Rural-Urban Migration And Agricultural Development In Nigeria
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Dliven by the lack of opportunities for remunerative
"wk, despairing of even the most minimal social
amenities, and dreading the prospect of a life time of
back breaking labour for pitifully meager economic
rewards, hundreds of thousands of young men and
women abandon the countryside and migrate to the
cities. This paper therefore examinL this trend of events
and the multiplier effects as peO];j~ move from the
countryside to the cities in search of white collar jobs
and the severe effects this has had on agricultural
production in rural Nigeria. The study is both
exploratory and descriptive using both content analysis
and survey research involving descriptive statistics and
chi-square analysis. The findings revealed that ruralurban
migration is selective of age, marital status, and
educational background while the primary reason for the
movement is to better themselves economically. Also,
that the massi ve influx of people to the urban centres is
due to the dearth in rural infrastructure and economic
opportunities and the neglect suffered by the agricultural
sector. The position of this paper is that more proactive
measures be adopted in rural infrastructural
development. It further recommends that government
should adopt and enforce policies that will create the
enabling environment for rural transformation and
agricultural development in Nigeria, especially in terms
of policy formulation, articulation and implementation
that would eventually enhance the living conditions of
rural dwellers.
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HM Sociology