AGRICULTURAL FINANCING POLICIES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Christopher C. Eze, J.I. Lemchi, Albert I. Ugochukwu, V.C. Eze, C.A.O. Awulonu and A.X. Okon

No 91677, 84th Annual Conference, March 29-31, 2010, Edinburgh, Scotland from Agricultural Economics Society

Abstract: The study examined the agricultural financing policies of the government of Nigeria and effects on rural development .The study found that though the government has made serious efforts at making good agricultural policies through schemes, programmes and institutions, it has not been able to back them up with adequate budgetary allocation and financing coupled with corruption in the execution of the policies. It is recommended that for the government agricultural financing policies to achieve its target of rural development, Nigeria will need an adequate level of strategically targeted investment in agriculture, upgrade rural infrastructure, boost productivity, and increase competitiveness of the farm output, in addition to fighting corruption.

Keywords: International; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 2010-03-29
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.91677

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