On Nigerian agricultural survey: Production and consumption pattern( 1994/95 - 2005/06 )

Agriculture had been the main-stay of Nigerian economy before the ‘oil-boom’. Upon the discovery of oil, lesser attention has been given to the agricultural sector. As a result, this paper considered the production of certain important food crops which are highly cultivated by various states of the federation over a period of 1994/95-2005/06. The data layout is identical to that of the RCBD so that ANOVA technique was used to check variability in production and farm gate price for different states and harvesting seasons. A post mortem analytic technique namely the DMRT was also used to check for particular significance.