Fertilizer Policy, Governance, and Agricultural Transformation in Nigeria: A Review of Political Economy from Historical Perspectives

Olaoye, Ibukun James; Ayinde, Opeyemi Eyitayo; Adewumi, Matthew Olaniyi; Alani, Ezekiel Ayinde; Babatunde, R. O.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38922-2_24

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“…Reiteratively, literature has advocated that the government policy should effectively and efficiently fosters the agricultural sector value chain and extension services especially among smallholder farmers partaking in cocoa, palm tree and cassava plantations in the country [81][82]. In so doing, other studies have noted that youth participation in agricultural transformation by fostering policy that would boost the agricultural production in the country become very significant [83][84]. Thus, it is through this support that the government can actually prepare for socio-economic development in the country.…”

Section: Cocoa Palm Tree and Cassava Plantations For Socio-economic D...mentioning

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Cocoa, Palm Tree, and Cassava Plantations among Smallholder Farmers: Toward Policy and Technological Efficiencies for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development in Southern Nigeria

Amuda,

Alabdulrahman

2024

Sustainability

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This study is basically and centrally focused on the review of the extant literature in exploring the challenge of the under-utilization of natural fertile land for the cultivation and farming of different crops such as cocoa, palm tree, and cassava, which remain an important sector of the economy for sustainable socio-economic development in the southern part of Nigeria. The review of the cursory literature is necessary to bridge the gap in the existing body of knowledge, especially by addressing the less attention paid to exploring the non-oil sector of the economy such as cocoa, palm tree, and cassava as well as connecting policy and agro-technology to maximize agricultural productivity for the purpose of sustainable socio-economic development. The primary objective of this study is to explore cocoa, palm tree, and cassava plantations among smallholder farmers in order to enhance sustainable socio-economic development in the country. The methodology used in this study is a systematic literature review (SLR) cum content analysis (CA) of secondary sources or relevant literature whereby six themes were generated and analyzed. A consistent approach was used in order to establish exhaustive searching strategies and single-line search strategies such as using field codes and parentheses as part of a systematic literature review. The results indicated that smallholder farmers have been actively partaking in cocoa plantation, and the government has been supportive of them in this regard in order to achieve sustainable socio-economic development. In addition, agricultural transformation contributes to economic diversification through innovative policy and capacity building among cocoa, palm tree, and cassava farmers in the country, which culminates in improving the overall welfare of the smallholder farmers in attaining sustainable socio-economic development. In conclusion, it is noteworthy to say that giving support, especially cocoa, palm tree, and cassava seedlings, to smallholder farmers can be instrumental in bridging the vacuum created by poverty and unemployment which could be regarded as mechanisms for attaining sustainable development. The importance of the study was manifested in the practical aspect of giving concrete support to the smallholder farmers, and the innovativeness of the study is reflected in the advocacy for the efficiencies and effectiveness of agricultural policy and technology integration into the sector. It is therefore suggested that interventions of individual philanthropists, government, and international communities will boost the morale and resilience of the farmers toward enhancing cocoa, palm tree, and cassava production in order to enhance sustainable socio-economic development among smallholder farmers in particular and to maximize national economy growth in general.

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Section: Cocoa Palm Tree and Cassava Plantations For Socio-economic D...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Cocoa, Palm Tree, and Cassava Plantations among Smallholder Farmers: Toward Policy and Technological Efficiencies for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development in Southern Nigeria

Amuda,

Alabdulrahman

2024

Sustainability

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“…Through the famous maxim of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart (1958), Bates' When Things Fell Apart (2008) argued that the plunged of Africa during the period of madness and systemic Nigeria's extraversion provides continued dependency incentive. Nigeria's political-economic relations with existing and emerging external actors (including China's scramble for resources and market) inadvertently pitted forces of reforms and accountability against impunity (Carmody 2016;Yahya 2007;Jedlowski 2017;Rufa'I 2021;Maier 2022;Wojuade 2019;Olaye et al 2020;Milliot 2021;Nwalozie 2020;Walker 2016;Verjee and Kwaja 2021). Nevertheless, the blindspot of Nigerian policymakers is unwillingly contextualising the critical ramifications of 'becoming a security threat' is further exacerbated by preordained despotic structures of gatekeepers' brinkmanship games.…”

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The Politics of Regional Security Threat in Nigeria

Sule

Ibrahim²,

Adamu

2022

SINERGI

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The study is an examination of the politicisation of security threats regionally in Nigeria, where all the six geo-political zones are currently involved in one form of security threat or the other, and the overall effect is a threat to national security and continuous co-existence. Nation-states strive to protect their territory by taking diligent care of security threats. One territory that failed to take adequate care of its political and socioeconomic security threats in Nigeria and that has manifested in the debilitating national and regional security threats that it is currently facing, which threaten to collapse the country. This study investigated how security issues are politicised regionally in Nigeria, where the six geopolitical zones in the country are all beleaguered with variant trends of insecurity ranging from Niger Delta militants to Boko Haram insurgents, farmers-herders clashes, rural banditry, and kidnapping, IPOB secessionist agitators and Igboho's separatist movement. The study used a qualitative case study approach where data were derived from both primary and secondary sources. The primary source was the specialised interview with identified relevant informants, while the secondary source consisted of documented materials. The data obtained were analytically coded, discussed and interpreted using content analysis. The study discovered that Nigeria is in a 'Hobbesian Warre of all against all' with all the six geopolitical zones involved in one form of guerrilla warfare or the other and the nature of the threats are different in some instances, state failure while in other cases, politicised. The study recommends among others, that the Nigerian State must approach all the regional security threats with a decisive action to avoid the collapse of the remnants of the state apparatus.

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Welfare benefits associated with access to agricultural extension services in Nigeria

Aremu,

Reynolds

2024

Food Sec.

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Fertilizer Policy, Governance, and Agricultural Transformation in Nigeria: A Review of Political Economy from Historical Perspectives

Cited by 4 publications

References 29 publications

Cocoa, Palm Tree, and Cassava Plantations among Smallholder Farmers: Toward Policy and Technological Efficiencies for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development in Southern Nigeria

Cocoa, Palm Tree, and Cassava Plantations among Smallholder Farmers: Toward Policy and Technological Efficiencies for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development in Southern Nigeria

The Politics of Regional Security Threat in Nigeria

Welfare benefits associated with access to agricultural extension services in Nigeria

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