The Impact Of Agricultural Production On Economic Growth Of Nigeria

The research project the impact of agricultural production on economic growth of Nigeria. The objective of this study aimed at examining the extent of progressive impact of agricultural production to the state of economic growth of Nigeria, examining the barriers to the agricultural production for the economic growth in Nigeria and identifying the levels of intervention by government to improve the GDP by the growth of agricultural production. For this study, the survey research design was adopted. The choice of the design was informed by the objectives of the study as outlined in chapter one. 

This research design provides a quickly efficient and accurate means of assessing information about a population of interest. The population for this study were residents in Makurdi, Benue state, Nigeria. A total of 134 respondents were selected from the population figure out of which the sample size was determined. Increasing in agricultural productivities promoted economic growth in the study area and Nigeria at large. 

The result of the finding shows that majority of the people in the study area are farmers and cereal crop production is the major farm product practice in the area. The result of the analysis also revealed that people participate in agriculture activities in order to earn money. Equally, the study revealed that government participated immensely in the development of agricultural activities through donation of farm equipment and fertilizer to the farmers and also micro finance activities in granting farm loan to farmers cannot be over emphasizer. Also, we were able to discover that the only way to boost agricultural output is by developing the sectors.