A POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS ON SMALL SCALE FARMERS AND FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Agriculture is a very important sector, aside ensuring food security, employment and the supply of raw material to industries; it is the base for the development of other sectors of the economy in the developed and developing countries. Smallholder farmers have been the major contributors to food production in Nigeria; in the colonial and postcolonial era their surpluses were used for development projects in educational development, industries, infrastructures among others. This paper examined the role of smallholder farmers to food security and economic development but these contributions has no significantly impact on their livelihood as they still live in poverty and are marginalized. As the economy grows, the role of agriculture in the economy shrinks and agriculture is relegated to the background. The implementation of trade liberalization and the removal of subsidies exacerbated the conditions of peasant farmers especially those in sub-Saharan Africa, many of them have not been able to cope with the business of farming because of poor supply of inputs, poor infrastructure, land tenure system, finance, science and technology, etc these problems have led to the abandonment of farming by some famers to some non farm activities. And the consequence of this to Nigeria is increased dependence on the developed world for food.
Authors and Affiliations
NGOZI THELMA MOHAMMED PhD| DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND DEFENCESTUDIESNIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY, KADUNA, CHARLES PEN ONWURAH| CENTRE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES AND DOCUMENTATION NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY, KADUNA
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