A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN CASSAVA PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING AS A MEANS OF HOUSEHOLD POVERTY STATUS IN NIGERIA ABSTRACT The right to food is a fundamental human right.Yet, millions of people suffer the “ravages of hunger and malnutrition or the consequences of food insecurity” It is no longer just a “moral imperative”, but“survivability […]
Category: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
THE IMPORTANCE AND USEFULNESS OF PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA Pineapple (Ananas comosus) belongs to the family Bromeliaceae. It is a perennial monocotyledonous herb with a terminal inflorescence and fruit. Pineapple is a native of Southern Brazil and Paraguay where wild relatives occur. The crop was spread by the Indians up through to South and Central […]
Nigeria as a tropical country with favorable climate has right condition for agricultural activities to thrive. Geographically, the country occupies a total area of 92.4 million hectares which includes 91.1 million hectares of land and 1.3 million hectares of water bodies. The agricultural area is 83.6 million hectares, which comprises arable land (33.8 percent), permanently […]
Cost efficiency of cassava production in Nigeria ABSTRACT The research study Cost efficiency of cassava production in Nigeria a study of Abia State, Nigeria. Information was gathered from 105 farmers and analyzed to describe the farming systems and the socio-economic characteristics of cassava farmers, estimate the profitability of cassava production, analyze the factors that affect […]
COMMERCIAL BANK CREDIT ON AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Agriculture also called farming or husbandry is the rearing of animals and cultivation of land to produce food, biofuel and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key in the rise of sedentary human civilization, […]
Evaluation Of The Impact Of Deforestation On The Environment CHAPTER ONE/INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND INFORMATION Forests cover almost a third of the earth’s land surface providing many environmental benefits including a major role in the hydrologic cycle, soil conservation, prevention of climate change and preservation of biodiversity. Forest resources can provide long-term national economic benefits. For example, […]
Evaluating the egg quality of chicken at different market source CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY The report of the 4th Food and Agriculture Organization (1973) expert consultation on Animal Genetic Resources presented two important objections concerning the endeavour to improve and conserve the local chicken. The first was as to whether the local […]
THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL LOAN SCHEME TOWARDS THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH ABSTRACT Financing Agriculture has been a disturbing phenomenon for a long period in the Nigerian economy. Various measures were taken by governments of the Federation to help fill the wide gap of the need of financing and the availability of the finance through credit. […]
Influence of agricultural activities as a means of poverty reduction Background of the Study Occurrence of poverty as a phenomenon is not strange but it is the high incidence that is worrisome. Poverty has been a strong development indicator given attention globally, with intent of reducing it to the barest minimum. In economic terms, poverty […]
Time Series Trend Analysis on Nigerian Food Prices using the Box Jenkins ARIMA Model. ABSTRACT The study examined the price trend of some selected food grains in Ogun State, Nigeria, using descriptive statistics, graphical representation and growth model to analyze its dynamic behaviour over the period of 1988-2012. The study was based on secondary data obtained […]