• THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The uniqueness of this research work lies in the decomposition analysis of the concerned problem, though many researches have been conducted in this area but only few had satisfactorily discussed the role of agriculture in poverty alleviation and national development. The paper explicitly observes the role of agriculture in reducing poverty vis-à-vis accelerating economic development. This paper provides further empirical evidence on the effectiveness of agricultural development opportunities in the rural area and their relative sensitivity to agricultural output expansion in Nigeria for the ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Agriculture is the predominant activity in most of the zones in Nigeria, percentage of persons working in agriculture ranges between 24.4 and 85.1 percent across zones in Nigeria. With respect to states, the activity ranges between 2.4 and 91.7 per cent, majority of states having over 50 percent, (CBN,2000).Increases in agricultural output brought about by increase in land and labour productivity, make food cheaper; benefit both rural and urban poor people who spend much of their income on food. Under the right conditions, increase in agricultural productivity causes the incomes of both small ... Continue Reading