ADB - Agricultural Data Bank
CBN - Central Bank of Nigeria
CPD - Central Planning Department
CTA - Chief Technical Adviser
EA - Enumeration Area
FCT - Federal Capital Territory
FMA - Federal Ministry of Agriculture
FMST - Federal Ministry of Science and Technology
FOS - Federal Office of Statistics
FPMU - Federal Project Monitoring Unit
NAC - National Agricultural Census
NADPC - National Agricultural Development Planning Committee
NASCCO - National Agro-Statistics Coordinating Committee
NCA - National Council for Agriculture
NDB - National Data Bank
NEPA - National Electric Power Authority
NIHS - National Integrated Household Survey
NSIS - National Statistical and Information Systems
PRSD - Planning, Research and Statistics Department
SAC - Survey Advisory Committee
SASCCO - State Agro-Statistics Coordinating Committee
TCADM - Technical Committee on Agricultural Data Management
WRRD - Water Resources and Rural Development
Agriculture was traditionally the mainstay of the Nigerian economy. It provided employment and contributed to foreign exchange earnings for the country. It helped feed the growing population and was a source of raw materials for the industrial sector.
After a shift in emphasis towards oil as the main source of foreign exchange for the country in the early seventies, the Government of Nigeria investigated ways of re-establishing agriculture as a means of livelihood and as an alternative for earning foreign exchange.
The Government of Nigeria also gave high priority to the development of agriculture in its structural adjustment programme and initiated several worthwhile policies such as `Operation Feed Nigeria' and `Green Revolution'. A number of agricultural development programmes were implemented in all states of the country with the overall objective of improving agricultural production. In general, these programmes were not very successful, owing to poor sustainability, constantly changing government and a lack of adequate data to develop a plan for increasing agricultural production.
The Government of Nigeria recognized the importance of access to reliable information as a basis for better planning, and decided to supplement the limited information available on the agricultural sector by conducting a National Agricultural Census (NAC), reinforcing the system of agricultural statistics in operation at the time and developing an agricultural data bank.
Many government agencies were involved in gathering the data on agriculture. These included the Federal Office of Statistics (FOS), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), agricultural development projects and state ministries of agriculture. Unfortunately, the results were often incomplete, and data from different sources conflicted.
The Government of Nigeria recognized the need to coordinate the work of the different data generating agencies under a single agricultural statistics system and, subsequently, undertook a reorganization of the sector. Sub-sectors, including crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries, land and water resources and agrometeorology, were identified and ministries were created to increase user access to reliable information.
At the beginning of 1986, an FAO project identification mission visited Nigeria. The mission stressed the importance of reliable and timely data and the need to establish an Agricultural Data Bank (ADB). In order to assess the status of agricultural statistics in the country and to formulate a proposal for assistance to establish an ADB, UNDP approved a preparatory assistance phase for six months, project NIR/83/016 "Establishment of an Agricultural Data Bank (Preparatory Assistance)", which began in November 1986.
Project NIR/87/012, "Establishment of an Agricultural Data Bank", was approved and signed by the Government of Nigeria, FAO and UNDP in December 1988 with a budget of $US 1 249 820. The corresponding contribution from the Federal Government of Nigeria was estimated at Niara 3 206 676, in kind. The budget was revised to $US 1 309 409 in December 1994, to provide additional support to the agricultural census.
The implementing agency for the Government of Nigeria was the Planning, Research and Statistics Department (PRSD), formerly the Central Planning Department (CPD), in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture (FMA), formerly the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development (WRRD). FAO served as the executing agency and provided technical support, backstopping, arrangements for training, fellowships, study tours and recruitment of consultants.
At the time the project was formulated and signed, the seat of the Federal Government was in Lagos. Shortly after this, many government offices, including FMA, were transferred from Lagos to Abuja, in the new Federal Capital Territory (FCT). FOS remained in Lagos. During this transition period the project was affected by the relocation of staff and facilities and by the separation of the two agencies involved in project implementation. The original duration of the project was three years, but this was extended to a total of seven years.
