the poor to social services and carry out intervention
measures to protect poor and vulnerable groups. At the national level the programme is designed to achieve food
security and stimulate demand for cheaper staple food such as cassava, gairi, yam, potato etc as against more
expensive carbohydrate such as rice (//E;/presidential Research and communications unit-Government in Action
htm). Small holder farmers with less than two hectares of land per household were the targets of the
programme while special attention is being paid to women who play a significant role in rural food production,
processing and marketing. RTEP also targets at multiplying and introducing improved root and tuber varieties to
about 350,000 farmers in order to increase productivity and income.
5. Gaps identified
5.1. Non interaction between and among stakeholders:
Nigerians have the skills to make policies or initiate programmes and technological choices to achieve the
sustainable development in agriculture. The continued absence of progress in these policies and programmes in
agriculture in Nigeria is the consequence of non-interaction between the government and the various
stakeholders within a particular programme as well as lack of opportunities for decision making and policy
dialogue with other stakeholders. Agriculturists, scientists researchers and more importantly the farmers/rural
dwellers are normally ignored during planning and implementation of agricultural/rural development policies
and programmes. These stakeholders are in a better position to identify the policies and programmes that will be
tailored to the need of the farmers/masses: Their non-participation has led to failure of intervention programmes,
increased poverty and inaccessibility of basic social amenities with dwindling economic fortune.
5.2. Weak agricultural policy:
Agricultural policies are not specific and are handled as cross sectoral policy related to forestry in which
environmental factors also come into play e.g. forest policy (1945). Developed economies have their agricultural
policies spelt out for the masses and the world to know. Also a policy should have strategy, targets, goals,
specific objectives and most importantly programme or projects geared towards accomplishment of the goals.
This is not the case in Nigeria as can be seen that from 1st October 1960 to 15th January 1966, there were several
agricultural policies but no agricultural programme/project to carry out the directives of the policies. Sometimes,
agricultural programmes/projects are not consequences of agricultural policies. For example in the military era
where very few agrijcultural policies, decree and act existed with invention of numerous agricultural
programmes like NAFPP, OFN, ADP, RBDA, GR, DFRRI, BLP, FSP, FEAP and NALDA which was initiated
in 1992 much more later than the decree (1978) and an act (1979) backing it. There is urgent need to reverse this
situation so as to ameliorate the persistent failure of agricultural policies and programmes in Nigeria.
5.3. Role conflict between different programmes and projects:
This may be due to new administration, lack of interest and invention of new policy and programme. There was
role conflict between FSP and FEAP while that of DFRRI and ADP in many states were most pronounced.
Reports has it that DFRRI merely removed the sign post of some ADPS and replace it with its own to lay claim
to the construction of certain rural roads and borehole (Ayoola, 2001). Also before the streamlining of RBDAS
to the original eleven, much resource wastage had occurred in time of role confusion and role conflict with
ADPS as well as inefficient direct production activities.
5.4. Short duration of agricultural policies and programmes:
There has not been continuity of existing programme by incumbent and new administration so that impact of the
policy/programme will be realized. Examples FSP (1994) and FEAP (1996), OFN and RBDAS were initiated
almost the same time (1976) and initiation of NAFPP in 1972, OFN in 1976 and GR in 1980. All these changes
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retard development progress and do not allow the development policies and programmes to fulfill their mission
and mandate to over come the Nigeria food crisis.
5.5. Inconsistency/incompatibility of regional policies/programmes with the national policies/programmes:
It should also be recognized that programme/policy can have different impacts on different people (clientele)
because a given programme/policy has different effects on the various target audience or as a result of existence
of different policies or programme at the same time for example RBDA (1976) and OFN (1976), DFRRI(1986)
and BLP (1987). New policies and programmes should also be consistent, work in harmony and closely with
regional and national policies and programmes. The good rapport /relationship and peaceful atmosphere will
always ensure success of agricultural policies and programme and consequent agricultural development.
5.6. Emphasis on mainly food and animal production:
Agricultural growth and development need diversification into different sectors like manufacturing and services.
