AN EVALUATION OF SOME SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS IN THE DESIGN OF THE HADEJA-NGURU WETLANDS CONSERVATION PROGRAMME
AN EVALUATION OF SOME SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS IN THE DESIGN OF THE HADEJA-NGURU WETLANDS CONSERVATION PROGRAMME
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1999-12
Authors
YUSUF, IBRAHIM
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Abstract
Hadeja-Nguru Wetlands Conservation Programme was initially
designed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (in the U.K.) to
conserve the wetlands as a habitat for migratory waterbirds, as well as the
water-resources of the Komadugu-Yobe basin in general.
However, along the line, some rural development components were
later introduced into the programme by the World Conservation Union under
the concept of 'wise-use' of resources. This development therefore entailed
a new set of programme objectives on the existing ones.
However, the programme design has not provided the basis upon
which the new objectives will be achieved. Similarly, it is also important
to note that there are different strategies for rural development that also have
different design requirement, and where these requirements are left out, the
expected outcomes will not be fully realized.
The data used in this study were collected from both the primary and
the secondary sources, and these were first synthesized in order to group
similar information together. These data were later analysed using the
simple statistical technique of computing percentages with a view to identify
the impacts of the programme on its various components particularly after
its introduction.
Outcomes from these activities however revealed that the programme
had recorded some impressive results particularly in the aspects of the
ecological and hydrological studies. However, the programme is yet to
make a remarkable impact in terms of promoting rural development
activities in the region. For instance, its attempt to enhance the socioeconomic
activities of the wetlands inhabitants through enhancing their
agricultural outputs mainly centered around the development of pilot projects
(such as dyke construction and donkey drawn carts and ploughs) that are
designed to promote agricultural production in the region.
However, the programme design has not addressed the need to
provide some of the basic infrastructural facilities such as rural feeder roads,
modern farm-inputs, credit subsidies etc that will enhance and at the
sometime help in sustaining the development process.
To address these problems therefore, literature's relating to rural
development were reviewed with a view to propose some appropriate
strategies that will accommodate and at the sometime promote the new
programme's objectives so as to have better outcomes. In this regard,
strategies that will enhance the programme's design, the rural development
components, diminishing of land use conflicts in the wetlands as well as
strategies for enhancing the socio-economic activities of the wetlands
communities were all proposed for the programme.
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IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF
M.Sc. URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING OF
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA.
DECEMBER, 1999
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PARTIAL,, FULFILLMENT,, REQUIREMENTS,, AWARD,, DEGREE,, URBAN,, REGIONAL PLANNING,, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,, ZARIA,, NIGERIA.