Abstract Community Participation plays a vital role in the development of a society. This study attempts to assess the extent to which community Participation has contributed to the implementation of agricultural policy in Morogoro RuralDistrict. It focuses on the forms and extent of community participation in policy making, to further assess the effects of Patricipation towards the implementation of these agricultural policies. The main objective of this study was to assess community part...
This study examined the effect of government expenditure on economic growth and development inNigeria for the period of 1990–2012. Time series data for twenty-two years were sourced from secondary data such as the CBN statistical bulletin and other relevant publications using the desk survey method. Ordinary Least Square (OLS) multiple regression technique was used to estimate theeffect of government expenditure on economic growth and development in Nigeria. Gross DomesticProduct, proxy for...
ABSTRACT Food security is an essential element of household well-being in a sustainable livelihood. This paper seeks to provide support for investing in smallholder agriculture to achieve food and nutrition security among food insecure households in Nigeria. The paper points to the importance of smallholder agricultural production and development policies in combating vulnerability to food insecurity. It uses literatures from various sources to explore the extent of vulnerability to food an...
Abstract Kenya’s Vision 2030 identifies agriculture as one of the key sectors to deliver sustainable economic growth and improved livelihoods for the poor in the rural areas. However, the sector continues to face several endemic and emerging constraints that require special attention. During the first two decades after independence, Kenya’s economy grew at an average rate of 6 percent per year and this was substantially driven by a robust agriculture sector. However, until about five yea...
ABSTRACT This research work assesses the impact of agricultural policies on Nigerian economy. The study covered the key issues on Nigerian agricultural policies especially as it concerned the formulation and implementation of agricultural policies and programmes as well as their achievements in the agricultural sector in Nigeria. The study contends that government’s agricultural policies over the years in Nigeria recorded partial success going by the fact the country still face problems of ...
ABSTRACT This project was a through research into the role of community banking in the economic development of Nigeria. Its cardinality is to investigate the performance of community banks and to what extend they her contributed in the economic development of Nigeria especially in these rural areas they was established. It also endeavoured to verify empirically the prudent management of these community barite and profer suggestions on how improvements can be made to ensure the envision...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVALDEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivABSTRACTLIST OF ACRONYMSLIST OF TABLESLIST OF FIGURES xiiCHAPTER ONE 11.0 Introduction 11.1 Background i1.2 Statement ofthe problem 51.3 General objective 51 .4 Specific objective 51.5 Research questions sCHAPTER TWO 72.0 Literature review 72.lDeflnition of terms 72.2 The concept of Subsistence Agriculture 72.2.1 Types of Subsistence Agriculture 82.3 The concept of Wetland conservation 112.3.1 Wet land functions 112.4 Effects of ...
ABSTRACT This research work, the developmental impact of rural banking in Nigeria, a case study of United Bank of Africa (UBA) PLC Agbani Road Branch, Enugu was carried out to measure to what extent the rural commercial banks have been able to involve the inhabitant of the rural areas in economic activities and how successful the bank are measuring up with their major aim of existence. Sequel to this, the researcher employed a population size of 25 staffs of United Bank of African PLC, Ag...
ABSRACT Kenya‟s economy is heavily dependent on the performance of agriculture which provides the basis for the development of other sectors. However, the performance of many agricultural projects in Kenya is still being challenged in the sense that some projects remain stalled while others get completed late with low returns. Previous studies have dwelt on isolated cases of project management like market access in the agriculture sector, Information access using mobile and M&E in projects....
Abstract: Agriculture remains the leading sector for economic development in Ethiopia. Recently, there has been a shift toward sustainable agricultural intensification practices and investigating eco-efficiency at the farm level, which promotes economic development, environmental improvements, and sustainable developments simultaneously. Within this framework, this study was meant to investigate the adoption, eco-efficiency and impacts of sustainable agricultural intensification practices (S...
ABSTRACTThe object of this study is to determine the vital role played by commercial banks in Agricultural financing in Enugu State, which has been a major handicap to Agricultural Development today.The study arose from the fact the question to achieve self sufficiency in food produce is one of the highest priority areas facing most of the world’s people todayChapter one deals with statement of the problems, introduction, purpose and significant of the study, scope mid limitation of the stu...
PROPOSAL This research work is carried out on the contribution of Commercial Bank towards development of Agricultural sector in Nigeria. The work is the divided in to five chapters each. Dealing with a unique aspect of the study leading to the other looked at the managerial manner. Chapter one deals with the statement of the problem, objective of the study, significant of the study, scope and limitation of the study, Research methodology, plan of the study, Definition o...
Abstract The study set out to examine the extent of the coverage given by the mass media to women in agriculture and agribusiness in view of statistics indicating that women constitute an overwhelming proportion of the people in that sector. Based in Nigeria, the study analysed the content of 282 stories on the agricultural pages of two selected national newspapers, 187 pictures illustrating some of the stories and 48 agricultural broadcasts from two radio stations. The study revealed that t...
ABSTRACT Economic and social development in Enugu State, required the expansion and relationship of production and the alternation of their structures, mainly in agriculture trade and commerce. Employment in rural areas of Enugu state must be increased to raise individual income. Capital investment are as well necessary but would only be productive if the corresponding quality to human resources are present. During this research study, therefore we are going to review a critical ana...
ABSTRACT Productivity growth in an economy is important because it is an essential source of overall growth. The study evaluates the total factor productivity growth in agricultural sector of West African countries between 1961-2000 and also determined the technological change and technical efficiency change within the period. The study used data from the FAOSTAT Database of the FAO. The data were analysed using stochastic frontier production function. The results reve...