Relying exclusively on farm output as most agricultural policies and programmes emphasize means subjecting
the inhabitants of the nation to chronic poverty, marginalization and stagnation. Policies should aim at
mobilizing resources (human and material) with the aim of developing programmes or projects in rural non-farm
employment (like fee fishing, hunting lodges, and growing ornamental plants) and in secondary and tertiary
sectors (like tourism, recreational and environmental services or preservation). Many of these activities that were
previously overlooked and geographically quite dispersed have become true productive links involving agro-
industrial operations, sophisticated system of distribution, communication and packaging.
5.7. Delay, embezzlement, misappropriation and lack of fund to pursue specific policy/programme to an
expected end:
Government may need to channel funds from the informal sector to the formal sector of the economy to make
developed policies and programmes both workable and more effective. As can be seen that abrupt withdrawal of
fund by the government in NAFPP contributed to its failure and lack of fund delayed implementation of ADP
schedule. This problem of lack of fund persist in ADP till today. Misplacement of priority or misdirection of
fund to unnecessary components of agricultural programmes should also be avoided to avoid wastage of resource
that will hamper programme success. For example in FSS where expenses incurred mainly on infrastructure
which did not directly increase agricultural output was one of the problems that led to the failure of the scheme.
5.8. Inadequate virile technical advisory/extension services:
It should be borne in mind that United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) succeeded today because of
their systematically timely technical advisory services provided within the ambit of the university based or Land
Grant colleges of Agriculture. Provision of extension services has been likened to a factor of production in the
sense that it helps in acquisition of entrepreneurial skills by smallholder farmers. It also provides, teaches and
convinces farmers to adopt and diffuse innovation. Its absence in educating participants/beneficiaries on the
meaning and goal of OFN, FSS and BLP contributed immensely to their failure.
5.9. Lack/inadequate monitoring and evaluation of programme/project:
Evaluation is purposely done to determine achievements of rural development programme vis a vis the set
aims/objectives. Evaluation techniques can serve to improve implementation and efficiency of programmes after
interventions have begun, provide evidence as to the cost efficiency and impact of a specific intervention within
and between policy sectors (FAO, 2003). Evaluations especially continuous/on-going and stage by stage
evaluation are important because they expose lapses associated with achievement of programme objectives
thereby affording opportunities for adjustment. Unfortunately importance of monitoring and evaluation have not
gained full recognition in Nigeria. This is evident in GR where there was no monitoring and evaluation of
programme which huge sums of money was spent on executing.
6. Conclusion/Recommendations
Various stakeholders including farmers/rural people should be involved in planning and execution of agricultural
policies and programmes. Also agricultural policy and programme should be open, transparent and must be
framed within a context in which agricultural development policy and programme are national issues that are
based on a consensus broad enough to guarantee continuity and freedom of expression of individuals opinions on
decisions.
Government should promote a virile extension liaison services that is empowered and backed up with adaptive
research and mobile personnel equipped with necessary media facilities and information. This will help to solve
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the problem of misconception of the objectives of the policy/programme by the target audience, relate their
information to and fro the research/government and increase their participation in the programme since they are
in closer contact with this audience and consequently ensure success of the programme.
Programmes should also be monitored and their efficacies evaluated in terms of a specific geographical impact
of that programme. This provides a highly useful approach for gauging the direct and indirect impact of different
programmes and project interacting simultaneously. Policy makers/planners should also identify and evaluate
alternative or different intervention programmes in terms of both their immediate and long term impacts and of
their implications to the communities and society at large.
The philosophy of policy/programme consistency should be adopted in Nigeria.This is the easiest way to
streamline, direct and focus to agricultural development. This philosophy should be a critical issue our future
policies and programmes should address.
Government should provide enabling environment for private sectors involvement in agricultural development
especially in areas like processing, preservation, exportation, tourism, recreational and environmental services.
This will promote agricultural development and project us to the entire world. Our tourist centers like Yankari
games reserve, Obudu cattle Ranch, museums etc can serve this purpose.