In the Tripartite Review Meeting of 21 July 1993, it was determined that the activities under this project would be integrated into the new UNDP programme, NIR/C2 "National Statistical and Information Systems (NSIS)" which would be executed by FOS. However, this programme did not become operational until 12 September 1995 and integration of NIR/87/012 into NIR/C2 effectively took place as of 1 January 1996.
The FMA established a unit responsible for the development and maintenance of the ADB and assigned staff to this unit. The staff collaborated with international and national experts on the development of the ADB.
The FMA provided accommodation for national and international project staff during the initial stages of the project in Karu, a suburb of Abuja, and later, in the FMA Headquarters after construction of an extension. It also created zonal offices in four cities and provided office facilities, stationery, office supplies and equipment. The Government established national and state committees to develop guidelines for the establishment of the ADB and to monitor and review the quality of the data collected. FOS provided accommodation for the international consultants assigned to the NAC in its offices in Lagos during the preparations for, and the processing of, the NAC. It also provided the necessary stationery, office supplies and equipment.
A Chief Technical Adviser (CTA), an international agricultural statistics expert with experience in data processing, was provided for 22 months beginning in November 1989, to assist in preparations for the ADB. These included the definition of content, training of staff in Abuja and in the zonal offices, and specification of the information system. In addition, this expert provided preliminary assistance to FOS in the preparations for the NAC. A national expert in agricultural statistics was recruited in February 1994, to succeed the international expert as CTA; this expert remained with the project until its completion.
A two-week international consultancy in sampling was undertaken for FOS in January 1993 to prepare for the NAC and several short international consultancies in data processing were undertaken. Two missions totalling nine months occurred between September 1993 and November 1994 to plan for and to process the NAC. An international consultant in information systems was recruited in October 1994 for three weeks, to specify the hardware, software and associated training for the ADB.
Part of the technical assistance granted by the project included four fellowships and three study tours and a considerable amount of in-service training was provided to PRSD staff. Project vehicles and microcomputer hardware and software were also provided.
The long-term objective of the project was to establish a data base of agricultural statistics and organize a computerized data bank to make comprehensive, reliable and timely data required for policy formulation and development planning available to the PRSD of the FMA.
The immediate objectives of the project were to:
- establish and develop in-house professional statistical expertise within the PRSD of the FMA for an effective role in the organization, coordination and guidance of agricultural statistics activities; build up data processing capabilities and facilities for the establishment of an agricultural data bank, and organize training courses for data collection and processing;
- develop and implement a periodical reporting system for the PRSD through the involvement of available field extension staff of state ministries of agriculture and others in the specified priority areas; and
- carry out a nationwide sample census of agriculture on the basis of a much larger sample size (at least 5 000 Enumeration Areas (EAs)) in order to obtain up-to-date data on the structure of agriculture and create a statistical sampling frame for follow-up surveys.
The ADB was established in the Statistics Branch of the PRSD of the FMA in the new Federal Capital, Abuja. In addition to the standard computer tables, other items included a public address system, blackboards and whiteboards, and overhead projectors for in-house training.
PRSD staff were gradually transferred from Lagos to Abuja and new staff were recruited to sustain the expanded activities arising from the project as well as to carry out the ongoing activities of the PRSD. Staff included statisticians and agricultural planners, computer scientists and programmers, system analysts, data processing officers, word processing officers and support staff (cleaners, messengers, security officers, etc.).
PRSD was divided into three branches: research, statistics and records. The statistics branch included sub-sections on sectoral statistics, internal statistics and computer services. The computer services section was, in its turn, sub-divided into three further sub-sections: data processing, word processing and the ADB.
This sub-section undertook activities related to data entry, editing and analysis of data collected for the ADB.
This sub-section handled all activities related to document preparation, including report writing, documentation of seminars, and special reports from the Minister's and Director General's offices. Other reports prepared include the presentations and summary of the National Conference on Agriculture.
The activities of the ADB sub-section were carried out through committees at the national and state levels. The national committee was called the National Agro-Statistics Coordinating Committee (NASCCO). It served as the clearing house for all data on national agricultural statistics before they were released to the public. It was set up to correct the previous situation where different agencies independently released data on the same crop.
