This study focused on agricultural change among the Keiyo of Elgeyo-Marakwet County in the period between 1894- 1990. It examined the pre-colonial era in order to determine the Keiyo people’s knowledge about their agriculture and to help bring out the changes that came in with the advent of colonialism. The study examines how the capitalist economy established by British colonialism altered the pre-existing modes and relations of production in Keiyo. By analyzing the changes that trans...
ABSTRACT The 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 guest to achieve self sufficiency in food production which is the greatest and highest priority area facing most of the world’s people today. Apart from the role of oil economy today, agriculture still remains the major stay of the Nigeria Economy as it provide...
ABSTRACT This research work scrutinized the impact of managing rural development through industrialization. Rural Development Management of the developmental objective is concerned, particularly in enhancing the organizational productivity. In order to achieve the objectives rural dwellers must be willing to offer their time towards the protection of the developmental projects which will help to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the rural people or settlers. Development in the ru...
Abstract: Rural farm households face an increasing challenge looking for alternative income sources to supplement their small scale agricultural activities. To this end, this paper examines the determinants of income diversification among rural households using cross sectional data collected from Tulo District of Western Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia. Both primary and secondary data were collected from different sources. The data were obtained from 120 sample household heads that were selected thr...
Abstract This study was designed to determine the effect of language of instruction on pupils’ academic achievement and interest in Agriculture in primary schools. The study adopted a pretest, posttest, non-equivalent control group, quasi-experimental research design which involved groups of pupils in their intact classes assigned to experimental and control groups. The population for the study was 17,542 primary five pupils in Owerri Education Zone of Imo State out of which 145 pupils wer...
ABSTRACT This study looked into the impact of government agricultural expenditure on economic growth in Nigeria. Time series data were gathered from secondary sources on real GDP, government agricultural expenditure, agricultural output and agricultural credit from the CBN statistical bulletin covering the period between 1981 and 2019. Econometric methods such as Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test, Johansen Co-integration test, Ordinary Least Squares method and Granger Causality tests wer...
ABSTRACT This study was to investigate the problems of transforming pastoralist societies into modem agricultural societies in the Amudat district. The research objectives were to find out the ways of transforming a pastoralist society into a modem society in the Amudat district, to establish ways of transforming the pastoralist lifestyle of Amudat residents into a modem agricultural society, and to determine the challenges of transforming a pastoral society into a modem agricultural society ...
ABSTRACT This project is seriously discussing the function and the role of which the community bank played in Economic development in Nigeria. The project is specifically subdivided in to three major chapters. These chapters bell the roles and subdivided the role of which they played. For instance the chapter one discuss the introduction and background of his story which discuss about the history of community bank and how the community banks are being operated. Chapter two continues...
CHAPTER 1 Poultry Farming is the commercial raising of chickens, fowl, turkeys, geese, and ducks for their meat and eggs. The birds are kept intensively in a confined area where they are fed and managed carefully. Their economic significance varies considerably around the world. Poultry farming m Nigeria is a very economically and commercially viable business due to the fact that poultry birds do not jusl serve as meat, but also produce eggs for human consumption and other purposes. Al most ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to evaluate Senior High School students’ perceptions on the studying of Agriculture Science subject in the Akuapem North District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design using questionnaires as the main data collection instrument. Data were provided by 203 students who were purposively sampled from 4,045 Senior High School students in the district. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics aided by the Stati...
ABSTRACT The project examines factors influencing women's participation m agricultural production: evidence from small-scale farmers in Ekiti state, Nigeria. This project provides evidence that women play a significant role in agriculture through their influential participation. Multistage sampling technique was used for the selection of the 100 respondents used for this project through the help of Agricultural Development Programme Offices in Ado, Ikere and Ikole in Ekiti State. Both the p...
ABSTRACT Ghana has abundant viable land and a reasonably well educated population that can support different types of agriculture including crop production and animal husbandry. Unfortunately, in the last several years, the agricultural sector has been performing poorly and poultry production has suffered from liberal trade policies that have exposed it to competition from imported products, forcing an almost exclusive focus on egg instead of meat production. At the birth of the country, the ...
ABSTRACT This work examines the access and use of information communication technologies (ICT) among rural farmers in Enugu State. It is the contention of this study that there is a lacuna between access and usage of ICT among the rural farmers in Enugu state and generally in Nigeria. This study applauds the impact of ICT in enhancing the agricultural productivity in Nigeria especially as it concerns the rural communities. However, this work is designed to ascertain types of ICTs available t...
TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS 1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 1.6 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 1.7 DEFINITION OF THE TERMS CHAPTER TWO 2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE INTRODUCTION 2.1 DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS 2.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF COMMUNITY BANKING IN NIGERIA 2.3 THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMUNITY BANKS 2.4 THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY BANKS IN RURA...
Abstract: Dairy production is an integral part of rural livelihoods in Ethiopia in general and in Ada’a woreda in particular. Farming households in the study area produce milk for both generating income and own production. But lack of information related to dairy production and marketing is one of the major challenges for this smallholder farmers. Understanding the reasons behind such problem and dairy farmers’ current information accessibility is paramount importance. This study was con...