» ABSTRACT This study examined and analysed the impact of agriculture on economic growth in Nigeria. It adopted the secondary data sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria covering the period 1985 to 2010. The study employed the modern Time Series of the Ordinary Least Square to test for the relationship …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The term Agriculture is derived from the Latin words, “ager,” meaning field, and “Cultura”, meaning cultivation. This suggests that the earliest form of production agriculture was crop production (Are, Igbokwe, Asadu, Bawa, 2010; …Continue Reading »
» Abstract The study examines the impact of agriculture on economic growth in Nigeria from 1980 to 2014. Agriculture played a dominant role in the economic growth of the country, providing employment opportunity, raw materials for industries and providing foreign exchange earnings for the country. Tho…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Information has shown to be the most basic factor in all aspects of life, particularly in developmental processes. Against this backdrop, agriculture has proven to be an information driven business that depends on an inexhaustible supply of …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Agriculture may be described as the science or practice of farming, which includes the cultivation and manufacturing of raw materials for industries (Harris & Fuller, 2014). Farming is generally recognized as the world's oldest vocatio…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The value and significance of appropriate and timely accessible information in the life and direction of any organization cannot be over stressed, since diligent and objective observation have demonstrated that no individual…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Human migration is the movement of people from one area to another with the purpose of establishing in a new location, either permanently or temporarily (geographic region). Internal migration (inside a single nation) is the most common type of …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The world is rapidly urbanizing, and it has witnessed a tremendous shift of its population from being predominantly rural to predominantly urban in the last two decades (De Sherbinin, 2007). The world’s population is estimated to be 7.01 billion…Continue Reading »
» GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON NON OIL EXPORTS (AGRICULTURE) AND THE GROWTH OF THE NIGERIA ECONOMY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The agricultural sector in Nigeria was a source of foreign prior to the discovery of oil in commercial quantity. Then Nigeria was reckoned with the pr…Continue Reading »
» ROLE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN FINANCING AGRICULTURAL CO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Union Bank of Nigeria Plc was established in 1917 as a colonial Bank with first branch in Lagos. In 1925, Barclays Bank acquired the Colonial Bank, which resulted in the change …Continue Reading »
» THE CONTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES TO FOOD PRODUCTION (A Case Study Selected Agricultural Cooperative Societies In Enugu North Local Government Area, Enugu State) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Agriculture, from the beginning of time, the first concern of m…Continue Reading »
» THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ON THE ECONOMY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Agriculture is the foundation and bedrock upon which the development of stable human community has depended on throughout the whole universe such as rural and urban communities. It i…Continue Reading »
» THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES ON NIGERIAN ECONOMY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Problem Agriculture in the context of the economy is tied with the various sectors and is essential for generating broad based growth necessary for development. Agriculture is fundamental to the …Continue Reading »