In each state, a corresponding committee, called the State Agro-Statistics Coordinating Committee (SASCCO), was set up to coordinate the generation and management of data at a state level.
The functions of NASCCO were: to examine and update the needs for data on the agricultural sector for development planning in Nigeria; to create awareness of the ADB in all producers and users of agricultural statistics at federal and state government levels as well as in the general public; and to serve as an advisory body on the technical, organizational and training aspects of agricultural data production.
Representatives of NASCCO met to discuss various national issues concerning agricultural statistics. The following agencies were represented: PRSD of the FMA, the National Data Bank (NDB), FOS, CBN, agricultural colleges, the Agro-Meteorological Services Department, the National Planning Commission and Agricultural Research Systems.
In order to enhance the activities of the committee, a sub-committee called the Technical Committee on Agricultural Data Management (TCADM) was created to review regularly the data needs and to update the requirements when necessary.
The NDB played an important role in NASCCO by coordinating the activities of all the sectoral data banks in Nigeria. The NDB guaranteed the compatibility of systems among sectoral data banks and ensured that the format of the stored data agreed with the international standard. The NDB also monitored the software being used in each sector to maintain the portability of the data and programs.
FOS, the main data-gathering body in Nigeria, had the primary role of advising the committee on technical aspects such as the design of questionnaires, surveys, development of sampling frames, and the estimation of agricultural production. The CBN had the responsibility of providing advisory services concerning financial information on trade.
One of the first accomplishments of NASCCO was to specify the sectors to be covered in the ADB. These sectors were: Crops, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries, Agro-Climatology, Agricultural Trade (including International Trade, Commodity Prices and Price Indices), Manpower/Human Resources and Land Resources. The data items were listed in the report on Harmonization of Data, published in 1991.
The microcomputers obtained at the inception of the project in 1989 had 80 286 and 80 386 microprocessors with a maximum of 40 MB hard disk storage space. These computers were used for training and for development of procedures to be used in the zonal offices for transfer of data to the PRSD in Abuja. After a suitable facility for the ADB had been prepared, additional hardware and software were specified, ensuring that the hardware in Abuja was compatible with the hardware in the zonal offices.
The basic word processing and spreadsheet software obtained early in the project was replaced by later versions of word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, data base and statistical analysis software. Anti-virus software was loaded on each microcomputer. Special programs for data management of all sectoral data were also developed.
During the last year of the project, staff from the ADB and the NDB developed working documents for discussion in the preparation of a Statement of Requirements for the interface between the two data banks. At the closure of NIR/87/012, no formal agreement had been reached.
To improve the timeliness of the data in the ADB, the PRSD established zonal offices to assist in the assembly and review of the state-level agricultural statistics forwarded to the PRSD in Abuja. These secondary data came from many sources and were collected by staff from the zonal offices.
The zonal officers were linked with the heads of the State Field Project Monitoring Units of the FMA. In each state, SASCCO coordinated the generation and management of data. Its members were drawn from state institutions involved in data management. The committee served as a clearing house for agricultural statistics at state level and was required to approve the data before the information could be published or sent to PRSD for loading into the data bank and for aggregation at national level.
The functions of SASCCO were: to delegate responsibilities for agricultural data collection activities among various agencies to avoid duplication of efforts; to assemble all available secondary agricultural data in the state; to coordinate the activities relating to agricultural data collection in each state; to identify formats for data collection as directed by NASCCO; to implement the design formats for data collection in compliance with NASCCO directives; and to train staff in agricultural statistics methodologies.
Each SASCCO included representatives from the following bodies and agencies: FMA; Ministry of Economic Planning; FOS; CBN; agricultural research institutes; river basin development authorities; agricultural development projects; state offices of Agricultural Project Monitoring and Evaluation Units; National Livestock Production Departments; state office of the Federal Agricultural Coordinating Unit and the Livestock Monitoring and Evaluation Unit; universities and agricultural colleges.
For administrative purposes, the entire country was organized into four zones. Like the PRSD in Abuja, the staff of the zonal offices included statisticians, computer scientists and programmers, system analysts and data and word processing officers.
