THE KADUNA STATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND RURAL TRANSFORMATION: ( A CASE STUDY OF MAIGANA ZONE) 1993 – 1998
THE KADUNA STATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND RURAL TRANSFORMATION: ( A CASE STUDY OF MAIGANA ZONE) 1993 – 1998
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2002-07
Authors
MOHAMMAD, LAWAL SANUSI
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Abstract
This study on the Kaduna State Agricultural Development project
and Rural Transformation (A Case Study of Maigana Zone) is an
attempt to examine whether the rural development policies provide an
avenue to bridge the gap between the rural and urban areas of this
country. Also, it tries to find out whether there is nothing positive
about the ADP’s to warrant government continued patronage.
For the purpose of this study both primary and secondary data
were collected. The farming households residing within the zone
provide the primary data, while the secondary data was obtained from,
official documents, written records and past researches. The data
obtained were analysed using simple statistics (frequencies and
percentages) that were summarized in figures and tables.
Results from the study shows that, the Maigana zone of the
KADP did well in raising the level of agricultural productivity within the
zone during the period covered by the research i.e. (1993 – 98)
through the injection of modern farming inputs such as fertilizers,
improved seedlings, feticide and also through the provision of social
infrastructures such as roads, earth dams, bore holes, and so forth.
Based on the conclusion of this study, it is recommended that,
programmes should be based on a comprehensive socio-economic
study of the community to ensure that programmes are at equilibrium
with the nature of that society. Also non-agricultural occupations such
as pottery, weaving, blacksmithing e.t.c., should be made part of the
programmes of the project. This it was discovered would provide
farmers another means of livelihood during the dry season.
Again, it is recommended that, rural development programmes
should be planned at the regional level within the context of the
national development plan. This it was felt, would facilitate the
achievement of integrating the rural and urban sectors. But the
success of this approach depends on the willingness of the
governments to accept the idea of planning.
Finally further research on the impact of the ADP’s on rural
transformation is important so as to bridge the gaps left behind by this
study. This would provide new in sight into the usefulness or otherwise
of the ADP’s in the country in general.
Description
A Thesis Submitted To The Post Graduate School, Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria In Partial Fulfillment Of The
Requirement For The Degree Of Master Of Public
Administration
July 2002
Keywords
KADUNA STATE,, AGRICULTURAL,, DEVELOPMENT,, PROJECT,, RURAL,, TRANSFORMATION,