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Archaeology & Anthropology 2018 Global Journal of Research and Review
ISSN: 2393-8854 Page 23
October 01-02, 2018
London, UK
1 st Edition of international Conference on
Archaeology and
Anthropology
Globally, agricultural production and its associated
technologies, through series of age-long interaction and
experimentation, have always been the pivot for rural, urban
and general socio-economic development. By implication, at
least among the Third World countries that includes Nigeria,
agriculture, among other sectors and depending on how it is
managed, addresses poverty and unemployment challenges.
From antiquity till date, Nigeria has practiced agriculture but yet
is face with food insecurity, mounting unemployment, poverty
and stagnated development. The challenge to social science
prompted this empirical research in Lapai community with the
aim of interrogating Nigeria’s agricultural practice, issues and
prospects towards widening fact based knowledge for enhanced
and beneficial agricultural production. The research relied on
both quantitative and qualitative methods and generated data
from famers in the locality. Among the findings are that systemic
forces of exclusive governance and its elements of impunity,
waste, and leadership failure, among others, stagnate not only
agricultural production but also grow poverty, unemployment and
general socio-economic development crisis. Respondents identify
government and culture as the sources of the country’s failure in
agricultural production and related socio-economic problems and
also hold the view that realignment of these forces should lead
the reconstruction of the country. Respondents view grassroots
attention to farmers as key in developing Nigeria. Among the
recommendations are strategic inclusiveness of farmers and
all stakeholders in agricultural planning and implementation,
liberalized extension services to farmers including financing,
training and materials like tools and seedlings.
Recent Publications
1. Okwuwa, C. O. (2013) “Poverty and the Sociological
Implications for Nigeria” International Journal for
Empirical Research and Sustainable Development,
August, 2013, Vol. 10, 140-160.
2. Okwuwa, C. O. (2015) “Graft in Public Offices and the
Need for Attitudinal Re-orientation”, Inter-disciplinary
Journal of the Nigerian Sociological Society. (Vol. 2,
No. 2). Pp. 130-143.
3. Okwuwa, C.O, Ololo, K. and Dauda, J.H. (2015) “An
appraisal of Keke-napep and graduate unemployment
in Akwa, Anambra State”, International Journal of
Social Sciences and Humanities Review, Vol. 5, No.3,
pp.68-72.
4. Alubo, O., Okwuwa, C. O. and Hundah, A. V. (2015) “The
challenge of institutionalized violence against females
in Central Nigeria”, Lapai Journal of Sociology, Vo. 6.
No.1, Pp. 21-34.
5. Okwuwa, C. O. (2016) “Terrorism and Migration:
Addressing the issues of internally displaced persons
in Gwagwalada, FCT of Nigeria” International Journal
of Arts and Science, Rhodes Island, ROM.
ISSN:1944-6934: 09 (02):99-144(2016).
6. Okwuwa, C. O. and Owonibi, E. O. (2017) “Child Rights,
Social Policy and Sustainable Development, Analysis
of Nigeria’s North East Children’s Conditions”, Lapai
Journal of Sociology, Vol.7, No 1, Pp. 23-37.
7. Aalysis of the Nigerian School System:Counseling
and Labour quality and the Need for Paradigm
Sjift Towards Enrepreneurship, Lapai Journal of
Intenational Politics,Vol 5, No1, April, 2018, Pp 83-90.
Biography
Charles Okwuwa completed his PhD from University of Abuja in 2010 with
specialization in development, after obtaining his M Sc. from University of
Ibadan in 1980 in industrial sociology. A former Head of Department, Sociol-
ogy, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai (2013-2016), he
lectures both undergraduate and post graduate students in the university.
Before joining the university in 2012, he rose to the position of Deputy Gen-
eral Manager (Customer Care) in the Nigerian Telecommunications Plc. He
edited the Lapai Journal of Sociology (2013-1016) and also served on the
Board of Lapai International Journal of Management and Social Sciences
for the same period. He has attended many national and international con-
ferences in Africa and America (USA).
The imparative of repositioning Nigeria’s development
initiative through, agric, the neglected path
Charles onuora okwuwa
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Nigeria
Charles onuora okwuwa, Glob J Res Rev 2018, Volume 5
DOI: 10.21767/2393-8854-C1-002