INFLUENCE OF BOOSTING LOCAL PRODUCTION ON EMPLOYMENT GENERATION FOR YOUTH IN OVIA NORTH EAST

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page

Approval page

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Abstract

Table of content

CHAPETR ONE

1.0   INTRODUCTION 

1.1        Background of the study

1.2        Statement of problem

1.3        Objective of the study

1.4        Research Hypotheses

1.5        Significance of the study

1.6        Scope and limitation of the study

1.7       Definition of terms

1.8       Organization of the study

CHAPETR TWO

2.0   LITERATURE REVIEW

CHAPETR THREE

3.0        Research methodology

3.1    sources of data collection

3.3        Population of the study

3.4        Sampling and sampling distribution

3.5        Validation of research instrument

3.6        Method of data analysis

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

4.1 Introductions

4.2 Data analysis

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Summary

5.3 Conclusion

5.4 Recommendation

Appendix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abstract

This research was carried out to provide empirical information on the influence of boosting local production on employment generation in Ovia north east local government area of Edo state. The data for this study were obtained using a well-structured questionnaire which was issued to the sample population. The data were analyze using percentage method and Chi-square statistics. The result of the data analysis indicated that agricultural production was significant in influencing local production and the favorable trend of economic growth in Nigeria. Despite the growth of the Nigerian economy, poverty is still on the increase and this calls for a shift from monolithic oil-based economy to a more plural one with agriculture being the lead sector. It was recommended that pro poor policies should be designed for alleviating rural poverty through increased investments in agricultural development by the public and private sector.

 

 

 

 

                                        CHAPTER ONE

                                        INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the study

Nigeria is blessed with huge physical, human and natural resource endowments yet the majority of its population live below both the absolute and relative poverty lines. The national survey conducted between 2003 and 2004 shows that slightly above half of the population (51.6 percent) live below US$1 dollar per day and the relative national poverty incidence was found to be 54.4 percent (National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 2005, 2008). However, the most current Human Development Report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP, 2009) shows that about 64.4 and 83.7 percent of the population lives below $1.25 and $2 a day, respectively. This poverty situation is worse in the rural areas where over 70 percent of the people reside and earn their living through agriculture than in the urban areas. More than 86.5 percent of the rural population is engaged in agriculture (NBS, 2005). This invariably leaves agriculture as a key sector capable of affecting majority of Nigerians in diverse ways. Therefore, the persistence of hunger and poverty in Nigeria must be, to a large extent, the failure of the agricultural sector to fully impact positively on the people through a well-coordinated farming mechanism that will boost local production and generate employment to the teaming population of Ovia North east and Nigeria at large. The debate on youth unemployment globally, and in Nigeria in particular, hinges also on the differential pattern of structural change of economies, which works against the creation of “good” jobs (McMillan, Rodrik, and Verduzco-Gallo 2014; McMillan and Rodrik 2011). Despite economic growth, structural change in Nigeria is still minimal and, for the most part, fails to create high-productivity jobs. It has been suggested that one of the reasons for low labor productivity in Nigeria is its comparative advantage based on the exploitation of natural resources. As McMillan and Rodrik (2011) rightly argue, countries with such an advantage face the risk of an underdeveloped process of structural transformation that results from an overdependence on natural resources for development. The proportion of unemployed youth in Nigeria has decreased in recent years owing to the creation of more targeted job programs. Yet, the proportion of unemployed youth is still high. One recent government effort has been the implementation of the rather ambitious Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA), which aims, among other things to promote employment opportunities for youth and boost local production in the agricultural sector. Although this sector employs about 70 percent of the labor force, it accounted for only about 22 percent of the GDP in 2013, suggesting that productivity and incomes in agriculture are very low (NBS 2015a). It is also notable that until the early 1970s, Nigeria was self-sufficient in food production and had a small surplus for export. Agriculture was the main foreign exchange earner but stagnated thereafter for a number of reasons. Chief among these were the discovery, exploitation, and export of oil and a deliberate policy to shift resources from agriculture to industry (Oyejide 1986). Because agriculture employs an overwhelming share of the Nigerian labor force, the stagnation of this sector resulted in an increased poverty rate (headcount measure at $2.00/day consumption), from 28 percent in 1980 to 68 percent in 2012. Given the continued growth of the rural population, agriculture is a viable sector for employment and income growth, including for youth, and especially in the context of the high-value of food imports. Africa, despite boasting about 60% of the world’s arable land, remains a major importer of food and related products, spending about USD 50 billion in 2007 to import food (Rakotoarisoa, Iafrate & Paschali 2012). Estimates suggest that if continental food supplies do not increase drastically, and population and incomes continue to rise, by 2030 Africa will be spending upwards of USD 150 billion per annum on food imports. This will cost African countries a lot of money, which could otherwise be invested in the development of education, healthcare and infrastructure. Thus, there is potential for Nigeria to leverage these opportunities to create sustainable employment and incomes for youth, underpinned by improved agricultural productivity and improved functioning of agricultural commodity markets. Filmer and Fox (2014) show that, by 2020, roughly 35 million new jobs will be created in agriculture, representing a third of total new jobs. 37% of new labour market entrants are, or will be, working in agriculture between 2010–2020. As well as farming, employment opportunities in rural areas are also to be found in the broader food system (including food manufacturing, food marketing, transportation, and food preparation), as well as in non-food rural activities. In Nigeria, the broader food system is growing rapidly in percentage terms and offering important opportunities for new businesses and transformation (Townsend et al. 2017). With expected increases in per capita income and changing dietary patterns, the demand for jobs in off-farm segments of the food system will continue to increase (Townsend et al. 2017). In fact, in relative terms, employment in the off-farm segments of the food system is growing much more rapidly than employment in farming. However, the growth is from a lower base and, thus, the absolute contribution to new jobs in off-farm employment is smaller than that of farming as such (Allen et al., 2016). For example, in Rwanda, the broader food system accounts for only 8% of jobs and 11% of job growth, about one-third that of farming.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Successive Nigerian governments have made job creation in agriculture, particularly for women and youth a key policy target. Evidence from a recent suggest that employment creation in other value chains like cotton-textile remain low despite steady progress is being made in some value chains such as rice through initiatives like the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). The study also found that even in the relatively more successful rice value chain, the potential for boosting employment is higher in agro-industrial clusters. With a population of about 180 million which is projected to reach 279 million by 2050, Nigeria is on track to becoming the third most populous country in the world after India and China. Whereas a large population offers an opportunity to enhance productivity and economic growth through an abundant and competitive workforce, it can also spiral into intractable social crises when access to gainful employment opportunities are limited. It is in view of this that this study becomes imperative to examine the influence of boosting local production on employment generation for youth in Ovia north east of Edo state, Nigeria.

