Assessment of effects of agricultural insurance on food productivity in nigeria

• Title page                                        i Approval page                                    ii Dedication                                    iii Acknowledgement                                iv Abstract                                        vi

Chapter ONE

INTRODUCTION

• 1.1   Background of the study                        1
• 1.2   Statement of the problem                        6
• 1.3   objective of the study                        7
• 1.4   Significance of the study                        10
• 1.5   Scope and limitation of the study                11
• 1.6   Limitation of the study                        11
• 1.7   Definitions of operational terms                12CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
• 2.1   The meaning of agriculture                    14
• 2.2   The activities of an agriculturist                15
• 2.3   The concept of food productivity                17
• 2.4   Importance of food productivity                18
• 2.5   The concept of agricultural insurance            20
• 2.6   Reasons for agricultural insurance in Nigeria        23
• 2.7   Agricultural insurance scheme in Nigeria            26
• 2.8   Benefits of agricultural insurance in Nigeria        28
• 2.9   various risk exposed to effective food productivity in Nigeria                                    31
• 2.10   various insurance products available for the management of the productivity risks            34
• 2.11   Problems of effective and efficient management of agricultural insurance scheme in Nigeria        36
• 2.12   Prospect of effective and efficient management of agricultural insurance scheme in Nigeria.                    41
• 2.13   Theoretical framework                        47
• 2.14   Empirical review                            49 Reference                                    55CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY    
• 3.1   Research design                            59
• 3.2   Source of data                                60 3.
• 2.1Primary data                                60
• 3.3   Study area                                60
• 3.4   Population of the study                        61
• 3.5   Techniques used in determining the sample size    61
• 3.6   Reliability of the instrument                    63
• 3.7   Statistical method used in data presentation and analyses                                63
• 3.8   Statistical method used in testing the hypothesis    64CHAPTER FOUR: PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS    
• 4.1   Presentation of data                            66
• 4.2   Data analysis                                70
• 4.3   Test of hypothesis                            74
• 4.4   Discussions of result of hypothesis                  90CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• 5.1Summary of Research findings                    93
• 5.2Conclusion                                    94
• 5.3Recommendations                            95
• 5.4Suggestions for furthers studies                    96 Bibliography                                97 Appendix                                    101