Influence of road transport infrastructure on agricultural sector development in Nigeria

Olusogo Ogunleye (Author), Akinyemi Ajibola (Author), Oluwafemi Enilolobo (Author), Olufolakemi Shogunle (Author)

Abstract

The study investigated the effects of road transport infrastructure on agricultural sector development in Nigeria from 1985 to 2014, using secondary annual time series data on agricultural development (proxy by gross domestic product in the Agric sector) road transport infrastructure (proxy by length of paved road per square kilometer of area) export and capital, all obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) [3], and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) [16], statistical bulletins. The data were analyzed using Granger Causality test and Ordinary Least Square estimation techniques. The study concluded that a positive and statistically significant relationship exists between road transport infrastructures (LRT) also evidence was found of a unidirectional causality from agricultural sector development to transport infrastructure. The study, therefore, recommends that adequate and timely maintenance of existing roads should be carried out as well as enacting appropriate regulations that ensure proper implementation and completion of new road construction contracts in the country in order to boost agricultural sector development, reduce wastage of farm produce and increase the possibility of economic diversification.

Keywords

cestni promet;prometna infrastruktura;razvoj kmetijstva;road transport;transport infrastructure;agricultural development;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2018
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM FL - Faculty of Logistics
UDC:	656.1:631
COBISS:	134368003
ISSN:	2232-4968
Views:	1032
Downloads:	369
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Other data

Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	cestni promet;prometna infrastruktura;razvoj kmetijstva;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	str. 39-50
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ9
Issue:	ǂiss. ǂ1
Chronology:	Feb. 2018
DOI:	10.2478/jlst-2018-0004
ID:	10929053