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Appendix
Table 1: Nigeria articulation of agricultural policy 1900 to 1989 Official title
Description
1. Forest Policy 1937 Base on proposal of chief conservator of forests after a
forest conference”. The problem of depreciating forest
capital as a result of unregulated exploitation was
addressed.
2. Forest Policy 1945 Revision of 1937 policy: it incorporated the new position
of government that (a) agriculture must take priority over
forestry (b) the satisfaction of the need of people at the
lowest rates (prices) must take precedence over revenue
and (c) maximization of revenue must be compatible with
sustained yield.
3. Agricultural Policy 1946 First all embracing policy statement in respect of
agriculture; Nigeria was demarcated into five agricultural
areas;
(i) Northern provinces pastoral or livestock
production area
(ii) Northern provinces Export crop (groundnut and
cotton) production area
(iii) Middle belt food production area
(iv) Southern provinces Export crop (palm oil and
kernels) production area and
(v) south West food Export (cocoa and palm kernels)
Area.
4. Policy for the marketing of oils. Commodity–specific policy, directed
Oil seeds and cotton 1948 toward stabilizing post-second world war prices in Britain.
5. Forest Policy for Western Region 1952 Territoria policy declared during the trial of the
regionalization concept focused on forest matters.
6. Agricultural Policy 1952 Territorial Policy focused on agricultural matter
for the Western Region
7. Policy for Natural resources Territorial: Eastern Region Resources of forest/ agricultural matters
Eastern Nigeria.
8. Western Nigeria Policy of Agricultural and The farm settlement scheme was the
Natural Resources 1959. critical element
9. Nigeria Agricultural Policy Undated Attempt of the federal Department of Agricultural
planning to assemble numerous policies of federal
government in Agriculture.
10. Agricultural policy for Nigeria 1988 Latest policy statement comprehensive based on
detailed analysis of quantitative targets aims at
self –sufficiency in food and agricultural raw
materials .
SOURCE: Ayoola (2001) Essays on the Agricultural Economy: A Book of Readings on Agricultural
Development Policy and Administration in Nigeria. TMA Publishers Ibadan P. 81.
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Table 2: Typology of agricultural programmes and projects in Nigeria, 1960-1989.
Programme/Project Description
1. Farm settlement (Early, 1960) Initiated in old western Region; aimed at solving
unemployment problem among primary school
leavers. Policy instruments include agricultural
extension cooperative societies, credit facilities.
2. National Accelerated food production
programme (NAFPP) (1972) Aimed at enhancing farmers’ production project
technical efficiency in the production of selected
crop (mostly grains). policy instruments include
subsidy, credit, adaptive research and
demonstration plots.
3. Operation Feed the Nation (OFN)
(21st May 1976) A mass mobilization and mass awareness
programme. Policy instruments include mass
media, centralized input procurement, massive
fertilizer subsidy and imports.
4. River Basin-Development Authorities
(RBDAs) (1976) To tap the potentials of available water bodies;
first 11, then 18 and 11 in number, specific
objectives are irrigation services, fishery
development, control of flood, water pollution
and erosion. Policy instruments include input
distribution credit services, infrastructure
development, manpower development.
5. Agricultural Development projects (ADPS) (1974)
Replication to entire then nineteen states (1989) To enhance the technical and economic efficiency of
small farmers in general. Policy instruments
include rural infrastructure development (feeder
road network, dams. etc). revamped input
delivery system, revitalized agricultural extension
system, autonomous project management,
domestic cum. International capital.
6. Green Revolution (April 1980) To accelerate the achievement of programme and
the agricultural sector objectives. Policy
instrument include food production plan, in put
supply and subsidy, special commodity
development programme, review of Agricultural
credit guarantee scheme, increased resource
allocation to RBDAS etc.
7. Directorate of food, Roads and
Rural Infrastructure (January, 1986) Established to facilitate roads and rural
infrastructure programmes, provision of rural
infrastructure
Source: Ayoola (2001) Essays On The Agricultural Economy: A Book Or Readings On Agricultural
Development Policy And Administration In Nigeria. TMA Publishers Ibadan P. 84.
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