Influence of Transportation on Agricultural Productivity in Yakurr L.G.A

Abstract

Transportation is very crucial to the economic development of all agricultural sector including other sectors. Transport is an artery for easy movement of goods from the areas of production to areas of consumption. The study employed questionnaire survey to elicit data from the respondents in the study. The questionnaire include information on nature of farming, means of transportation, means of transport to the market, influence of transport to the market among others. The result indicated that farming constitute the highest employment in the study area and farming is on commercial basis as shown by 50.0% respondents. The dominant mode of transportation in the area include motor cycles as shown by 50.0% of respondents followed by motor cars (32.5%). Transport also impose high cost on the farmer to transport their goods to the market indicated by 52.8% response. The data also indicate that this indicates high cost of goods taken to the market. Most of the goods are sold in the market as shown by 37.5% and 32.5% on Road side. Thus, the nature/types of road transport modes in Yakurr is actually affecting the marketing and production of agricultural produce. Hence recommended that Government should give priority to construction of accessible road from homes to the farm and from the farm to the market.

Keywords: Transportation, Accessibility, Agriculture, Produce, cost of goods, market