Perception of Farmers towards Government Policy on Rural Transportation

Abstract

This work investigated the perception of farmers towards government policy on rural road transportation, noting that government at all level design developmental agenda to enhance it farming sector, however, road as a special tool for social well-being and for movement of agricultural produce cannot be overemphasized. Major objectives were to this examine the relationship between source of financing rural roads and rural road infrastructural development and elucidate the rate of rural roads maintenance. The research findings revealed that source of financing rural road has impact on rural road infrastructure development in Nigeria. Rural road infrastructural developmental condition depicted the ownership structure, Funder of the rural roads, constructor and maintainer of the rural roads. The findings also uncovered that rural road transportation infrastructure in Nigeria is poorly funded and managed. Rural roads are not ply-able all-year round, and it is noted that government had no clear policies on rural roads, attention to rural road maintenance is poor and most roads were not regularly maintained. For the rural road transport infrastructure to be invigorated, government should design sound clear policies on the rural roads.