An Impact Assessment of the Rural Road Programme of National Fadama II Development Project on Agricultural Produce Marketing in Kogi State,Nigeria

摘要

This study was carried out with the aim of appraising the impact of rural road programmes of National Fadama II Development Project on Agricultural Produce Marketing in Kogi State of Nigeria. The research methodology involved the selection of a total of200 sample farmers. The farmers were randomly selected from communities in the eleven rural road projects carried out between 2006 and 2010. The study revealed that the road construction work of the National Fadama II Development Project in Kogi State has led to less dependence on headporterage as a major means of transporting agricultural produce prior to the road work. The study further revealed that there was an increase in the transportation cost of agricultural commodities despite the road network.This study then suggests that the rural road construction programme could be effectively and better handled both the Ministry of Works and Rural Development Board because they are better equipped to handle it.