THE ROLE OF MAIZE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN KIYAWA LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AREA, JIGAWA STATE

BY

NAMES ADM-No

BELLO ILIYASU 47508

ATIKU HUSSAINI 47511

BABANGIDA GARBA 46369

RILWANU YUSUF 47139

BEING A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT

OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, SCHOOL OF SECONDARY
EDUCATION (VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION),
JIGAWA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GUMEL, IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
NIGERIA CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (N.C.E)

January, 2023

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 DECLARATION

We wish to declare that this research project is a record of our work. It has
never been presented anywhere for the award of NCE or any other certificate. All
sources of information are properly acknowledged.

Bello Iliyasu ________________

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Atiku Hussaini ________________

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Babangida Garba ________________

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Rilwanu Yusuf ________________

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 Approval Page

This research project has been supervised and approved as having met the
requirements for the award of Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), Jigawa State
College of Education, Gumel.

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Project Supervisor Sign/Date

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Head of Department Sign/Date

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External Examiner Sign/Date

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 DEDICATION

This research work is dedicated to Almighty Allah, the giver of life and
wisdom. It is also dedicated to our parents, teachers, friends and well wishers.

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 Acknowledgement

We wish to express our sincere and profound gratitude to Almighty Allah

for giving us the strength and courage to embark on this research work. Glory is to
Allah the beneficent, the merciful.

We are highly indebted to Mal. Zaharaddeen Muhammed Ismail who has

been our mentor, guider and supervisor. We would like to thank him for his
patience, understanding and readiness to proffer solutions throughout the period of
this research work. We learn a lot from his wealth of experience, may Allah reward
him abundantly. We are equally grateful to all academic and non- academic staff of
the college for their immense contribution.

We also wish to thank and express our gratitude to all those who assisted us
in the course of compiling this work. We are also most obliged to all Authors of
books, Journal articles and other sources we have sought and sourced information
and materials for our background literatures.

Our gratitude also goes to the management of Jigawa State College of

Education, Gumel for giving us the opportunity to undertake this study. Our
gratitude also goes to our colleagues, especially those in the Department of
Agricultural Science Education, Jigawa State College of Education Gumel for their
patience and understanding, we pray to Almighty Allah to bless and reward them
abundantly.

Lastly but not the least is the typist who put the work in this beautiful form,
we are grateful for your tremendous effort throughout our research endeavour

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Abstract

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Table of Contents

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