INNOVATIVE MODELS FOR CREATING A ROBUST RURAL AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN NIGERIA
Eze Chidi Nwauba
Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2025
The study studied Nigeria's rural agricultural sector and proposed improvements. The study sought to identify the key barriers to agricultural sustainability and output in Nigeria's rural areas and tested innovative ideas from other locations. The study had four primary questions: What obstacles does Nigeria's rural agricultural economy face? What creative models have worked in other regions that could be used to Nigeria? How can these models be adapted to Nigeria's rural agricultural communities? The socio-economic effects of implementing these models in Nigeria? The research team collected descriptive data from 100 structured questionnaire respondents. Descriptive statistics included mean scores, standard deviations, and kurtosis. Lack of market data, capital constraints, destroyed infrastructure, and climate change's effects on Nigeria's rural agriculture business were among the research's findings. Improvement priorities were "Inadequate Market Information,""Limited Access to Finance," and "Infrastructure Deficiency."" Climate Change and Environmental Degradation" was important but least variable. The study explored precision farming, regenerative agriculture, and community-based production systems. Regenerative agriculture seemed promising, but precision farming was most popular. Experts proposed incorporating indigenous knowledge, strengthening extension services, employing mobile technology, personalizing training programs, and expanding policy support to make these approaches more applicable to rural Nigerians. Federal funds, new technologies, and local knowledge are needed to alleviate rural Nigeria's agricultural difficulties. Comparative regional evaluations, longitudinal research to determine these models' long-term effects, and future agriculture technology studies are needed. Executing the strategies and sustaining a research agenda could boost Nigeria's rural agriculture sector's productivity, sustainability, and social development.