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The Contributions Of Agriculture To Rural Development
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There are also other problems that face agriculture already. These
problems lies in the traditional and subsistence system of agriculture.
Production techniques are poor and there are few applications of
fertilizers and insecticides.
Many efforts and contributions have
been made to improve agriculture and the production of agricultural
products in this country particularly in Udi Local Government Area. As
part of its contribution in finding solutions to the problems of Nigeria
Agriculture, the Societe General Bank of Nigeria Limited organized
three symposia in October 1984. The symposia served as forums for
bringing together participants from the public and private sectors
including farmers, industrialists, government officials and researcher.
This
was held at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture Ibadan
on 16th and 17th October, 1984, while the second symposium took place
at Durabar Hotel Kaduna on 22nd and 23rd October 1984. The third
symposium was held in Lagos at the Nigeria Institute of International
Affairs on 25th and 26th October 1984.
The Ministry of Agriculture
also arranged for effecting the collecting of agrometerological data to
ensure successful timing of agricultural activities. The ministry
established Young Farmers Club (YFC) to encourage youths under twenty
five years to farm in their localities.
Other programmes had been
mapped out towards achieving self sufficiency in food production, such
programmes included the Operation Feed Nation (OFN), Green Revolution,
Agricultural Development Project (ADP), MOSA etc. Again, the
introduction of Better Life for rural women from rural to urban centres
in search of white collar jobs. Again in the introduction of the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) in 1960, agriculture was responsible for 63% of
it. The major components of GDP being agriculture, mining, electricity,
manufacturing etc.
All these efforts by the Ministry has made agriculture to be very important for the provision of most human needs.
For clarity purpose, it will be important to give a vivid description of the geographical background of the study area Udi.
Udi
is a Local Government Area in Enugu States. It is bounded by some
local government areas such as Ezeagu, Oji River, Nkanu, Enugu North and
Awgu. It is a very populous local government area made up of about 19
towns.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM:
One of the major problems
facing rural areas, both in Nigeria and other underdeveloped countries
of the world, is the rural to urban migration. As young and energetic
men and women migrate to the urban areas, the rural areas instead of
developing tend to slide more and more into underdevelopment. Various
government and agencies have been endeavouring in one way or the other
to develop the rural areas of Nigeria, especially Udi Local Government
Area which is the focus of this research. These include the provision
of electricity, pipe borne water supply, access roads, etc. However,
these measures have not fully stemmed the rural urban migration and the
continuing decline of rural areas.
One of the major areas which I
feel the government has not fully explored is the function which
agriculture can play in enhancing rural development.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]For the purpose of this research work, an opinion survey was made using oral interview and author - constructed questionnaire to examine “the contributions of agriculture to rural development†using Udi Local Government Area of Enugu as a case study.The researchers relied on data collected from seventy-five (75) respondents who were agricultural concerned persons.To guide the research, the above opinions were gathered and analysed/interpreted, analysis of data revealed agriculture ... Continue reading---
