RURAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH WORLD BANK-ASSISTED PROJECT: A CASE STUDY OF BIDA AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH WORLD BANK-ASSISTED PROJECT: A CASE STUDY OF BIDA AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
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1987-09
Authors
JACOB AUDU, TSADO
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Abstract
The large income from petroleum export led to
a depression of local food production and the
deteriorating conditions in the rural areas of
Nigeria. Unfortunately attempts to revamp the near
moribund agricultural sector by massive investment
of the o i l revenue have not been successful.
The cornerstone of the country's agricultural
policy is the World Bank assisted and small holder
oriented Agricultural Development p r o j e c t s . These
projects are expected to cover the whole country,
one for each of the nineteen states.
The projects are designed to improve rural
life through transformation of the production
system, institutional reforms, and the installation
of basic social and physical infrastructures,
Bida ADP is therefore used as a case study
with a view to understanding the political , social
and economic ramifications of this particuler
interventionist strategy in small scale agriculture.
Despite the huge amount of money spent on these
project, defective project design, political
interference in their implementation, the lack of
administrative capacity and inadequate participatory
role for majority of the small holder peasants have
combined to adversely affect their impact.
In our analysis, collected data based on
production figures that were supplied by the project,s
management, questionnaire and interviews showed that the
projects have not led to any dramatic increase in
crop production. In fact, in some ADPS l i k e Funtua,
yields of some crops had actually dropped
Furthermore, rural differentiation is being exacerbated
by selection of a few r i c h peasants who are termed
"progressives" as direct beneficiaries of the projects.
Agricultural production units are breaking down
gradually because the projects do not pay adequate
attention to the important role of womer and the
youths in the production process.
Description
A thesis submitted to the Post-graduate
School Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the professional
Degree of Master of Science in Rural Development,
Specialization in Agricultural Development.
September, 1987.
Keywords
RURAL,, DEVELOPMENT,, THROUGH,,, WORLD BANK-ASSISTED,, CASE STUDY,, BIDA,, AGRICULTURAL,, DEVELOPMENT,, PROJECT