Federal finance and statistics / Central Bank of Nigeria

A Review of Federal Government Support Policies and Programmes for Food Security: A Farmers Perspective

Nigeria’s efforts at achieving meaningful development had been hampered by high population growth rate, poverty and hunger, unemployment, illiteracy, decaying and dilapidated infrastructure, as well as excessive debt burden. Others include: corruption; policy inconsistency and reversal; and lack of commitment towards implementation. From the foregoing, there was no clear agricultural development strategy at the Federal Government level. Agriculture in the first 10 years after independence w | Keywords: Farmers, programmes, Policies