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The main objective of this study is to examine the influence of boosting local production on employment generation for youth. But to aid the completion of the study, the researcher intend to achieve the following specific objective;

1. i) To examine the influence of local production on employment generation in Ovia north east local government area of Edo state.
2. ii) To ascertain if there is any significant relationship between boosting agricultural production and employment generation in the study area.

iii) To examine the impact of agricultural development in combating unemployment in Nigeria

1. iv) To examine the role of government in boosting local production in agricultural sector.

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

The following research questions were formulated by the researcher to aid the completion of the study;

1. i) Does local production influenced employment generation in Ovia north east local government area of Edo state?
2. ii) Is there any significant relationship between boosting agricultural production and employment generation in the study area?

iii) Does agricultural development has any impact in combating unemployment in Nigeria?

1. iv) Does government play any role in boosting local production in agricultural sector?

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

It is believed that at the completion of the study, the findings will be of great importance to the ministry of Agriculture in Edo state as the study seek to evaluate the ways of improving local production and curbing unemployment in Ovia north east, the study will also be of importance to the house committee on employment as the findings of the study will aid in policy formulation. The study will also be of great importance to researchers who intend to embark on a study in a similar topic as the study will serve as a reference point to further study. Finally, the research will be of great importance to students, teachers, academia’s and the general public as the findings of the study will contribute to the pool of existing literature on the subject matter and also contribute to knowledge.

1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The scope of the study covers the influence of boosting local production on employment generation on youth in ovia north east of Edo state, but in the cause of the study, there are some factors that limited the scope of the study;

Financial constraint– Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency of the researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or information and in the process of data collection (internet, questionnaire and interview).

Time constraint- The researcher will simultaneously engage in this study with other academic work. This consequently will cut down on the time devoted for the research work.

Availability of research material: limited access to available research material was a major constrain to the scope of the study

1.7 OPERATION DEFINITION OF TERMS

Boosting
Boosting is a machine learning ensemble meta-algorithm for primarily reducing bias, and also variance in supervised learning, and a family of machine learning algorithms that convert weak learners to strong ones.

Local production

“Locally production” refers to food and other agricultural products (for example, wool or flowers) that are grown or produced, processed and then sold within a certain area. However, there’s no standard definition of “local,” and so businesses touting their “locally grown products” may be using very different

Employment

Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract where work is paid for, where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization, co-operative or other entity is the employer and the other is the employee

1.8 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

This research work is organized in five chapters, for easy understanding, as follows

Chapter one is concern with the introduction, which consist of the (overview, of the study), historical background, statement of problem, objectives of the study, research hypotheses, significance of the study, scope and limitation of the study, definition of terms and historical background of the study. Chapter two highlights the theoretical framework on which the study is based, thus the review of related literature. Chapter three deals on the research design and methodology adopted in the study. Chapter four concentrate on the data collection and analysis and presentation of finding.  Chapter five gives summary, conclusion, and recommendations made of the study

 

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