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Title: AN APPRAISAL OF NIGER STATE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR’S MEDIUM TERM SECTOR STRATEGY (MTSS), 2016-2018
Authors: YUNUSA Abdullahi
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YUNUSA Abdullahi National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, Abuja, Nigeria
MLA 8 Abdullahi, YUNUSA. "AN APPRAISAL OF NIGER STATE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR’S MEDIUM TERM SECTOR STRATEGY (MTSS), 2016-2018." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 199-214, doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i01.013. Accessed Jan. 2021. APA 6 Abdullahi, Y. (2021, January). AN APPRAISAL OF NIGER STATE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR’S MEDIUM TERM SECTOR STRATEGY (MTSS), 2016-2018. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(1), 199-214. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i01.013 Chicago Abdullahi, YUNUSA. "AN APPRAISAL OF NIGER STATE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR’S MEDIUM TERM SECTOR STRATEGY (MTSS), 2016-2018." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 1 (January 2021), 199-214. Accessed January, 2021. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i01.013.
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Abstract: The Niger state government has a vision to be among the top three most developed state in Nigeria by year 2020. This vision is encapsulated in the Niger state Vision 3:2020. The state government hope to achieve this Vision through harnessing her agricultural potential to address the development challenges of the state, especially in the areas of food security, unemployment and the high poverty incidence in the state. This goal was to be achieved through the agricultural sector’s Medium term Sector Strategy (MTSS). This study therefore seek to ascertain the ways in which the Niger state agricultural sector’s MTSS, 2016-2018, has addressed the development challenges of the state. The study is an empirical study, which collected evidence using quantitative research techniques. The quantitative research method adopted for this study is the survey research. Findings of the study revealed that the Niger state agricultural sector’s MTSS, 2016-2018, had a positive effect on the agricultural sector of Niger state, as it was able to achieve most of its objectives with the exception of poverty reduction in the state. The study thus recommend that subsequent agricultural development programs should focus on post-harvest management of the agricultural sector with the objective of increasing the incomes of farmers and other producers in the agricultural value chain of Niger state, in order to address the poverty incidence in the state. To this end, the Niger State Commodity and Export Promotion Agency (NSCEPA) Act 2010 should be reviewed to empower the Agency to play significant role in this regard.

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