EFFECT OF ANCHOR BORROWERS PROGRAMME ON POVERTY STATUS OF RICE FARMERS IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Agriculture served as the primary pillar of Nigeria’s economy prior to the discovery of oil in 1958. In reality, Nigeria was exporting several agricultural commodities, including groundnut, cocoa, rubber, cotton, groundnut oil, cassava, and yam, to different regions of the world. Prior to Nigeria’s independence in 1960,…