JAMB - Economics (2013 - No. 30)
The main reason for low agricultural produce in west Africa is need to
the presence of large-scale agro-allied industries
high dependency ratio
over dependence on agriculture for subsistence
the use of crude implements in farming process
Paaiškinimas
Farming implements used by farmers especially at the rural level has been known to lower productivity due to the amount of labour needed to increase production. These farmers still use outdated farm tools. This is one of the major reason for low productivity in the agricultural.