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| Eze, Christopher C.; Lemchi, J.I.; Ugochukwu, Albert I.; Eze, V.C.; Awulonu, C.A.O.; Okon, A.X.. |
| 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. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural financing; Policies; Institutions; Rural; Development; International Development. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91677 |
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| Ohajianya, D.O.; Ugochukwu, Albert I.. |
| This study determined the factors (related to fixed and variable transaction costs) influencing the decision to participate in sweet potato markets by a random sample of 320 small holder farmers in south eastern Nigeria. Data were collected with structured and validated questionnaire, and analyzed using the ordered probit analysis procedure. Participation decisions revealed that marketing experience, farm size, membership of cooperatives/social organizations, extension contact, farming experience and road conditions to the nearest town had positive relationship with decision to be autarkic other than buyer and to be seller other than autarkic, and were significant at 1% level of probability. The coefficient of age, household size, and output were also... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Ordered probit; Transaction costs; Market participation; Potato; Autarkic; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108936 |
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