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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: The study investigates the effect of high population density on rural land use in rural Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja, Nigeria. The main purpose is to look at the available land space of FCT and the area earmarked for farmers especially the rural people and how this land has been lost to other human activities such as settlement, agriculture, transportation and grazing due to population pressure; with a view to bringing to the notice of the FCTA (Federal Capital Territory Administration), the negative effect of this on food and fruits supply from the rural areas. This it is hoped will help to expedite action to checkmate the trend. The study adopts a cross-sectional survey design. A total of 150 out of the 200,020 farmers randomly selected using the purposive sampling technique constitutes the study sample. The instrument used for data collection was the structured questionnaire, and data collected were analyzed using the quantitative approach. Findings indicate that a greater percentage of the land mass in FCT is eaten up by settlement and other human activities due to the pressure of population. This leads to reduction in food crop production and increased starvation and hunger in urban FCT. It is therefore recommended amongst others that government should provide low cost houses in designated areas to reduce lost of farmland to settlement and other activities due to high population density. |
| Keywords: population, population density, rural, land, land use, |
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