Nigeria is a country with rich natural and material resources. However the ability to harness these resources effectively and efficiently in a way that the food needs of its citizens are met has always and is still a major ...

The study investigated the effect of institutional credit on income of small-scale rubber farmers in Edo State, Nigeria. Agricultural credit programmes designed and implemented in the country are at variance with the ...

This study concerns with the issue of resource use efficiency in rice production in Ogbomoso, Agricultural zone, Oyo State of Nigeria. The objectives are to examine factors affecting rice production for the farmers. Primary ...

This study was designed to investigate loan repayment amongst beneficiaries of the National Directorate of Employment (N. D. E.) Agricultural Programme in Ondo State in order to know the repayment ability of the respondents. ...

Rice (Oriza sativa) is one of the food crops by which successive Nigerian governments had desired to boost food production since the early 1970s without much progress. Thus, this study examined the socio-economic characteristics ...

This study appraised the small ruminant credit programme of the National Livestock Project Division (NLPD) in Ekiti and Ondo States. The study examined the relationship of NLPD small ruminant farmers' stock and loan sizes ...

The broad objective of this study has been to provide information on the acquisition and utilization of agrochemicals by small scale farmers in Ondo State. To achieve this objective a sample of 160 farmers was drawn and ...

The main objective of the study was to determine the causes of declining prices of gum Arabic from Nigeria at international market. The study thus revealed that there were five main constraints facing gum Arabic marketing ...

The need to look into our agricultural sector at disaggregated level has motivated this study to assess the technical efficiency and net returns of intermediate technology method of palm oil extraction. Specifically, the ...

The study examines credit utilization among cassava farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Agricultural credit programmes designed and implemented in the country are at variance with the objectives. Multistage sampling technique ...