The location of the zonal offices enhanced interaction and cooperation between zonal officers and state officials. The zonal offices were located in the premises of state ministries of agriculture or in Federal Government facilities. The accommodation and the infrastructure of each of the zonal offices was very satisfactory, with well-furnished computer rooms. There were some problems of inadequate power supply, which may indicate the need for standby generators.
Data from the NAC was to provide the basic information to be stored in the ADB. A process for more efficient data flow was put in place to collect and collate secondary data on a quarterly basis.
The data flow took place through an organized system of quarterly questionnaires designed to gather information on each of the sectors. Under this arrangement, the standardized formats (questionnaires) for agricultural data prepared by the statistics branch and approved by the TCADM were forwarded to the zonal offices. These questionnaires were sent during the first month of every quarter to coincide with the zonal meetings. Furthermore, the questionnaires were reproduced and copies were sent to state offices in the zone through the head of the Federal Project Monitoring Unit (FPMU) of FMA in each state. The head of the FPMU was required to ensure that the questionnaires were received in each state's ministry of agriculture by the director of Planning, Research and Statistics, the Chairman of SASCCO for that state.
The questionnaires were administered and retrieved in the last month of the quarter before the zonal meeting, at which the completed questionnaires were presented for discussion and approval. On approval, the completed questionnaires were sent to the zonal office for data entry and partial analysis. The data were subsequently transferred to Abuja for entry into the ADB and to Lagos for entry, together with national statistics, in the NDB. Data entry of the collected records was organized by sector with specific staff assigned to each sector.
FMA also began to compile the backlog of information located in various states throughout the country. Most of the data on crop production from 1980 to 1994 was entered into the ADB.
Report preparation was an ongoing activity. In addition to the regular reports prepared for the National Council for Agriculture (NCA), reports on annual agricultural statistics and handbooks on agricultural data management were disseminated.
FOS was the official agency responsible for collection, collation, compilation and dissemination of statistical information in all sectors, including agriculture, in Nigeria. Agricultural sample censuses were held in 1974-75 and in 1984-85 and annual rural agricultural sample surveys were also conducted. The results of these censuses were subject to criticism because processing was manual and only about 10% of the questionnaires was actually processed. Inadequate processing facilities coupled with a lack of expertise in computer data processing contributed to this situation.
The NAC was the first nationwide exercise, providing the foundation for the ADB. Furthermore, it gave staff the opportunity to acquire data processing know-how using modern
technology. As a result of the NAC, the country was partitioned into enumeration areas that would serve as primary sampling units for future sample censuses.
The data from the NAC provided comprehensive, timely and current agricultural household data for inclusion in the ADB and allowed the Federal Government and policy-makers to act on the basis of reliable statistics. Moereover, improved statistical and data-processing capabilities were developed and modern computer hardware was acquired. Finally, an up-to-date sampling frame was created for future agricultural surveys.
To oversee NAC activities, a committee called the Survey Advisory Committee (SAC) was set up by FOS. This committee included representatives from FOS, FMA, CBN, the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST), state ministries of agriculture and FAO. During the planning stages, meetings of relevant agencies were held to design questionnaires, review sampling designs, sampling frames and selections of samples, conduct preliminary tests, recruit and train enumerators, and review data processing and report writing.
The FMA set up a National Agricultural Development Planning Committee (NADPC) with the director of PRSD as its chairman. Chief planning officers of FMA, representatives of FOS and CBN were the other members. From this group, a sub-committee was set up to identify the data requirements for agricultural planning and to incorporate these requirements into the scope of the NAC. The data collection and processing for NAC was contracted out to FOS by FMA.
The census sampling frame was obtained from the master sample prepared by FOS for the National Integrated Household Survey (NISH) programme. An international expert in sampling assisted FOS in the selection of about 5 000 EAs from the NISH master sample. From this sample, a sub-sample of households was selected.
The NAC was designed so that FOS could enumerate about 50 000 housing units estimated to have an average size of four persons per household. FOS randomly selected sample clusters distributed throughout Nigeria and covering both traditional peasant farming households and modern agricultural holdings. Sampling occurred at the rate of 10 EAs per local government area, with 10 households selected in each EA. To reduce the bias, self-weighting within the semi-urban and the rural strata was introduced.
