Abstract
The study evaluated the impact of National Poverty Eradication programme (NAPEP) on food security among the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), using data from Kogi State of Nigeria. The study is borne out of the curiosity to address the problems of poverty and hunger in Kogi State of Nigeria. The z-test statistics was used to test the hypothesis at 5% level of significance. The study showed that beneficiaries of NAPEPs intervention had significantly greater output in crops and that their income significantly exceeded that of non-beneficiaries. One of the two major problems that hindered the success of NAPEP is that only a few beneficiaries selected among the numerous individuals are within the low income bracket. The second problem is inadequate loan granted to beneficiaries. Based on this, the paper recommended that NAPEP should increase the number of beneficiaries, increase their loans, intensify provision of central productive input and focus on the processing of agricultural produce. This will add value to the produce, command high prices, increase varieties, generate more employment opportunities, enhance food security and reduce poverty incidence. Key words: National poverty eradication programme, food security, all farmers association of Nigeria, small scale farmers, industrialists. 
Highlights
The Federal Government of Nigeria has at various times committed millions of naira to programmes aimed at increasing agricultural production and reducing poverty
The overall objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of National Poverty Eradication programme (NAPEP)’S intervention on All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) members in
In order to evaluate the impact of NAPEP’s agricultural programmes on AFAN members in Kogi State, a comparison of the income change of respondents with NAPEP intervention to the income change of respondents without NAPEP intervention was made as follows
Summary
The Federal Government of Nigeria has at various times committed millions of naira to programmes aimed at increasing agricultural production and reducing poverty. Several studies on agricultural development implication and evaluation of government programmes as well as poverty have been carried out. No study has been conducted to evaluate the impact of NAPEP on AFAN members of Kogi State of Nigeria. Kogi State will benefit from the findings of this study with more micro-credits extended to them; the farmers will witness increased income level and productivity. With these key variables of poverty under control, it is expected that sustainable poverty reduction will be attained
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