FACTORS CHALLENGING PLANTATION AGRICULTURE

posted on September 7, 2018

FACTORS CHALLENGING PLANTATION AGRICULTURE

ABSTRACT

This study is about the factors challenging plantation agriculture in Edo state, A case study of Ovia North East Local Government Area. Several factors were identified that challenged plantation farm. example of such factors are lack of capital, use of old plantation, farm, unavailability of land, lack of adequate farm implements, lack of governmental support, access to market (transportation) lack of laborers, illiteracy, bad road, networks, poor cultural practices and land tenures system, climate condition e t c. A questionnaire approach was used to obtain data from farmer in Ovia North East Local Government Area. The result of this analysis shows that lack of capital was the main factor challenging plantation farming in Ovia North East Local Government Area. This project work focuses on the two major factors or types of plantation farming which are: Rubber plantation farming and Cocoa plantation farming. We will come to see the problems or the challenges that is affecting these two forms of plantation farming in Edo state, especially Ovia North East Local Government Area worthy of note, is that these factors are not only limited to cocoa and rubber plantation, but also affect other types of plantation farming in Edo State. Knowing these problems that affects cash-crop or plantation farming will expand our knowledge in putting solution to such challenges.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

Background of the Study

Statement of Problem

Objectives of the Study

Research Question

Significance of the Study

Scope of the Study

Limitation of the Study

Definition of Terms

CHAPTER TWO

Literature Review

CHAPTER THREE

Research Methodology

Design of Study

Population of the Study

Sampling and Sampling Techniques

Research Instrument

Administration of Research Instrument

CHAPTER FOUR

Data Analysis

CHAPTER FIVE

Summary Implication of Findings

Recommendations

REFERENCES

QUESTIONNAIRES

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Agriculture has always been the most important part of human history because we as individuals, family, industrial and the nation as a whole all depend on agriculture. Agriculture has played a long term activities in Nigeria in general, including Edo state in particular, in providing varieties of food and cash crops

Cash-crop has actually played an important role in Edo state, in particular Ovia-north east local government area. Before the discovery of crude-oil, cash-crops such as, palm oil, rubber (latex), cocoa (cocoa beans) has always been boosting Nigeria from Brazil, it was an important cash-crop. Nigeria at then used to export large quantities of rubber, oil and cocoa. But in recent years, there has been a drastic reduction in rubber and cocoa production in Nigeria. A total 207,500, which represent 86% of the country’s land area under rubber cultivation on small holdings in 1966 declined to 147,200 hectares in 198. Recently, field survey showed that more than two thousand of the small holdings have been lost to other crops