AN APPRAISAL OF THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE GROWTH OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF NIGERIA.
ABSTRACT
I will always attribute my success in academics pursuit to God’s guidance and infinite love and must be highly grateful to him for enduring me with the wonderful intuition to write this project.
My gratitude will not fall to go my parents Mr. And Mrs. S.F.C Anierobi for their support connsel and encouragement.
Also my sincere gratitude goes to my project supervisor chief Dave Osuagwu for his advice and time taken to revise all the chapters.
Also my great thanks goes to Austine Anieze Anidobi Ikenna Mr. Ndubusisi Egbuta Mr. Oyedikach Ayiam and to my dearest one Ijeoma Ogbu for their wonderful contribution towards my academic pursuit.
DEDICATION
This work is dedicated to Almighty God for seeing me through this arduous task and for crowing my effort with success.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Cover page Title pageCertification
Acknowledgement
Dedication
Abstract
Table of content
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Objective of the study
1.4 Significance of the study
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Overview of the agriculture sector
2.2 The problems of primary producing countries
2.3 Agricultural finance in Nigeria as a developing nation
2.4 IBRD agriculture financing
2.5 IBRD human development report in Nigeria
2.6 IBRD research development
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
3.2 Sources of secondary data
3.3 Sources of secondary data
3.4 Method of investigation
3.5 Sample used
3.6 Method of analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 Data presentation and analysis
4.2 Presentation of data
4.3 Analysis
CHAPTER FIVE5.1 Findings
5.2 Recommendation
5.3 Conclusion
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In Nigeria agriculture both the main traditional pursuit and key to sustain the growth of the modern economy. Economic growth has gone hand with agricultural progress. Stagnation in agricultural in the principal explanation for poor economic performance, while rising agricultural productivities most important concomitant of successful industrializations among the role conventionally ascribe to agricultural sector in a growing economy are those of
1. Providing adequate food for an increasing population
2. Supplying raw material to a growing industrial sector.
3. Constituting the major source of employment.
4. Earning foreign exchange through commodities expert and;
5. Providing a market for the product of the industrial sector.
Agriculture is thus seen as the backbone of these economies. Nigeria is a predominantly an agricultural economy and as long as he remain so, the future of thus sector in performing it’s role become important in an air rain economy like Nigerian, agricultural policy constitute one of the major mean of available to government for alleviating poverty. Since independence in 1960, the Nigeria government had launched various schemes, programmed and projects, primarily to increase the agricultural output ands improve the well being of the masses most of them did not study the last of time due to poor planning but the world bank assistant interfaced agricultural development projects have been able to survive to data
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The problem of this study is to know how international bank for reconstruction and development is alleviating some contemporary issues on poverty as reviewed by the agricultural development projects system.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objective of the research are:
i. To appraise the agricultural development project system using the with or without approach with the aim of making some suggestions that will enhance and sustain the NDP system as a strategy for developing agricultural in Nigeria.
