Planning and Strategies in Agricultural Development in Nigeria

Agriculture is an important component of Nigeria's past, present and future. Nigeria's land base and varieties of agro-ecological zones allow a wide variety of agricultural products to be grown and raised for consumption and export. In an age of desired accelerated economic development and growth with recommended shift of emphasis from mono-economic based on crude oil, an understanding of the trends and underpinnings of Planning, Strategies and Concepts in Agricultural Development in Nigeria augurs very well for the mobilization of efforts to engender integrated agricultural development. It is with these thoughts and objectives that we prepare and recommend this text designed to make teaching more meaningful and structure-conduct-performance of our Agriculture more adapted to plans for modernization and accelerated growth.

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Dr. Olowa Olatomide has obtained his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan having also completed a Master degree in Agricultural Economics from the same University. He has more than a decade expertise experience in teaching and Research. He has published more than 60 reputed journal articles and books.

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Agriculture is an important component of Nigeria's past, present and future. Nigeria's land base and varieties of agro-ecological zones allow a wide variety of agricultural products to be grown and raised for consumption and export. In an age of desired accelerated economic development and growth with recommended shift of emphasis from mono-economic based on crude oil, an understanding of the trends and underpinnings of Planning, Strategies and Concepts in Agricultural Development in Nigeria augurs very well for the mobilization of efforts to engender integrated agricultural development. It is with these thoughts and objectives that we prepare and recommend this text designed to make teaching more meaningful and structure-conduct-performance of our Agriculture more adapted to plans for modernization and accelerated growth.