Addressing corruption practices in agricultural sector to make agriculture demand-driven in Nigeria
Date
2016-11
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Spring Journals
Abstract
Agriculture is one aspect of Nigeria’s economy that should not be neglected or even marginalised. Not only that agriculture is the major source of food for people and livestock, it also provides earnings to farmers and raw materials for industries as well as providing over sixty-five percent employment to the teeming population of Nigerians. In spite of all these advantages over other professions such as law, medicine, engineering and others, yet, people in Nigeria still express phobia for agriculture as an enterprise. Corruption in agricultural sector is an impediment which, when fought and eliminated will make agriculture demand-driven in Nigeria. This paper therefore takes a cursory look at some aspects of corrupt practices in agricultural sector and their attendants’ effects on agricultural productions. It concludes among other suggestions that to fight and eliminate corruption in agricultural sector and achieve the implementations of the Nigerian agricultural transformation agenda (ATA) as well as make agriculture demand-driven in Nigeria, those actors who perpetuate the nefarious acts of corruption in the sector should be reprimanded by the law and made to face the penalties.
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This is a full length research paper
Keywords
Corruption practices, demand-driven, agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics
Citation
Godson-Ibeji, C. C . Ogueri, E. I. & Chikaire, J. U. (2016). Addressing corruption practices in agricultural sector to make agriculture demand-driven in Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, 4(8), 543-547