Global Journal of Research and Review

The imparative of repositioning Nigerias development initiative through, agric, the neglected path

1^st Edition of international Conference on Archaeology and Anthropology
October 01-02, 2018 London, UK

Charles onuora okwuwa

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Nigeria

ScientificTracks Abstracts: Glob J Res Rev 2018

DOI: 10.21767/2393-8854-C1-002

Abstract

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, USA.CD 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, Sociology, 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 General 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 conferences in Africa and America (USA).

E-mail: charloks107@gmail.com