ABSTRACTS FOR VOLUME 4 (1) 2014

Onu, J.O., J.N. Nmadu and L. Tanko: DETERMINANTS OF AWARENESS OF CREDIT PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES AND FARMERS INCOME IN MINNA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA: Pages 1- 11
Abstract: The study analysed the determinants of awareness of credit procurement procedures and farmers income in Minna Metropolis, Niger State.
A total of 90 farmers were randomly sampled from six villages around Minna Metropolis. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from the respondents in the study area.
Descriptive statistics and three stage least square estimate were used to determine the relationship between farmers’ socio economics factors, utilization of credit and total value of output, amount of credit procured and awareness of credit procurement procedures. The result appears to suggest that older farmers are not keen on available agricultural credit and tend to run the farm enterprise as a social enterprise. In view of this, and in order to reposition agriculture, farmers have to be enlightened to run their farm enterprise as a business and procure credit in order to increase the capital investment in the farm enterprise. Read more

ABSTRACTS FOR VOLUME 3(1), 2012

Abiola M. O. and Ada-Okungbowa C. I.: ESTIMATION OF FARMERS’ RESPONSE TO PRICE DYNAMICS IN PARTIAL ADJUSTED AUTOREGRESSIVE AND DISTRIBUTIVE LAGGED MODELS: AN APPLICATION TO RUBBER PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA
Abstract: The study examined the response of rubber output to price dynamics in Nigeria. Secondary data of rubber output in hectares and price for a period of forty four years (1960-2004) from Central Bank of Nigeria and National Bureau of statistics were used for the study. Inferential statistics; partial adjusted autoregressive and distributive lagged models of regression were applied to the secondary data obtained. Read more

ABSTRACTS OF VOLUME 2,

Okuneye, P. A. and Ayinde, I. A.: THE NIGERIAN AGRICULTURAL POLICY INADEQUACY: THE WAY FORWARD
Abstract: This paper x-rays the Nigerian agricultural performance vis-à-vis the different agricultural policies of Federal Government of Nigeria and their performance by juxtaposing them into the different development plan period. The paper further highlighted economic policies complementing (or otherwise) agricultural development over the period and recommended ways of improving existing policies and re-invigorating agricultural development in general. Read more