SMALL FARMERS CREDIT DELIVERY THROUGHT DEVELOPMENT BANKS

There are variety of source of fund for agriculture which some analysts have classified in a number of ways, formal and informal, institutional and non institutional, public and private, internal and external etc. these classification are based on contain basic features which this paper will not examine in detail. But when we talk of institutional vis - avis non institutional sources of funds obtained form banks, on bank, government sponsored agencies. Also, classification of fund provided by sponsored of a project and unallocated funds (reinvested funds) generated by the project emphasis is placed on externally sourced funds form institutional channels with particular emphasis on the banks Hence, this paper is narrowed to agricultural credit purveyance by banks in Nigeria which the commercial bank has played significant roles towards influencing this variable overtime.