The Adverse Effect Of Fuel Scarcity On Farm Produce

The Adverse Effect Of Fuel Scarcity On Farm Produce

Abstract

The exploration was carried out in Ovia South West Local Government Area and data was also collected from some produce marketers similar as Ehomike Food Venture, the Martye Green World adventure, Ighile Mojo Farm, Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc and Visco Farm Shop. From the result gathered, it shows that there’s need for government to insure constant deregulation of energy to every countries and original government of the confederation, regulating the rate of adding energy and to arrest all forms and conditions that could fluently lead to energy failure which will have negative goods on ranch yield. Eventually, affect gotten also shows that existent have to desist from all forms of energy hoarding and vandalism of energy pipes could hang the vacuity of energy in t he rotation which could at least bring innumerous difficulty on the society by way of adding price of food as a result of high cost of product and transportation from where it was produced to the request. It was recommended that, government should cover marketers from diverting energy met for our country to other countries and also government should erected further refineries to insure fat of energy in rotation.

Table Of Content

Chapter One

Preface

Statement of problem

The purpose of the study

Thesis

Compass of the study

Background of the study

Chapter Two

Review of affiliated literature

Chapter Three

Exploration methodology

Research Design

Population of the study

Sample of the study

Exploration instrument

System of data collection

System of data analysis

Chapter Four

Data donation

Data Analysis

Chapter Five

Summary and Conclusion

Recommendation

Bibliography

Questionnaire

Chapter One

Preface

Background To The Study

The end of this design is to in- deptly looked into the adverse effect of energy failure on ranch produce as a case study in Ovia South East Local Government with a view to make given important to individual and the government on how much this development has taken it heavy risk on ranch produce in both marketing and civilization as well as how this trend can be put under control.

Until the early 70’s the main stay of Nigeria frugality was Agriculture. also the country( Nigeria) was fame for her proficiency in the product and exportation of groundnut, oil painting win, cocoa sap, pepper, sugar club, kola nut, bitter kola, cassava and so numerous other yield. These produce were known to be the only source of income to Nigeria.

Not until 15th January( 1958) when oil painting was discovered in Nigeria specifically Okolobiri in Bayelsa state, this discovering of oil painting in marketable volume brought about radical change in the frugality of the nation( Nigeria) all other sectors sounded to have gone into extermination, indeed were abandoned thus making the country to come completely dependent on crude oil painting for foreign exchange earnings, not husbandry presently. But with about166.2 million people in Nigeria moment, it’s certain that man must eat, clothes himself and will also need to satisfy one or further requirements from ranch products. For agronomist to wagon for these figures by producing food for deals, and reserve for the coming planting seasons, the practice of producing food in bulk in husbandry must change from bare subsistence husbandry system to robotization. The term robotization means the practice of husbandry by way of using ultramodern machines to grease ranch workshop and to maximize product within a short period of time.

It’s not gainsay to say that ultramodern ranch machines depends on energy to serve because our ultramodern global food system is largely oil painting dependent indeed though petroleum is getting advanced diurnal and getting less and less affordable. And it’s also all true that nearly every operation in husbandry completely depends on machines.

According to normal.J.( 2000) in a book named “ Eating oil painting ” he said that the ultramodern marketable ranch phenomenon that feed all of us and much of the rest of the world is fully depend on the inflow, processing and distribution of oil painting.

He further added oil painting meliorated for gasoline and diesel is critical to run the tractors, combines and other ranch vehicles and outfit that factory, spot the dressings and fungicides and crop/ transport food and seed, and more also, it’s all true nearly every operation carry out in currently agrarian practice depends on machines beginning from backcountry clearing, wood feeling, soil plugging, harrowing, toxin operation, harvesting, operation of fungicides, grading of products transportation and so numerous othersareas.However, you’ll agree with me that at the of the day, nothing will be done to produce food or ranch product that will be equal to wagon for the upsurge population, If these forenamed areas suffered west back as a result of energy failure. before mentioned isn’t fluently gotten, or gotten at a veritably high cost, it’s certain that the little that will be produce at the end of the day as a result of energy failure will now take it sacrifices on the selling price. Indeed the growers that does calculate on his strength to produce food for trade will inversely have his own share of energy failure as it’ll not go down well with the price of food product have n’t spent important plutocrat on transportation fro ranch to the request is anticipated that this development will hike up the price of yield supplied to the request and this will in no mistrustfulness bring.

