Abstract
The study sought to determine the causes of Rural-Urban migration among
secondary school graduates in the Southern Senatorial Zone of Kaduna State
and how it affects agricultural production. Two research questions and two
hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study was 264 comprising
of 41 Agricultural Development Project (ADP) Extension Agents and 223
teachers of agriculture in the three educational inspectorate divisions in the area
of study. The sample used for the study was 131 respondents. Questionnaire
was used for data collection. Data was analyzed using the mean to answer the
research questions while the t-test statistic was employed in testing the
hypotheses of the study. Major findings include that lack of good road network,
poor prices of agricultural products among others are causes of rural-urban
migration. Respondents also perceived low agricultural production, poverty,
hunger, food insecurity, loss of the most informed and enterprising portion of
the rural population among others as effects of rural urban migration on
agricultural production. The results of the test of hypotheses showed that there
was no statistical significant difference in the Mean Responses of the
respondents. It was recommended that government and non-governmental
organizations should come up with policies and programs that will lead to the
development of the rural areas such as rural roads construction, rural
electrification, farm input subsidy, rural health services among others.