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Adult Education for Increased Agricultural Productivity in Post‐War Nigeria
Author(s) -
Odokara E. O.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1972.tb00498.x
Subject(s) - productivity , agriculture , work (physics) , project commissioning , gross domestic product , literacy , publishing , product (mathematics) , agricultural productivity , economic growth , agricultural education , post war , political science , business , agricultural economics , economics , engineering , geography , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , law , ancient history , history
Historically a poor, unindustrialized country, Nigeria since the civil war faces many problems of reconstruction and development, including the necessity of attaining a more stable economy, a high contribution of agriculture to the Gross Domestic Product, and the encouragement of literacy and more innovative approaches among the farmers. It is hoped that a work‐oriented functional literacy programme, based upon scientific farming and farm management principles, will effect attitude changes and thus enhance the likelihood of innovation, skill and the contribution of increased agricultural productivity to the national economy.