This study analyzed the effects of government
agricultural reforms on Nigeria’s Agricultural Development with the specific
objectives of assessing agricultural programmes and policies in Nigeria,
identifying the challenges impeding the implementation of these programmes,
determining the contribution of agriculture to the country’s economy over the
last three decades (1980-2018), examining the trend in agriculture budgetary
allocation over the last three decades (1980-2018) and proffer possible
solutions and way forward. The research is largely qualitative and empirical in
nature. Data for the study were obtained through secondary source. Findings
showed that little in terms of policy guidelines have been formulated to
achieve the objectives of effective agricultural policies and programmes in the
country over the years. Also, agricultural contribution percentage to overall
Gross Domestic Product over the last three decades has not been stable whatsoever,
high contribution to the country’s GDP was only occurred in the second year of
the last millennium (2002, 36.965%) and since then, except for the fairly
significant shoot-up in 2009 (26.75%), percentage agricultural contribution to
Gross Domestic Product has not been predominantly prominent over the years.
Also, dormancy was discovered in the sector between 1980 and 1999 but
significant government contribution to agricultural capital expenditure from
2002 till present was noticed. Nevertheless, it was glaring that the growth in
the sector has not been significantly constant and sustainable over the years
under review. This research has concluded that the effect of various reforms
and programmes on the agricultural sector has been unsatisfactory in view of
the importance of that sector to the growth and development of the nation. It
was then recommended that there should be policy consistency to ensure
continuity, programmes and policies should be monitored, reviewed and modified
according to circumstances and time geographically so as to improve on its
shortcomings. To this end, government budgetary allocation to the agricultural
sector should be consistently increased and infrastructural facilities provided
in the rural areas to ameliorate the problems of food insecurity, hunger and
poverty in Nigeria.
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Hassan, Gbelekale. "A REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES IN NIGERIA" Afribary.com (2019). Accessed December 07, 2019. https://afribary.com/works/a-review-of-agricultural-programmes-and-policies-in-nigeria