Browsing by Author "Raji Abdulwasiu Adeyemi"

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    Correlates of Belief System and Farming Activities in Ijumu Local Government Area Of Kogi State, Nigeria
    (Lyceum of the Phillipines University, Capitol Site Batangas, Philippines, 2016-04) Raji Abdullateef; Muhammed Abubakar Yinusa; Joseph A Oluyemi; Abdulbaqi Saliu Zakariya; Raji Abdulwasiu Adeyemi
    This study examines the correlates of belief system and farming activities in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. Action theory was used in this paper for understanding the relationship between a belief system and the level of farming activities in the area of study. Data for the study is elicited through questionnaires administered to ninety (90) respondents in the study area while the results were presented through the chi-square statistical technique. The results revealed that i) there is a relationship between belief in reincarnation farming and exit of youth from agriculture, ii) There is a link between traditional sacrifice and bumper harvest. Based on the above, it was recommended that the change agents should try as much as possible to supplant this popular belief (reincarnation farming) in Ijumu to avert an exodus of youths from the area. Besides, there is a need to embrace modern techniques of improving bumper harvests such as the application of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) rather than through the cultural sacrifice to gods and ancestor
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    Institutional Structures and Sustainable Rural Development A study of ASA rural Areas of Kwara State Nigeria
    (Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai., 2018-04) Raji Abdullateef; Abubakar Yinusa Muhammed; Abdulbaqi Saliu Zakariya; Joseph A Oluyemi; Sulaiman Rasheed Lanre Abdul Rasheed; Raji Abdulwasiu Adeyemi
    Institutional structures all over the world play crucial role in the development of the society especially rural areas. This is because no individual or society can develop without those structures. This study examines the developmental impacts of institutional structures on rural area in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. As such, survey design was adopted. The data were collected through questionnaires administered to one hundred and twenty (120) households in Asa. Data collected were analysed through descriptive statistics; Chi-square was employed to test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between institutional structures and sustainable rural development. Also, it was discovered that a close supervision of the institutional structures will enhance the level of development in the rural areas. Based on the above, it was recommended that there is need for the three-tier governments to intensify efforts in establishing more institutional structures in the rural areas. Furthermore, government and the communities should ensure that the institutional structures are well monitored coordinated and supervised. Lastly, corporate organisations, non-governmental organisations and individuals should be sensitised on the need to establish institutional structures for the rural dwellers