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The Problem And Prospect Of Peasant Farming
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Agriculture has been the basic of very
civilization for thousands of years, due to food goods it produces, its
capacity to harness natural resources and forming landscape. The social
relationship it builds around (in particular control over land). More
than any other activity, agriculture fuels the imagination and forges
peoples cultures, so care is needed when considering the evolution of
agriculture. Peasant farming is a localized system of agricultural
farming usually operated on a small piece of land. This type of farming
is practice in poor communities, since the farmers do not have enough
capital. It is concerned with the provision of t he basic needs of the
family. Farming activities are carried out without the use of machine
rather crude implements are used such as cutlass, hoe, spade etc., the
farmer also relies on and operates with family labour, the total yield
from the farm is usually low where there is little or no excess or
surplus for sale or capital investment.
This type of agriculture is
mostly practiced by peasant farmers and cost of production is very low.
The practice provides direct employment for many people since machines
are not used. It also makes the environment to be free from pollution
and there is also less danger of environment degradation. In Uhunmwonde
local government area vast majority of farmers are still peasants who
farms small plot of land, usually in marginal environment utilizing
traditional and subsistence methods for their consumption because it is
associated with low capital for production use of crude implement. These
farmers live in rural area and are poor in nature hence their standard
of living is low. Despite of these characteristics, peasant farming
system has vital role to play in agricultural sector. So solutions
therefore must be found for empowering peasants to deal with such
problems.
It is also associated with the problems of land ownership,
soil type, availability of inputs and availability of manpower thereby
discouraging the hope of large scale production among the farmers, and
farm products among the farmers and mainly subsistence as a result of
this, the farmers cannot meet up with their standards. The main purpose
of this study was to identify solution to deal with challenges facing
peasant farming system in Uhunmwonde local government, Edo State.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
In
this project work attempt was made to find out the appropriate measure
to adopt to carefully identified the problems and prospect of peasant
farming in the area of study. The researcher examined some of the
following problems.
Why is productivity low in Uhunmwonde local government area?
What are the steps taken so far either by government or individuals to increase farm productivity in the area of study?
What is the type of farming system practice by these people in the locality?
What is the cause of low-standard of living of the people?
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This project work is designed to find out appraisal of problems and prospect of peasant farming in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State. During the study, data was collected through the use of questionnaire and oral interview. Questionnaires were distributed. In this, to examine the problems of peasant farmers, on how to go about the problems, to examine the prospect of peasant farming. The various problem hindering the effectiveness or growth of peasant farmers in Uhunmwonde Local Gove ... Continue reading---
