ABSTRACT Nigerian agriculture is currently characterized by low productivity, low level of technological adoption and use of inefficient production techniques. This has resulted to reduced food production. Fishery sector in Nigeria plays an 6 important role in terms of national food security, employment, enterprise development and foreign exchange earning. Increasing efforts to raise the productivity of fishery can be an important measure to address the problem of food insecurity as well as r...
The desire of my students in the University for Development Studies - Ghana, for knowledge and information, and some practical guide to practitioner conduct motivated me to do this paper. 1 start by giving a theoretical exposition to the concept of endogenous develop- ment and link it up with current issues of globalisation and poverty. I briefly dis- cuss ongoing work on among European institutions and professors that suggest shifts in Europe from exogenous to endogenous development. Encoura...
ABSTRACT This study focuses on credit mobilization challenges of credit cooperative societies in Enugu state and its implications for rural development (a case study of selected credit cooperative societies in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State). One hundred and fourteen (114) members of the cooperative societies purposely drawn were sampled for the study. Data were collected mainly through questionnaire while description statistics, frequency percentages were applied in the ana...
Abstract The purpose of the study was to study the role of fisheries' marketing extention on development of nile fisheries' production and marketing for fishermen and merchants in Almorda fish market in Omdurman Locality in Khartoum State. To achieve this purpose adescriptive analytical approach was used to collect the field data. And A systemic random sampling approach was used to select a sample size of 100 Respondents (50 fishermen and 50 merchant( in Almorda Fish Market in Khartoum State...
ABSTRACT Women are responsible for the bulk of agricultural processing activities in rural areas. Dearth of effective processing facilities has limited their productivity, thus predisposing them to low welfare status. Development Partnership in Higher Education (DELPHE) intervention sought to enhance women processors‟ capacity, however, its effect on their welfare status is yet to be ascertained. Therefore, the effects of DELPHE project on welfare status of rural women processors in Oyo an...
ABSTRACT Tenure issues in natural resources management and control limit agricultural enterprise and effective land use. Conflicts arising from land tenure and tree tenure were examined in eight (8) communities across Northern and Southern Nigeria. The research included preliminary surveys, interviews and questionnaires to obtain relevant information on tenure conflict history, agricultural enterprises, resource user groups and rights exercised in land use and management. Root cause analysis ...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out in four villages of Gairo division, Kilosa district, Morogoro Region to assess participation of rural communities in the national poverty reduction strategies. Focus group discussion and structured questionnaire were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics were used to obtain general characteristics of the study population. Bivariate and partial correlations of variables were used to describe the relationship between variables. Chi- square statistic te...
ABSTRACT Food insecurity is relatively high in Singida Region although there has been an influx of development related institutions, some of which deal with food security. The extent to which the two were linked was empirically unknown. Therefore, the research for this thesis was conducted in Iramba and Singida Districts of Singida Region to determine the role of institutions in improving food security. The specific objectives were to: (i) to appraise qualitatively the role of institutions in...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVAL.iiDEDICATION iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS vLIST OF FIGURES ixLIST OF TABLES XABSTRACT xiCHAPTER ONE IINTRODUCTION 11.0 Introduction 11.1 Background of the study 11.2 Statement of the Problem 41.3 Purpose of the study 51.4 Objectives of the study 51.4.1 General objective 61.4.2 Specific objectives 61.5 Research questions 61.6 Research hypothesis 61.7 Scope of the study 71.7.1 Content scope 71.7.2 Geographical scope 7vi1.7.3 Time scope~71....
ABSTRACT The study presents the analysis of the effect of savings and credit facilities to migrants’ and non- migrants’ gendered livelihood options and development of Ilula Emerging Urban Centre (EUC). Specifically, the study aimed at establishing rural-urban migration determinants, identifying and analysing migrants’ and non-migrants livelihood options across different gender groups, and assessing factors influencing household access to savings and credit services and investment decisi...
ABSTRACT This report presents the role of BCU towards agricultural development in the Elgon region. The study was based on three specific objectives; to establish the contribution of cooperative unions towards Agricultural development in region. Determine the challenges faced by cooperative unions in Elgon region. Suggest measures to the challenges faced by cooperative unions in Elgon region. It was based on a descriptive case study design basing on the use of qualitative and quantitative ap...
This study analyzed the long-run impact of world oil prices on agricultural productivity in selected staple crops in Nigeria. The analysis was based on the input and output quantities of the crop sub-sector, which is the dominant sub-sector of agriculture of Nigeria. Secondary data which were sourced from secondary sources such as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) annual statistical bulletin were use...
ABSTRACT There has been an increasing clamour for scraping of the Local Governments since they have failed in their duties as means of bringing development to the rural areas. As a result of negligence on the part of the local government in developing the community, the local people have resorted to self-help development. The study examined whether age-grades have fostered development in Nkanu East Local Government Area or whether lack of funds hinders them from contributing effectively to r...
ABSTRACT The major objective of study was to identify and bring awareness on the role of microfinance institutions to the Rural Socio economic development in Rusizi District Rwanda. By conducting an assessment one can determine the social economic impacts of MFI’s interventions in the area then propose solutions to increasing economic growth, promotion of self dependency, helping the unemployed to generate additional jobs for themselves, This study used correlation analysis. The target popu...
ABSTRACT The research work on “Increasing Agricultural Output Through the Activities of Co-operative Societies in Enugu Stateâ€, using Agricultural Co-operative in Enugu East as a case Study was carried out of survey the part programmes and policies constituted by government to mobilized peasant farmers into agricultural Co-operatives and the functional ones more productive as a way of facilitating the attainment of self sufficiency in agricultural output. The constraint that affe...