By Ochi, Jenu, M. A.
The study examined the contributions of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) to agricultural development in Kogi State. The study was designed
to find out the medium employed by the NGOs tor creating awareness to
assist peasant farmers in Kogi State; strategies employed by the NGOs to
secure peasant farmers' participation in programmes; inputs supplied to
farmers by the NGOs for agricultural development activities; technologies in
agricultural productions adopted by the farmers through the activities of the
NGOs; strategies employed by the NGOs to improve the productivity of
peasant farmers; and strategies employed by the NGOs to improve the
income of peasant farmers. Six research questions and two hypotheses
were formulated. Three hundred farmers and NGO extension officers
formed the population of the study.