Brief Introduction

From immemorial, Oredo Local Government Area is mainly an old economy. A large number of people engage themselves in agriculture for food and income in other to increase their standard of living. The agricultural sector is the earliest occupation of the economy in the history of mankind.

Therefore following the trace of the history of agriculture, it is obvious that agriculture started from when man stung from place to place gathering ruffles and animals to satisfy his immediate needs. As at that time man had three (3) basic necessities in life, these are matter, air and food have to be provided by the man himself.

Man at first feed himself on edible roots, small animals which he caught later on, due to the advent of urbanization, man gradually learned a primitive way of planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops and rearing animals for food as well as for hunger, for clothing and shelter.

Agriculture was later developed to such an extent that the role cannot be over-stressed from the rural way of farming, it move a step further to involve the use of the agricultural mechanisms. But it is natural that the people of Oredo Local government Area of Edo State still use primitive and crude implements for farming because of the protection of lack of capital, low level of education, lack of infrastructure, and so on.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

• Background of study
• Statement of the study
• Purpose of the study
• Significance of the study
• Scope of the study
• Limitation of the study
• Definition of terms

CHAPTER TWO        

The meaning of agriculture

• Types of agriculture
• Economic importance of agriculture
• Problems facing agriculture in Edo State
• Solutions to the problem facing agriculture in Edo State

CHAPTER THREE    

Methodology

• Design of the study
• Population of the study
• Sample of study
• Description of instrument
• Administration of instrument

CHAPTER FOUR

• Data analysis and result

CHAPTER FIVE

Summary of findings

• Conclusion
• Recommendations

BIBLIOGRAPHY       

APPENDIX (QUESTIONNAIRES)