The questionnaires for the NAC were adapted from existing questionnaires used in rural agricultural sample surveys and in surveys of modern agricultural holdings. The questionnaires were pre-tested in semi-urban and rural households to provide experience in the planning and execution of the census field work, and to assess the adequacy of the documents and procedures.
The survey reference period was one year and data were collected for all agricultural operations relating to all the crops grown in the country. In addition, data providing demographic information were gathered, together with data regarding socio-economic factors such as health, housing and educational status.
Pre-testing was undertaken in four states. This involved: training trainers at FOS headquarters, training interviewers in FOS state offices and collection of the data.
The data collection took place in three stages and was organized to ensure coverage of the entire crop season. The testing involved 40 housing units in the first stage, 20 housing units in the second stage and four housing units in the third stage. The results from this pre-test were used to modify the documentation and the procedures to be used in the main survey.
The preparatory work on NAC was undertaken between April 1992 and August 1993. The census enumeration commenced in September 1993 and was completed in 1994.
About 5 000 enumerators were involved in data-collection activities for stage one. Each enumerator resided in the sampling unit to which he had been assigned and was required to cover the area for the stage one interview. All selected farmers in each sampled EA were interviewed to collect basic information. In stage two operations, only half of the enumerators from stage one were used. This stage involved the objective measurement of farm plots and collection of information on farming activities. Parameters to be measured included size of farm, types of crops grown in the fields, crop yields, wastage, etc. In stage three, which studied drying and milling factors, data was collected by only about 500 of the enumerators.
Batches of completed questionnaires were sent to each FOS state scrutiny section at the end of every month. These sections performed the preliminary editing of field questionnaires. After completion of the editing, the questionnaires were bundled into batches. Records of the completed questionnaires were retained for each sampling area.
Computerized data processing was handled solely by FOS in Lagos. The entry, editing and collation took place by means of microcomputers. After data were entered, they were edited and verified to make sure that errors were limited. The data entry procedure for each questionnaire was undertaken separately.
To enhance the processing of NAC data, an international expert in data processing was employed. All programs were developed by the consultant using the Clipper 5.2 database. The data entry programs were developed by FOS programmers while the formulae to expand the data were supplied by FOS. Individual programs were developed for the activities of general household listing, data merging, data update, data editing and data tabulation.
The processing of NAC data comprised two phases. In the first phase, national-level results were tabulated; in the second phase, state-level tables were prepared.
The national tables reflected structural data on agriculture in Nigeria and illustrated those aspects of the sector that do not change frequently (for example, information on temporary and permanent crop production, livestock rearing, poultry and fishing).
During the second phase, tables were prepared with production data at state levels. This phase had three components: listing of households and crops grown, a general household survey and a holding questionnaire.
The household-listing questionnaire comprised 44 data items for approximately 25 000 EAs; the general household survey questionnaire contained 17 data items in 255 000 questionnaires, while the holding questionnaire included 101 data items for the same number of questionnaires.
2.3.9.1 Household-listing questionnaire
Processing of NAC data commenced in June 1993. By December 1994, data entry, merging and editing for the household-listing questionnaire were completed.
The following tables were generated for each state:
1. Number and percentage of households cultivating temporary crops.
2. Number and percentage of households cultivating permanent crops.
3. Number and percentage of households with livestock, poultry and/or fish.
4. Number of housing units, households and holders.
2.3.9.2 General household survey
By December 1994, manual editing and coding were completed for almost all the states. Data entry was completed for about 70 percent of the states, while merging, general editing, processing and tables were generated for some states.
2.3.9.3 Holding questionnaire
By December 1994, manual editing and coding were completed for about 75 percent of the states. Merging, general data cleaning, editing and processing were still under way at the time of writing this report. Some state tables, of the 15 different tables that had been planned, were generated.
2.3.9.4 Modern holdings of agriculture
The estimated number of modern holdings in Nigeria is about 5 700. Of these holdings, about 2 800 employ less than 10 workers and about 2 900 employ more than 10 workers. Although it was expected that the edited data would be ready in February 1995, this activity was not completed until August 1995.
