“AGRICULTURAL FINANCING TO GUARANTEE FOOD SAFETY IN AN

EMERGING NATION : A STUDY CASE OF NIGERIA”

Nimas Celica Putri Athaya (celicachika@student.telkomuniversity.ac.id)
12/04/2023

Abstract
In Nigeria very crucial investment in agriculture. To effort overcome food insecurity can be effective if
choose right steps should be taken. Several other studies focus on the numerous challenge food
production in Nigeria became suffer.
On this study examines the impact of agricultural financial and output on food production based the data
from 2007-2019.

keywords: agricultural financing, agriculture, agricultural output, Nigeria

Introduction
The problem of food accessibility and availability in Nigeria has become a policy making concern
that requires more attention to agricultural restructuring to include the government and elites, but not
just the uneducated rural farmers who are trying to make ends meet. This study focuses on the need
for government investment intervention in agriculture for sustenance. Thus, this study examines the
impact of agricultural output and government investment in agriculture on food availability in
Nigeria, while making more emphasis on the need for more government spending on agricultural
sustainability to achieve food availability.

Body (subtopics being addressed)

This research employed the descriptive statistics and correlation analysis to investigate the influence
of agricultural output and government expenditure on agriculture on food availability in Nigeria. The
method use. Descriptive statistics facilitates numerical collection of data and application of inferential
statistics for data analysis. The data were collected on food production index used as include
agriculture output and agriculture financing it can use inferential stactics were utilized in analyzing
and interpreting of the data. The level of significance for this study is established at 5%; and so, for
each independent variable to be adjudged significant, it must be less than 5% where the result states
otherwise it becomes immaterial.

Conclusions:
The only way to curb this unprecedented health challenge is for the government to invest heavily on
agriculture. Investment in agriculture is an asset acquired to sustain lives. It helps to provide
employment to many people at the same time and also ensures food availability and accessibility. The
high rate of unemployment will be reduced as many people are meant to find job in the agricultural
sector with ease
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