Abstract
Most Africans live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. These predominantly small-scale farmers face many challenges, including food security, rising poverty and natural resource degradation. To increase the productivity, profitability and sustainability for the farmer who needs greater access to affordable yield-enhancing inputs, including well-adapted seeds and new methods of integrated soil fertility management as well as output markets where they can convert surplus production into cash. To address these needs, the Rockefeller foundation established the alliance for a Green revolution in Africa. In Nigeria, the federal government established so many Agricultural Extension organizationsand credit facilities e.g. Operation Feed the Nation (O.F.N), Green Revolution Programme(GRP), Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), National Accelerated Food Production Programme(NAFPP), Nigerian Agricultural and Co-operative Bank (NACB)etc, to strengthen small-scale crop farming to support work across all key aspects of Nigeria agricultural value chain. These organizations were to lift millions of small-scale farmers and their families out of poverty and hunger.
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