ABSTRACT This study examined perceptions of sending communities’ members with regards to causes of out-migration and its effect on agriculture from the perceptions of the non-migrants left behind in migrant sending communities in the Nanumba South District in the Northern Region, Ghana. Many studies in Ghana have focused on the causes and consequences of rural-urban migration in the destination communities without considering how the phenomenon affects the lives of the non-migrants lef...
ABSTRACT Reducing poverty, hunger and illiteracy among rural farmers is a major challenge facing governments, rural development experts and stakeholders. Over 70% of the poor live in rural areas and where 48% of these already live in extreme poverty and hunger. The poor concentrate in the rural communities where agriculture remains the major economic activity. It was the assumption of this study that the basic approach to reducing poverty and hunger among rural farmers is to teach rural farm...
Abstract Internal Savings and Lending Schemes has become very important in global poverty reduction. The popular hypothesis is that by enabling rural poor households access to loans and savings enables poor households begin micro enterprises which would help them improve their income generation and escape poverty eventually. The chief research objective of this dissertation was to examine the role played by internal savings and lending schemes in rural areas, as a way of ensuring sustainable ...
INTRODUCTION The revitalization of the agricultural sector has been the cornerstone of the government development policy. This is aimed at moving the country quickly to self-sufficiency in food production of agricultural raw materials for domestic agro-based industries. The need to increase agricultural productivity is implicit in the fact that It remains the leading non-oil sector of Nigerians population. The main objective of the agricultural policy as laid down by “Agricultural Policy fo...
INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF STUDY Agriculture, from the beginning of time, the first concern of man has been food clothing and shelter in that order. Agriculture being one of the oldest industries, its origin can be traced to the earliest human societies. the existence of man fro the prehistoric era up to the era ancient civilization depended on the ability of the individual to hunt and gather food for consumption. Food was, however the basic source of life which provided him energy...
Abstract: Is Africa capable of feeding itself given the alarming performance and projections shared by international organizations on poverty and food insecurity prevalence in the continent? What seems to be holding back agricultural production in most African countries? This research has sought to answer these questions and has identified that the Agriculture sector will spearhead this transformation since the economic development of most African states is driven by the growth of the sector...
CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYAgriculture is defined as “the cultivation of land for the purpose of producing food for man, feed for animal and fibre or raw material for industrial companies. It also includes the processing marketing of crops. In other words, it embraces all activities involved in the primary and controlled production of plant and animals, such as fishing, forestry, farming, livestock, poultry and small scale industries connected with processin...
Agriculture accounts for a lot of land use in most of the developing countries; hence it is probably the single most powerful influence on environmental quality. Agriculture remains the principal livelihood of the rural poor (Malik, 1999). Agriculture has been the backbone of the Ghanaian economy. Agriculture is very vital to society. It helps to alleviate poverty, provide food security and economic growth. It is the backbone of many African economies especially Ghana (World Development ...
ABSTRACTIn this abstract the effect of loan recovery on the performance of Nigeria agricultural cooperative and rural development bank (NARCRDB) is the topic and also the objective of the study includes how the scale farmers dwelled with Nigerian agricultural and rural development bank and also to know how the farmers finance their farming. More also, the objective of the study touches the loan given to the farmers is adequate or not. In conclusion, non recovery of agriculture loan are caused...
Abstract the study was about the problems of improving agricultural technology in peasantry societies in uganda; a case study of Ngetta sub county, lira district. The study was based on the following three objectives; to establish modernisation strategies of improving agricultural technology in peasantry societies, to establish the problems affecting modernisation strategy in peasantry societies and to examine the relationship between agriculture modernisation and food production in peasantry...
ABSTRACT This study constitutes an analysis of the implication of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture and trade liberalization on food security and realization of the right to adequate food in Uganda. The research was intended amogest other things to establish whether the implementation of the agreement on agriculture (AOA) has facilitated the the achievement for greater food security and promotion of the right to adequate food in Uganda. The promised market access und...
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 Rural District. It focuses on the forms and extent of community participation in policy-making concerning agriculture in Morogoro, to further assess the effects of participation towards implementation of these agricultural policies. The main objective of this stud...
ABSTRACT Youths constitute a formidable force in the agricultural production process, constituting a sizeable proportion of the workforce especially in the rural areas. While their contribution towards attaining food security cannot be underestimated yet their apparent lukewarm attitude towards agriculture is a source of concern. Majority of agricultural policies and programmes formulated in Nigeria do not consider stirring up the interests of youth, this has also made youths to seek employme...
ABSTRACT The study is aimed at examine the role of bank in the financing of agricultural production with a view of determining the part played by the Nigeria agricultural and rural development bank NACRDB as the apex agricultural lending institution in the state. The researcher aimed to examine the nature of problems inherent such as illiteracy, loan default, loan diversion, poor repayment, natural deserter etc. the general objectives of the study is to determine the contributions of (NACRDB...
ABSTRACT The study is aimed at examine the role of bank in the financing of agricultural production with a view of determining the part played by the Nigeria agricultural and rural development bank NACRDB as the apex agricultural lending institution in the state. The researcher aimed to examine the nature of problems inherent such as illiteracy, loan default, loan diversion, poor repayment, natural deserter etc. the general objectives of the study is to determine the contributions of (NACRDB...