2.3.10 Logistical problems
The progress of NAC was hindered by logistical problems such as frequent load-shedding by the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA), the non-availability of diesel to run the generator and political unrest in the country. The computing facilities at FOS were also affected and considerable effort was made to ensure that the process ran smoothly.
During the project, many staff members attended training courses both in Nigeria and abroad. Four officers were enrolled in fellowship training outside Nigeria; project experts conducted courses in Abuja and organized training programmes at colleges and training institutes in Nigeria. This training contributed to capacity building, which was one of the major objectives of the project. Study tours were arranged to give FMA staff an opportunity to see how other countries collected, processed, stored and disseminated agricultural data.
During the project, several workshops and seminars were organized to identify the data requirements for each of the sectors. In 1992, a workshop called the National Conference on Agriculture and Information Management System was held. In this workshop participants assessed the achievements in agricultural data management throughout the country and prepared an institutional framework for agricultural data collection, collation, processing and dissemination of information for use in the development strategy of the National Planning Commission.
Another outcome of the workshop was the identification of data needs as seen by producers and users of various kind of agricultural statistics. As a result, a new awareness of the need to support a functional statistical system for the country was created. This recognition enhanced data-flow and increased the accessibility of relevant information.
The project assisted PRSD to design, develop and load a computerized national ADB. Assistance was provided to plan, conduct and process the NAC, which provides comprehensive, reliable and timely agricultural data to decision-makers in the agricultural sector. The project also assisted FMA to strengthen the reporting system and flow of data between states and ADB.
Through the ADB, FMA and FOS put in place improved organizational infrastructures and established institutional arrangements and linkages at all administrative levels. Zonal offices were created by FMA to coordinate the activities of state offices. In addition, computer hardware and software were procured for units involved in data processing and analysis. The development of information systems for data collection, collation, storage, retrieval, analysis, presentation, reporting and transmission reached an advanced stage.
At the end of the project, remaining activities were integrated into the new UNDP Programme, NIR/92/003 on National Statistical and Information Systems. Progress made with the development and implementation of the ADB should continue with support from this new programme, specifically in the areas of training in the management of a computer centre, software development and data analysis.
The installation and operation of a microcomputer network within the FMA would enhance access to information on the agricultural sector and allow decision-making based on current information. However, staff in the PRSD and the ADB must understand the complexity of a network and be able to maintain the system. Initially, the PRSD will need to rely on others for maintenance of the network. Substantial training will be required to attain this capability in the PRSD.
The flow of data from statistics-producing agencies to the ADB, and subsequently to the NDB, should include quality-control mechanisms to verify the data obtained and to ensure its consistency and timeliness. It may be necessary to provide financial assistance to the states to ensure that the data-flow is timely.
With the loading of NAC data into the ADB, it is important that studies be undertaken to analyse the data and to disseminate results about the agricultural sector to interested users.
ADB and FOS staff should be trained in information management; advanced database management; computer facilities management; repairs and maintenance of computer systems; data communications and computer networks; and, finally, in report preparation and presentation.
It is also recommended that action be taken to improve data-flow from states to zones and from zones to headquarters; more user-applications for the ADB be developed; PRSD staff be trained in statistical analysis; programmes for more efficient data collection be developed; standby generators be procured for zonal offices; specifications for communication links within the ADB and among FOS zonal and state offices be developed; LAN components be procured and LAN facilities be installed; and, finally, that periodic workshops for state and zonal officers on the use of data for effective planning be conducted.
