“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.

Main Topic
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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