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Effect Of The National Programme On Food Security On Food Production
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5.3 Conclusion and Recommendation
Despite the problems associated with the NPFS, the researcher found that the programme has a significant effect on food production/output. Farmers in the various NPFS demonstration sites have benefitted from the programme and have been able to increase food production/output; as such the effort made by the government through the NPFS is not a wasted one.
Nevertheless, a lot more still needs to be done for the impact of the NPFS to be felt. So as to prevent the fate of other such programmes from befalling it. It is therefore based on this that the researcher makes the following recommendations;
â· The NPFS should be expanded. This should be in the form of establishing more demonstration sites in each state. These sites should be established in farming areas.
â· Intensive seminars and workshops should be organised for farmers on the need for cooperatives. Cooperative education should be imparted on them. This should be targeted at educating the farmers on the benefits of cooperatives.
â· The facilitators of this programme should be motivated.
â· The government should provide subsidies on the farm inputs.
â· More money should be disbursed as credit to the NPFS beneficiaries.
â· Proper monitoring to ensure that the credit given out are channelled into agricultural uses and to make sure that it gets to the targeted people.
â· The NPFS services should be made more accessible and adequate.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThis study was conducted basically to determine the effect of the National Programme on Food Security (NPFS) on output/food product. Its specific objectives include identifying how the NPFS has helped in increasing output and the problems associated with the NPFS. The main instrument for the collection of primary data is the questionnaire. Data were collected from 72 farmers selected through a combination of cluster and random sampling techniques, from a population of about 7290 farmers ... Continue reading---
APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]APPENDIX IQUESTIONNAIRE Dept of Cooperative Economics and Management Nnamdi Azikiwe University ... Continue reading---
APPENDIX B - [ Total Page(s): 1 ] ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLESTable 4.1 Socio-economic characteristics of the farmers Table 4.2 Effect of NPFS on productivity/ outputTable 4.3 Extent of benefit from NPFSTable 4.4 Factors that led to increased output/how farmers have benefitted from NPFSTable 4.5 Support services that NPFS has enhanced farmers’ access to Table 4.6 Level of effectiveness of coop farmingTable 4.7 Problems of cooperative farmingTable 4.8 Adequacy of the NPFS loan/ assistance ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTTitle Page Declaration Certification Approval Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of Content List of Tables Chapter One – Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study 1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.3 Objectives of the Study 1.4 Research Questions 1.5 Statement of Research Hypotheses 1.6 Significance of the Study 1.7 Scope of the ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]The National Programme on Food Security (NPFS) is one of government’s attempts at addressing the issue of food security. Over the years agricultural programmes had centred on the top-down approach which tends to keep the target beneficiaries by the side during the programmes’ planning process.Consequently, such agricultural programmes could not achieve the set objectives and therefore not sustainable. Group formation is thereby encouraged under the NPFS. For this reason cooperative ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 7 ]The report equally identified the following future-related observation about food.1. The absolute level of food production worldwide is rising.2. Despite this, food price has been rising for the last two years.3. Although absolute food production is rising, world population growth is outstripping the increase.4. Measured in terms of days of consumption world grain stock have fallen to half the levels of the mid-1980s and lower than at any time since the 1970s.5. In ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER THREE RESAERCH METHODOLOGY3.1 IntroductionThis chapter is devoted to explaining the method employed by the researcher in carrying out this research work.3.2 Area of the StudyThe study was conducted in Anambra state. Anambra state is in the South East Geo-political zone of Nigeria. Its capital city is Awka. The state has 21 local government areas grouped under 3 senatorial districts, with a population of about 4,182,032, according to the 2006 census figure. The major tribe is ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 10 ]Table 4.7 shows the problems associated with cooperative farming. From the table, lack of cooperative spirit ranked first. Other major problems from the responses are; they are not used to it, lack of members commitment, how to measure each member’s contribution and apportion reward.Table 4.8 shows responses on how adequate the NPFS assistance is. 54.17% respondents said linkage to suppliers of improved input is very adequate, 15.28% that it is adequate while 30.56% are of the view that i ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]BIBLIOGRAPHYAbimboye, D. (2009); A revolution Abandoned. Retrieved October 4, 2009 from http://www.newswatch.ngrAmin, N. (1991); “Peasant Differentiation and Food Security in Zimbabwe.†Working Paper No.2, The Project on African Agriculture. New York: Social Science Research CouncilAjakaiye, M.B. (1987); “Financing Agricultural Programme in Nigeria: The role of the Nigerian Agricultural and Cooperative Bank Limitedâ€. In Okore, Aja and Ijere, M.O (Eds); Readings in Agricul ... Continue reading---
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThis study was conducted basically to determine the effect of the National Programme on Food Security (NPFS) on output/food product. Its specific objectives include identifying how the NPFS has helped in increasing output and the problems associated with the NPFS. The main instrument for the collection of primary data is the questionnaire. Data were collected from 72 farmers selected through a combination of cluster and random sampling techniques, from a population of about 7290 farmers ... Continue reading---