What’s failure? According to Adams Smith( 1989) define failure as the limited force coffers which are used to the satisfaction of unlimited want. With this, energy failure can be defined as a limited force of energy which is used for the satisfaction of unlimited want.

According to Lionel Robbins( 1990) failure as the abecedarian profitable problems of having putatively unlimited human want in a world of limited coffers. The event of 2nd January, 2012 substantiate the claim that energy failure in no mistrustfulness is one of the topmost factor that touched off off the affectation of ranch yield/ products in the request moment, following the pronouncement of the civil government of Nigeria that oil painting subvention has been removed thereby bringing the price of energy of 97 naira a liter as against the former pump price of 65 naira a liter. Many days after subvention has been removed the price of yield/ products shoot in which live, funk that was vended between 1,500- 2000, now goes for between 3,000- 4,500 live scapegoats that was used to be vended 7,000- 8,500 is now vended for between 15,000- 18000 while a bag of rice that was formally vended for between 6,000- 7,500 now goes for between 12,000- 14,000 likewise numerous other ranch yield/ products had witnessed tremendous change in price up till now, all that goes up, refuses to come down, and if the prove of energy keep going up in the name manner, you’ll find out that nearly all ranch and agrarian yield/ products will be price out of the reach of the common man and if nothing is done to check this situation on ground, certain the common man on the road and the entire society will soon be gulfed in difficulty.

Statement Of The Problem

In recent time, energy failure has come a strong determinant of the price of yield/ products of husbandry in the request, with this, it’s important that the government should take a visionary measure in diving energy failure. Also, numerous people thing that it’s because numerous youthful people has refuse to go into husbandry that’s solely responsible for the diurnal increase in the price of food and other agrarian affiliated products but this exploration seek to find out the adverse effect of energy failure on agrarian products yield and to suggest possible ways of profiling results on it.

The experimenter intend to identify some areas that the government should keenly look into in order to avoid energy failure, similar as constant deregulation of energy products to every state steadily so as to make the product available and affordable for planter who use energy for carrying out tilling conditioning, to oppressively fight against the division of energy products by energy marketer and to set out a severe penalty against those who indulge in trashing energy pipe line, which reduces the target of the nation and to also put in place measure to avoid people working in oil painting producing company from going on strike.

Exploration Questions

Could there be a specific time of adverse effect on agrarian yield/ products as a result of energy failure?

Does energy failure affect the product of agrarian yield/ products?

Does energy failure reduce the quantum of ranch produce?

Does increase of transportation of food contributes to increase in dealing price of food?

Does ultramodern agrarian practice depend on energy?

Does energy failure increase the price of food?

Purpose Of The Study

The main purpose of this study is to identify the problems associated with the increase in the price of agrarian yield/ products in the request, its also met to identify ways to reduces this trend.

Significance Of The Study

This study or exploration will be of immense benefit to the government because if there’s energy failure. It also means that there will be increase in price of foods produce/ products in the agrarian sector.

The study is stopgap to give sapience to the government as to why they should stop adding the price of energy, when the cost of energy is low, the cost of product and transportation will also be low and these can lead to low price of agrarian goods been transported.

further also, it’s hoped that information gathered from this exploration will propel the government to insure constant deregulation of energy, stop adding energy, waging war against oil painting cellarage and energy savers, and to explore every means to insure vacuity of energy.

Description Of Terms

husbandry Simple refers to the practice of tending the soil for the purpose of growing crops and the parenting of creatures for man’s use.

failure Means short force of certain coffers relating of demand at a given price.

Mechanization Mean the practice of husbandry by using ultramodern machines to carry out ranch operation to increase product and maximize profit.

Agrarian Produce Refers to raw accoutrements gotten from the ranch( at it raw stage, not gone through secondary stage).

Agricultural Products Means agrarian yield that have passed through the raw stage to a alternate.

Hike Means increase in cost of commodity.

Hoard Means to intimately store a precious products or plutocrat for farther use.