Impact of the National Special Programme for Food Security on Livestock Farmers in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State

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dc.contributor.authorORUCHE, EUCHARIA NDIDI
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-04T10:47:24Z
dc.date.available2014-03-04T10:47:24Z
dc.date.issued2011-06
dc.descriptionA Thesis submitted to the School of Post Graduate Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of M.Sc. degree in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Faculty of Agriculture Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was designed to assess the impact of the National Special Programme for Food Security on livestock farmers in Ideato south Local Government Area, Imo State. A sample frame of 1200 farmers was selected out of which 120 livestock farmers randomly selected from six villages. Sixty participating farmers from three villages where the NSPFS programme was implemented were interviewed to examine their socioeconomic characteristics, level of living, level of awareness, adoption level and income level. The other sixty non participant farmers from the remaining three villages where National Special Programme for Food Security (NSPFS) was not implemented were also interviewed. Data were generated from both participants and non-participants farmers through the use of a questionnaire and the data were analysed by the use of descriptive statistics and T-test statistics. Seventy percent of the farmers were males and about 50 percent were between 51 and 60 years. The study showed that there were significant differences between income, livestock production and level of living of participant and nonparticipant farmers. The null hypotheses were therefore, rejected, since the calculated T-test of 3.4, 2.7, and 10.4, respectively were outside the acceptance region of 1.96. More than 80 percent of the participant farmers claimed that they adopted the livestock management practices introduced by the NSPFS. The overall assessment showed that there were great impacts of the programme on the income, livestock production and level of living of the participant farmers. The results of the study, therefore, showed that more awareness should be created. There was also need for the programme to be implemented to other villages in the Study area. There should be adequate supply of inputs to the farmers as well as improved extension services to enhance production of livestock production in Ideato South Local Government Area. The programme should be extended to all the 774 Local Government Areas of the Country. 6en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3186
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectImpacten_US
dc.subjectNationalen_US
dc.subjectSpecialen_US
dc.subjectProgrammeen_US
dc.subjectFooden_US
dc.subjectSecurityen_US
dc.subjectLivestocken_US
dc.subjectFarmersen_US
dc.subjectIdeatoen_US
dc.subjectSouthen_US
dc.subjectLocalen_US
dc.subjectGovernmenten_US
dc.subjectAreaen_US
dc.subjectImoen_US
dc.subjectStateen_US
dc.titleImpact of the National Special Programme for Food Security on Livestock Farmers in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo Stateen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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