The work is divided into five chapters by the researcher. The first chapter deals with the introduction of the background of the study, the statement of problem, the purpose, of the study, the significance of the study.
The second chapter deals with the reviews of related literatures relating to the impact at commercial bank on the financing of agriculture with particular reference to the first bank of Nigeria plc, in nanmbra state.
The third chapter deals with the source of study, the population of the area of study, the sampling method and data collection.
The fourth chapter of the work deals with the summary of finding and the last chapter which is chapter five deals with the conclusion and recommendation.
STATE OF THE STUDY
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
REFERENCE
CHAPTER TWO- REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1. THE STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN NIGERIA
2.2 EFFECTS TOWARDS RAPID AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
2.3. PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
2.4. APPRAISAL OF COMMERCIAL BANK AND AGRICULTURAL LENDING
2.5. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETING AND STORAGE
2.6. FIRST BANK AGRICULTURAL CREDIT DEPARTMENT.
METHODOLOGY
SOURCES OF DATA
LOCATION OF DATA
METHOD OF DATA COLLECTED
SUMMARY OF FINDING
RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDATION
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
According to akinsami o. (1993) page 2” agriculture can be defined as the cultivation of load for the purpose of producing food for main feed for animals and fiber or raw materials for industries; it is also preparation of plant and animals products for preservation and disposal by marketing.
Agriculture is the oldest occupation and the entire world depends mostly on it for good requirements. Food is the essential thing among the human needs. It is believed that without food nobody can exist. This is as a result of the benefit of agriculture. About 70% of the populations are farmers and agriculture contributed about 65% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the 1960s proving the country with foreign exchange for the financing of capital projects.
Series of polices and financial institution have been set up by government in Nigeria to enhance the flow of finance to agriculture investment. The policies include concessionary interest rate on loans to agriculture and agricultural related investments. Tax holidays rural banking scheme and agricultural financial institutions include Nigeria bank for commerce and industries, Nigeria industrial development bank, directive of food and rural infrastructure among others.
In spite of these financing measures in Nigeria the contribution of agriculture to national development has not been encouraging because of the continuing apathy of financial institutions in giving loans to agricultural ventures. Agriculture which uses to dominate other sectors in terms of its contribution to gross domestic project (GDP) in the sixties is currently the least contributor to Nigeria economic development.
Nigeria economy is an agrarian economy and the nation is blessed in terms of natural resource for farming and other agricultural activities. Because of the nature or method of production, that is, the use of traditional method such as hoes and cutlasses, the productivity in this sector is very low.
Agriculture is said to be back bone of the economy, because it employed 30% of the production, it supply goods and export items for foreign exchange, but with the advent of the mineral particularly oil boom, agriculture lost its prime position in the economy.
In order to solve the problems of agriculture, the government decided to establish agricultural credit institutions like the Nigerian agricultural and co-operative bank limited, Anambra co-operative and financing Agency limited and supervised agricultural credit scheme to finance agriculture in the state.
The government in its committed effort to ensure that development in agricultural sector, require the bank to grant grace periods in these loans, according to central bank of Nigeria ( CBN) credit policy guidelines circular 24, 1990, the grace period on the bank loans to the under listed categories of agriculture are as follows:
These benefits are given to farmers to enable them improve on agricultural production and also to repay the loan on time.
Despite government policy guidelines which favors agricultures as “preferred sector” the bank have remained adamant in meeting up with the guidelines. So obtaining credit has been one of the most difficult things for farmers over the ears. This is as the result of the year banks have on farmers not being able to repay the loan. The problem facing the development o f local agriculture made farmer at times not able to repay the loan given to them. The problem farmers use to face include land tenure, that is, in –sufficient land for the holder of capital to invest in because land is acquired through inheritance other problems like poor tools, change in whether, draught, pest, flood, erosion are likely problem that makes banks reluctant to finance agriculture. The lives of animal are also not save as a result of beat disease. The end result will be poor productivity and hence, decline in farm income and this will make it impossible for the farmers to repay their loans.
Agriculture credit therefore, can be a powerful instrument in practices and in farm productivity especially it supplies a sufficient in quantity and used efficiently. Unless agricultural credit is provided on a suitable terms, the majority of small farmers would be handicapped in adopting profitable technology.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
There has been unprecedented and succeeding increase on the importance being attached to agriculture and it’s financing in our country to day. There have been concerted efforts geared towards agricultural development but these efforts are punctuated with problems.
There are various problems being faced by farmers like the continued use of traditional farm equipments, crop failure and hazards facing agricultural production like flood, drought, fire etc.
Another major constraint to increase agricultural production is lack of credit. Banking institution which are to lend to this sector are faced with problems in dispensation of credit to this sector. These problems include long gestation period of crops fear of non repayment by farmers as a result of hazards they face in their agricultural production.
Moreover, there are several characteristic to be under developed according to KOFI 1979/89 page 424. these characteristic are common to the less development countries and include: “low levels of per capital income and standard of living, low level of factor productivity; especially labour productivity; a large segment of the population suffer from ill- health, malnutrition and illiteracy, substantial dependence on agriculture and primary products for exports; imbalance in the structure of the economy, dominance of production and insignificance of industrial production. “Etc.
Furthermore, there are many problems facing the institutions like the Nigeria agricultural credit insurance scheme, these problems encountered by commercial bank in Anambra state with a particular reference to first bank of Nigeria plc, and the solution to these problems satisfy the objective of the study.
The researcher’s purpose of caring out this study is to make ends towards which other achieve the principle harmony of this objective. The following points are to be observed.
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