Assessment of effects of agricultural insurance on food productivity in nigeria

• <p> </p><p>Title page &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;i<br>Approval page &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;ii<br>Dedication &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;iii<br>Acknowledgement &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;iv<br>Abstract &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;vi<br><strong>

Chapter ONE

INTRODUCTION

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• 1.1&nbsp; &nbsp;Background of the study &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1<br>
• 1.2&nbsp; &nbsp;Statement of the problem &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6<br>
• 1.3&nbsp; &nbsp;objective of the study &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;7<br>
• 1.4&nbsp; &nbsp;Significance of the study &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;10<br>
• 1.5&nbsp; &nbsp;Scope and limitation of the study &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;11<br>
• 1.6&nbsp; &nbsp;Limitation of the study &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;11<br>
• 1.7&nbsp; &nbsp;Definitions of operational terms &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;12</p><p><strong>

Chapter TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

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• 2.1&nbsp; &nbsp;The meaning of agriculture &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;14<br>
• 2.2&nbsp; &nbsp;The activities of an agriculturist &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;15<br>
• 2.3&nbsp; &nbsp;The concept of food productivity &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;17<br>
• 2.4&nbsp; &nbsp;Importance of food productivity &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;18<br>
• 2.5&nbsp; &nbsp;The concept of agricultural insurance &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;20<br>
• 2.6&nbsp; &nbsp;Reasons for agricultural insurance in Nigeria &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;23<br>
• 2.7&nbsp; &nbsp;Agricultural insurance scheme in Nigeria &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;26<br>
• 2.8&nbsp; &nbsp;Benefits of agricultural insurance in Nigeria &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;28<br>
• 2.9&nbsp; &nbsp;various risk exposed to effective food productivity<br>in Nigeria &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;31<br>
• 2.10&nbsp; &nbsp;various insurance products available for the<br>management of the productivity risks &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;34<br>
• 2.11&nbsp; &nbsp;Problems of effective and efficient management<br>of agricultural insurance scheme in Nigeria &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;36<br>
• 2.12&nbsp; &nbsp;Prospect of effective and efficient management of agricultural insurance scheme in Nigeria. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;41<br>
• 2.13&nbsp; &nbsp;Theoretical framework &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;47<br>
• 2.14&nbsp; &nbsp;Empirical review &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;49<br><strong>Reference &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;55</strong></p><p>

Chapter THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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• 3.1&nbsp; &nbsp;Research design &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;59<br>
• 3.2&nbsp; &nbsp;Source of data &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;60<br>3.
• 2.1Primary data &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;60<br>
• 3.3&nbsp; &nbsp;Study area &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;60<br>
• 3.4&nbsp; &nbsp;Population of the study &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;61<br>
• 3.5&nbsp; &nbsp;Techniques used in determining the sample size &nbsp; &nbsp;61<br>
• 3.6&nbsp; &nbsp;Reliability of the instrument &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;63<br>
• 3.7&nbsp; &nbsp;Statistical method used in data presentation<br>and analyses &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;63<br>
• 3.8&nbsp; &nbsp;Statistical method used in testing the hypothesis &nbsp; &nbsp;64</p><p><strong>

Chapter FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

• PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong><br>
• 4.1&nbsp; &nbsp;Presentation of data &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;66<br>
• 4.2&nbsp; &nbsp;Data analysis &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;70<br>
• 4.3&nbsp; &nbsp;Test of hypothesis &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;74<br>
• 4.4&nbsp; &nbsp;Discussions of result of hypothesis &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;90</p><p><strong>

Chapter FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS</strong><br>
• 5.1Summary of Research findings &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;93<br>
• 5.2Conclusion &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;94<br>
• 5.3Recommendations &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;95<br>
• 5.4Suggestions for furthers studies &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;96<br><strong>Bibliography &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;97<br>Appendix &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;101</strong></p> <br><p></p>