THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL REFORM POLICY ON PRODUCTIVITY IN NASARAWA STATE: A CASE STUDY OF NASARAWA AND DOMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA. 2007 – 2015
| dc.contributor.author | Nweke, Sunday | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-11T13:56:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-11T13:56:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-03-13 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This research work assesses the impact of government reform policy on productivity in Nasarawa state. This study covered the key issues on Nasarawa state agricultural policy especially as it concerned the formulation and implementation of agricultural policies and programmes as well as their achievements in the agricultural sector. The study contends that government policies over the years recorded partial success going by the fact that the state still have problems of food security, low level earning from the agricultural and decline in state GDP. The date used in this study was collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary method or source of data collection includes the use of research instrument such as questionnaire, observation and interview method. Some questions were asked as a guide to the respondents in order to elicit firsthand information on the subject matter. The questionnaire contained twenty-eight structural question designed closed ended style. In addition, the questionnaire was validated and administered accordingly. Secondary source of data collection on the other hand includes textbooks, journals, government documents, and internet materials. The study formulated research proposition to guide the data analysis using simple percentage for data analysis. Finding from the study revealed that; agricultural policies are not supported with adequate database at the stage of policy formulation by policy makers; there are implementation problems that affect agricultural policies and effort in achieving their intended goals; the provision of agricultural micro-credits are still very insufficient to farmers especially those at rural area; there are implementation leakages which divert benefits to unintended beneficiaries especially those outside agricultural dominated activities. Based on these finding, we recommended that database management system should be established by the state government to ascertain the numbers of farmers in the state as this will guide policy formulation and implementation, the formulation of agricultural policies should endeavor to adequate put into consideration rural farmers that dominated farming activities in the state. Also, the implementation strategies should be broadened to surmount some implementation challenges that affect the achievements of goals and objectives of agricultural in Nasarawa state. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/2956 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Agricultural Economics, and Extension, Nasarawa State University Keffi. | en_US |
| dc.title | THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL REFORM POLICY ON PRODUCTIVITY IN NASARAWA STATE: A CASE STUDY OF NASARAWA AND DOMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA. 2007 – 2015 | en_US |
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