Small farmers and the extension service in south-eastern Nigeria

Auteur :
OKAFOR, F. C.

Description :
Agricultural transformation in developing countries depends on the small farmer: widescale mechanization would be practically impossible, and innovations are difficult to introduce. A survey based on 36 villages in Anambra state focuses on the problems of the small farmer and suggests that extension services to improve land tenure, cooperatives, marketing boards and methods of farm management could increase productivity. (EMS).


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of administration Overseas London, 1979, vol. 18, n°. 4, p. 250-255

Date :
1979