Dates of Service
Name Function Starting Date Concluding Date
International
S.S. Pillai Chief Technical Adviser 4 Nov. 1989 31 Aug. 1991
C. Scott Consultant in Agricultural
Statistics 28 Jan. 1993 14 Feb. 1993
D.N. Altman Consultant in Data Processing 13 Sept. 1993 10 Nov. 1993
14 March 1994 30 Sept. 1994
M.M. Manuel Consultant for Specification of
ADB Equipment and Training 15 Oct. 1994 17 Nov. 1994
National
S.A.S. Olorunju Chief Technical Adviser 1 Feb. 1994 31 Dec. 1995
Gibson O. Akibe Secretary 1 Feb. 1990 31 Aug. 1992
1 Feb. 1994 28 Feb. 1995
Patrick Anegbe Driver 16 March 1990 31 Aug. 1991
Angulu Ataki Driver 1 Feb. 1993 28 Feb. 1995
Government staff assigned to the project
Alh. Mai Jir National Director, PRSD, FMA, Abuja
S.F. Adefila Deputy Director, NPC, FMA, Abuja
D.E. Oyakhilome Deputy Director, NPC, FMA Abuja
Benson Danguma Chief Statistician, PRSD, FMA, Abuja
A.O. Olatokun Desk Officer, NADB, FMA. Abuja
A.N. Asugha Zonal Coordinator, Ibadan Zone
F. Omueza Zonal Coordinator, Kaduna Zone
L.U. Ajero Zonal Coordinator, Owerri Zone
M.K. Kabo Zonal Coordinator, Maiduguri Zone
Y.A. Yusuf Program/System Analyst, NADB, FMA
P.L. Onwuka Program/System Analyst, NADB, FMA
B. Latiff Statistical Assist., NADB, FMA
V.O. Aborisade Statistical Assist., NADB, FMA
J. O. Abugu Statistician, FMA
J.A. Adelabu Statistician, Kaduna Zonal Office
K.S. Agunleti Snr. Data Proc. Asst., NADB, FMA
S. Eguaroje Snr. Data Proc. Asst., Maiduguri Zone
D.I. Siddiq Snr. Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Maiduguri
F.E. Akpan Planning Officer, NADB, FMA
S.A.O. Taiwo Snr. Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Ibadan
C.M. Onuiri Data Proc. Asst., NADB, FMA
N. Ayooluwa Data Proc. Asst., NADB, FMA
E.O. Olayanju Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Ibadan
L. Usman Data Proc. Asst., NADB, FMA
J.M. Clement Data Proc. Asst., NADB, FMA
H.M. Samuel Data Proc. Asst., NADB, FMA
B. Aragbaiye Personal Asst., FMA
Anfani Micah Data Proc. Asst., NADB, FMA
H.I. Amaechi Data Proc. Asst., NADB, FMA
B. Titilola Data Proc. Asst., NADB, FMA
H. Owolabi Data Proc. Asst., NADB, FMA
D.N. Odimba Data Proc. Asst., NADB, FMA
Alh. Mai Umara Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Maiduguri
M.S. Holman Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Maiduguri
M.A. Ayanda Statistician, NADB, Ibadan
A.O.Adebakin Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Ibadan
E.O. Olayanju Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Ibadan
F. Odunze Planning Officer, NADB, Kaduna
A. Alabi Economist, NADB, Kaduna
A. Bitrus Economist, NADB, Kaduna
Anwe Higher Agric. Officer, NADB, Kaduna
Ogunleye Higher Agric. Officer, NADB, Kaduna
G.K. Sanyaolu Prin. Stat. Asst., NADB, Kaduna
Y.A. Aboderin Prin. Data Proc. Asst, Kaduna
N.O. Nlemeka Statistical Asst., NADB, Owerri
H.S. Maghum Statistical Asst., NADB, Maiduguri
R. Omomeji Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Abuja
A. Agogo Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Maiduguri
O.S. Edun Snr. Data Proc. Asst., FMA, Abuja
A.M. Kareem Statistician, PRSD, FMA, Abuja
E.D. Agber Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Abuja
S. Obiaye Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Ibadan
N. Egwin Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Owerri
E.A. Nelson Library Asst., NADB, Owerri
