Income Impact of Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS) on Rural Households in Benue State, Nigeria

The question is what is the impact of GESS on income of the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in the study area? What are the influences of socio economic characteristics of farmers on participation in GESS? This study, will? Are you still waiting for the study to be carried out or already done show the gains that have accrued to the beneficiaries as result of participating in the Growth Enhance. [...] The vegetation of the local government is that of a transition between the deciduous rain forest of Eastern Nigeria on the Southern part of the local government, and the grassland Savannah towards the North. [...] Furthermore, the data collection instrument was examined against the background of its adequacy in regard to the accomplishment of the objectives of the study. [...] Primary data will be collected on the Socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, the impact of the GESS on agricultural productivity of the respondents, the constraints to participation in Growth Enhancement Support Scheme and the impact of the GESS on income in the study area. [...] This implies that increase in income of the farmer will thus improve farm investment and also the increase in the output of the farmers and thus the willingness to participate in different schemes (Technoserve, 2011).