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Banking Sector Reforms and Agricultural Sector Performance in Nigeria

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This paper examines the effect of banking sector reforms on the growth of agricultural output in Nigeria from 1986 to 2019, with the specific objective of determining the extent to which aggregate bank credit to the agricultural sector (ABCAS), which was expected to be occasioned by banking sector reforms, in conjunction with other reform variables, impacted output growth in the agricultural sector in the period under study. The study utilizes 34 years annual time series data obtained from NBS and CBN data bases. Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS), technique, Breusch–Godfrey LM test of autocorrelation and the ARCH test were used to ascertain the short and long run relationships among ABCAS, DMBLDR, IRS and ASOP. Hypotheses are tested at 5% level of significance. Results show that 96% of the variation in the dependent variable, judging by the Adjusted R2, is attributable to the combined effect of the independent variables. Analysis also reveals that aggregate bank credit to the agricultural sector, (ABCAS), and real effective exchange rate, (REER), exhibit positive and significant relations with agricultural output growth with co-efficient of 29.01 and 33.10 respectively. The study therefore canvasses for banking system structure that prioritizes agricultural financing anchored on manufacturing: – (agro-business; focus), to engender agricultural value-chain creation and enhancement, preferably targeting export of finished agro-allied products.

Published in Journal of Business and Economic Development (Volume 6, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.jbed.20210603.17
Page(s) 176-183
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Keywords

Aggregate Bank Credit, Agricultural Sector, Agric Sector Output, Interest Rate Spread, Reform

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  • Department of Banking and Finance, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

  • Benue State Internal Revenue Service, Makurdi, Nigeria

  • Department of Banking and Finance, Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science and Technology, Makurdi, Nigeria

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