Effect of Covid-19 pandemic on agricultural output in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria
Keywords:
Covid-19, Pandemic, Agricultural Output, Calabar Metropolis and productionAbstract
The study investigates the effect of Covid-19 pandemic on agricultural output in Calabar metropolis of cross river state using the independent chi square analysis. The population of the study comprises one thousand farmers. The researcher purposively selected four hundred farmers using a simple random sampling. It was discovered that the performance of agricultural output in terms of crop production and livestock farming have been negatively affected due to the covid-19 pandemic which indicates that, the ongoing covid-19 agricultural intervention and conditional cash transfer funds is yet to have a positive impact on agricultural output and the real sector economy of Calabar Metropolis. The immensity of this effect relates to the farmers acquisition of land, improved seedlings, livestock fingerlings to mitigate the cost of farming. The study there for implies that government should enforce total compliance and adherence to Covid-19 vaccine and partner with the private sector as a bit to mitigate the continuous spread of the virous,revive agricultural sector, support and invest more in scientific research as an effort to finding total cure to Covid-19 as continuous spread will bring about a total scarcity in the supply and cultivation of agricultural products and hence urgently subsidize the cost of crop production.Downloads
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