Effect of Government Agricultural Expenditure on Real Output Growth in Nigeria

The study examines the effect of Government Agricultural Expenditure on Real Output Growth in Nigeria. It was established that government agricultural expenditure implies as money spent by the public sector on the acquisition of goods and provision of services such as farm implement, healthcare, machineries etc. so as to aids farmers carry out its farming activities. The study equally adopted some mathematical and econometrics techniques such as ADF for unit root test, ARDL model for long run and short run coefficient, Bound test and Diagnostic test. The findings revealed that there is positive and significant relationship between Government Agricultural Expenditure on Real Output Growth in Nigeria. The study concluded that GAE has positive and significant impact on real output growth in Nigeria. Therefore, the study suggested that the implementation of government agricultural expenditure should be well monitored by both Government and Nongovernmental agencies. And further suggested that machinery should be set up to ensure that money spent on farmers are utilized for the purpose.