AN ANALYSIS OF THE SPATIAL VARIATION IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
AN ANALYSIS OF THE SPATIAL VARIATION IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
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2018-01
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ABDULKADIR, Hindatu
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Agriculture is an important sector in the economic development and poverty alleviation drive of many countries. The importance of this sector is more pronounced in developing countries such as Nigeria, where it is a major contributor to employment, food and foreign exchange (Adebayo and Okuneye, 2005). The persistend failure of agricultural development programmes in Nigeria has demonstrated the weakness of the policies coupled with inability of the successive administrations to resolve the fundamental problems of development. The country has not satisfactorily addressed the issue of how agricultural programmes could spread spatially so as to maintain a balanced development. The major goal of this study is to assess spatial variation in the level of agricultural development programmes in Kano State. Questionnaire survey and documented materials constituted major sources of data. Twelve Local Government Areas were purposely selected across the three Senatorial districts. A total of 384 respondents were randomly selected in the study area for the administration of the questionnaire. In addition, focus group discussion (FGD) was conducted among the farmers. The descriptive statistics method was employed involving the calculation of percentages, mean, frequency and tabulation of data to analysed th result. Also, inferential statistics were employed namely, the Location quotient (LQ), Standardized score (Z-score), and Factor analysis techniques. The location quotient result is categorized into upper, middle and bottom based on the performance of each local government area in agricultural development programmes The upper group include Tofa 0.80, Madobi 1.10, Warawa 1.20 and Kura 1.30 While the middle group include Gwarzo 1.34, Gaya 1.39, Danbatta 1.40 and Tsanyawa 1.45. The bottom group include Mingibir 1.51, Doguwa 1.71, Rano 2.20 and Rogo 2.20. For the purpose of comparison, the standardized scores (Z-scores) was employed using the three dimensions and the associated ten variables. The Z- score result showed varying degrees of the indicators of agricultural development among the sampled Local Governments Areas, such that seven areas were found to be advantaged namely Madobi, Warawa, Dambatta, Tofa, Rogo, Rano and Tsanyawa dominated the indicators while the disadvantaged areas include Kura, Doguwa .Gwarzo, Minjibir and Gaya. The Factor analysis result showed the strength of each factors responsible for the pattern of agricultural development in the study area. The study revealed that the major problem of agricultural development programme is that the farmers are not the target population in the study area. On the basis of the findings, the study recommends that there is need for the benefits from agricultural development programmes to spread across the entire state. In order to avoid spatial variation of agricultural development, government should create enabling environment where the farmers at the grassroots will be given opportunity to participate in agricultural development programmes within their locality.If this is done it could stimulate relationship between government and rural people for sustainable agricultural development.
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A DISSRETATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMNTAL MANAGEMENT,
FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
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ANALYSIS,, SPATIAL VARIATION,, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES,, KANO STATE,, NIGERIA