Development Projects In Nigeria Research Articles

Agricultural Development Projects in Nigeria: Experiments in Induced Diffusion

Since 1972, Nigeria has been engaged in a major effort to increase the incomes of small‐scale farmers and to raise agricultural production. Its strategy is based on the induced diffusion of improved agricultural technology, supported by creation of a supporting infrastructure and executed through large‐scale agricultural development projects organized outside the normal civil service structure. This paper reviews the Nigerian experience to suggest a five‐stage model of the induced diffusion process. The nature of environmental and infrastructural (physical and otherwise) constraints on diffusion is also discussed. Depuis 1972, le Nigeria a fait de grands efforts pour améliorer les revenus des petits agriculteurs et aug‐menter la production agricole. La stratégie choisie consists à stimuler la diffusion de techniques agricoles améliorées, avec I'appui d'une infrastructure de support et par I'intermédiaire de projets de développement a grande échelle organisés en dehors des structures bu‐reaucratiques normales. Cet article examine I'ex‐périence des innovations agricoles. On y discute aussi le caractère des contraintes posées par I'environnement naturel et par les infrastructures physiques et autres.

Structure and Pattern of Community Self-Help Development Projects in Nigeria: An Appraisal

Structure and Pattern of Community Self-Help Development Projects in Nigeria: An Appraisal

Designing rural development projects: Some lessons from the Nigerian experience

The objective of this paper is to review selected rural development projects in Nigeria in order to distil some lessons from the Nigerian experience. The main conclusion that emerges from the review is that no general principles can be applied, as immutable laws, to the whole of Africa. Nevertheless, some factors have emerged as necessary for rural development in Africa. These include effective participation of the people, particularly at the local level, conservation and efficient use of resources, administrative and project co-ordination or integration, action-oriented research, the use of adaptive technologies and institutional modifications for the land tenure, marketing and credit systems, etc. appropriate for particular countries.