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UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ON THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY OF NIGERIA: AN ANALYTIC REVIEW

The paper reviewed the impacts of rural-urban migration on Agricultural economy of Nigeria. It observed the theoretical and empirical evidences indicating that rural-urban migration impacts both negatively and positively on agricultural production. By the movement of able bodied youths from the rural to urban areas for better life, agricultural labour force is declined resulting in low productivity, high cost of labour and high price of agricultural food commodity. On the other hand, the investment of migrant’s remittances on agriculture results in improvement in agricultural production. Howev…