Title Page
Abstract
Contents
List of Abbreviations 11
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 13
1.1. Background to the Study 13
1.2. Statement of the Problem 20
1.3. Aim and Objectives of the Study 22
1.4. Research Questions 23
1.5. Significance of the Study 23
1.6. Scope of the Study 26
1.7. The Study Area 26
1.7.1. Okomu Oil Palm Company 26
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 29
2.1. Nigeria's Poverty Status 29
2.2. Nigeria's Oil Palm Status 47
2.3. Conceptual Literature Review (Framework) 66
2.4. Theoretical Literature Review (Framework) 67
2.5. Empirical Literature Review 74
CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY AND ANALYSIS 92
3.1. Research Design 92
3.2. Nature and Sources of Data 92
3.3. Methods of Data collection/Instrumentation 92
3.4. Method of Data Analysis 93
CHAPTER FOUR FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS 94
4.1. Presentation of data 94
4.2. Relationship between Okomu oil palm and Nigeria's GDP 2010 - 2020 96
4.3. Relationship between Okomu oil palm and Nigeria's employment rate 2010 - 2020 98
4.4. Relationship between Okomu oil palm and Nigeria's agricultural sector 2010 - 2020 100
4.5. Analysis of Okumu Oil Company Growth Rate 102
4.6. Discussion of findings 103
CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDTIONS 106
5.1. Summary 106
5.2. Conclusion 106
5.3. Recommendations 108
REFERENCES 110
요약 120
Table 1. Problems of the Oil Palm Industry in Nigeria 22
Table 2. Poverty and inequality indicators in Nigeria in 2019 30
Table 3. Nigeria Poverty index 45
Table 4. Nigeria's Agricultural Commodities Production Global and African... 49
Table 5. Nigeria's main agricultural produce: Production vs consumption,... 51
Table 6. World CPO Production in 2015 - 2018 (in Thousand Tons) 54
Table 7. Nigeria's GDP, Okomu Palm Fruit Production, Okomu's Palm Oil... 94
Table 8. Nigeria's GDP and Output of Okumu Oil 2010 - 2020 96
Table 9. Correlations 97
Table 10. Nigeria's Employment Rate (%) and Output of Okumu Oil Palm (NGN... 98
Table 11. Correlations 99
Table 12. Nigeria's Agricultural GDP and Output of Okumu Oil Palm (NGN... 100
Table 13. Correlations 101
Table 14. Annual output of Okumu oil palm company production and growth... 102
Figure 1. Palm Oil: World population growth / demand for edible vegetable oil 18
Figure 2. Daily products that contain oil palm 25
Figure 3. Map of Concession Boundaries of Okomu Plantation and Extension 2 28
Figure 4. Poverty headcount rate (percentage of population) 31
Figure 5. Poverty headcount rate (percentage of population) 32
Figure 6. Poverty headcount in Nigeria 35
Figure 7. Poverty gap index (percentage of poverty line) 36
Figure 8. Poverty gap index (percentage of poverty line) of all the states in Nigeria 37
Figure 9. Gini coefficient (Nigeria, urban and rural) 39
Figure 10. Figure Gini coefficient of states in Nigeria 40
Figure 11. Nigeria's most pressing problems 42
Figure 12. Top 10 Countries of People Living in Extreme Poverty (2018) 43
Figure 13. Poverty Headcount Ratio at USD1.25 per day (2005 PPP) (% of... 44
Figure 14. Top ten agricultural exporters to Africa and share of total food... 47
Figure 15. Share of Africa's Top Ten Imported Agricultural Products, 2017 48
Figure 16. Nigeria's Leading 5 Agricultural Exports (NGN' billions), 2019 50
Figure 17. 2018 Food export in total merchandise export of some countries in... 51
Figure 18. Import of processed palm oil product 52
Figure 19. Flow chart of typical palm oil industry in Nigeria 53
Figure 20. Total production of crude palm output (tonnes) 55
Figure 21. Top palm-oil producing countries, millions (metric tonnes) 2018 58
Figure 22. Top exporters of palm oil in Africa ('000 MT), 2018 60
Figure 23. Palm oil production vs consumption in Nigeria ('000 MT) 2018 63
Figure 24. Palm oil consumption in Nigeria 2011/2012 - 2020/2021(1,000 MT) 63
Figure 25. Oil palm enterprize and poverty eradication 66
Figure 26. Demand Curve 69
Figure 27. Supply Curve 70
Figure 28. Nigeria's GDP (NGN Billions) 94
Figure 29. Okomu's oil palm company contribution to Nigeria's GDP 95
Figure 30. Okomu oil palm company growth rate[원문불량;p.91] 103