Impact Of Government Expenditure On Agricultural Production Of Nigeria:- Kalu Kelechi K

Abstract 1 I I ■ This paper examined the impact ofgovernment expenditure on agriculture on economic growth in Nigeria from 1981 - 2018. The objective ofthe study is to look at the impact and short run and longrun relationship between government expenditure on agriculture and economic growth in Nigeria within the period under review. Secondary data were collected based on the model used in the research work and unit root test was conducted on the data to test their stationary, after which ire perform co-inlegration test to analyze the long run relationship among the variables. The result obtained from our empirical analysis shows that there is no long run relationship between government expenditure on agriculture and economic growth in Nigeria. The study therefore recommend the government should direct its spending efforts in productive means, through increase, improve and encourage the output of the agricultural sector as previously shown. This will create better avenuesforjob creation, growth and high productivity Keywords: Agriculture, Government Expenditure, Nigeria, Sector, Economic Growth, Productivity