H. Owolabi Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Abuja
L. Bamidele Snr. Data Proc. Asst., NADB, Abuja
H. Nwosu Asst. Agric. Supt., NADB, Owerri
A2.1 FELLOWSHIPS
Participants Study Place Date
A.A. Shofolabo Agricultural and household University of Kent Sept. 1990 - July 1991
survey statistics, data
collection and processing
F. Omueza Management information University of Sept. 1991 - Aug. 1992
technology Stirling, School
of Management
Noze Otote Agricultural planning University of July 1992 - Oct. 1992
models, economic East Anglia,
studies and input/output Norwich
analysis
A.G. Kehinde Database management Silsoe College, May 1992 - July 1992
Ibrahim systems, structured Silsoe, Bedford,
system analysis the UK
and design
A2.2 STUDY TOURS
Participants Place Date
S.F. Adefila India 16 - 27 Sept. 1991
D.E. Oyakhilome Rome 4 - 15 Oct. 1993
D.E. Oyakhilome Morocco, Egypt 6 - 19 Dec. 1994
B. Danguma Morocco, Egypt 6 - 19 Dec. 1994
A.O. Olatokun Morocco, Egypt 6 - 19 Dec. 1994
M.K. Kabo Morocco, Egypt 6 - 19 Dec. 1994
F. Omueza Morocco, Egypt 6 - 19 Dec. 1994
L.U. Ajero Morocco, Egypt 6 - 19 Dec. 1994
A.N. Asugha Morocco, Egypt 6 - 19 Dec. 1994
A2.3 IN-HOUSE TRAINING COURSES
Participants Study Date
F.O. Igbonngo Statistics and Computer Training 21 May - 15 June 1990
I.U. Okonkwo
C. Kure
P. Duniyan
I.O. Ojo
Y.O. Adebisi
F. Omueza
K. Ibrahim
A. Arinze
K.A. Salare
V. Akeredolu
H. Amechi Database management with dBASE III 24 July - 3 Aug. 1990
L. Omoake
D. Clement
K. Ibrahim
A. Arinze
V. Akeredolu
F. Omueza
B.L. Danguma Processing of agricultural census
F.E. Akpan survey data
J.A. Adelabu
M.A. Ayanda
B.L. Danguma Data analysis using MICROSTAT
J.O. Abugu
F.E. Akpan
A. Kareem
R H. Omomeji Graphic presentation of data
A. Nuga using Harvard Graphics
H. Owolabi
C. Onuiri
P Onwuka
B. Danguma
J. Abugu
O. S. Edun
A.M. Kareem
H.I. Amaechi Introduction to Word Perfect 4 weeks
B.S. Titilola
I. Usman
Participants Study Date
B. Aragbaiye Introduction to Word Perfect
E.A. Nelson
C.M. Onuiri
P.L. Onwuka Database management using dBASE IV 4 weeks
B.N. Odunze
V.O. Aborisade
J.O. Abugu
L. Omoigui
E.A. Adi
B. Danguma Training on SPSS software package 2 weeks
A.O. Olatokun
J. Adelabu
M. Ayanda
A. Nuga
R.H. Omomeji
Y. Yusuf Microcomputer repairs/workshop 1 week
A.N. Asugha
F. Omueza
L.U. Ajero
M.K. Kabo
H. Owolabi
Alh. Mai Umara
Toyin Akingbaso
A. Micah
Cost
Quantity Item ($ US)
4 Computer, IBM PS/2 20 MB HD 7 370
4 Printer, XL 24E 2 590
2 Microcomputer, Jet-Pro 800 2 070
2 Printer, HP Laser Jet III 3 400
4 Computer, AST Bravo LC4 340 MB HD
2 Computer, AST Bravo LC4 1 GB HD
5 Computer, Compaq Deskpro 320 MB HD
1 Fax, Panasonic KX F130B
8 AVR 1.20 KVA
6 Uninterruptible power supply
4 Computer, Epson LQ-1170 24-pin
1 Printer, colour HP560c
2 Computer, Epson DLQ-3000 24-pin
2 Printer, HP Laser Jet IV
1 Monitor, 21-inch SVGA
1 Vehicle, Peugeot 505 S/W LHD 15 747
1 Vehicle, Peugeot 505 S/W GL
2 Vehicle, Toyota L/Cruiser 4WD 44 160
3 Vehicle, Toyota L/Cruiser 4WD
1 Copier, Xerox, with stand 6 400
1 Typewriter, Xerox 6018, electronic 2 360
4 Vehicle, L/Cruiser 4WD
4 Microcomputer, IBM - PC/XT
100 Calculator, programmable
1 000 Compass, prismatic
100 Weighing scales
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Consultancy Report. M.M. Manuel, November 1994.
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