PLANTATION AGRICULTURE

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Department of Agriculture

ABSTRACT

The research has been designed to identify the problem and prospect of rubber farming in Edo State Ovia South West Local Government Area. This is done so as to suggest possible ways of exposing to the public the economic condition of rubber production problems and prospects.

The relevant literature to this work is therefore carried out largely under the following headings.

1 The role of plantation agriculture in the Nigeria economy

2 Problem confronting rubber plantations in Edo State.

3 Solution to the identified problem

4 Prospect of rubber production in Edo State.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Chapter One

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Statement of problem

1.3 Purpose of study

1.4 Hypothesis

1.5 Limitation

1.6 Scope of the study

1.7 Organization of work

Chapter Two

Review of literature

2.1 The role of plantation agriculture in Nigeria economy

2.2 Problems confronting rubber plantation in Edo State.

2.3 Solutions to the identified problems

2.4 Prospect of rubber production in Edo State.

Chapter Three

Research design

Population

Research instrument

Administration of research instrument

Chapter Four

Presentation and data analysis

Introduction

Data presentation and discussion

Chapter Five

Summary of findings, Conclusion and Recommendation

5.1 Summary of findings

5.2 Conclusion

5.3 Recommendations

Bibliography

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Plantation agriculture is more than 400 years old and contributes to the regional and national countries. Agriculture is the cultivation of soil growing of crops and rearing of animals for man use. Agriculture has always been the major activity in Nigeria in general and also Edo State particularly producing a variety of food and cash crops. Agriculture is divided or categorized into three; they are subsistence agriculture, commercial agriculture and plantation agriculture.

The subsistence agriculture is practices with only crude implements, a few crops that are the cultivation. Here, the farmer grows crops for himself and his immediate family. This is done by clearing a small portion or area of land and cultivate it. The commercial agriculture is when food crops are grown for the purpose of making profit. The commercial agriculture is the combination of arable farming and animal husbandry; the people in this area produce for export market that is on commercial basis. Plantation agriculture practice in Nigeria and in Edo State in particular plantation agriculture is the growing of cash crops on a large hectare of land o a large scales. In plantation agriculture crops like cocoa rubber oil palm and shrub like cotton and coffee are grown.