This study reviewed the mechanics for the Adoption of Information and Communication Technology for Agricultural Productivity among Rural Farmers in Nigeria. Information and Communication Technology is a concept that has become globally appreciated. It has made the world to assume a village status. One will at his/her convenience monitor the events that happen all over the world, via the interne...

The present paper examines the historical evolution of China’s rural taxation system from the pre-reform period to the late 1990s. We propose that because of information asymmetry between the upper-level and the lower-level governments, local governments had to be granted some informal tax autonomy to fulfill the upper-level policy mandates. This easily led to excessive local informal taxation ...

nowadays, empowerment causes the development of rural regions, because rural development is realized by changing and evolution of the knowledge, skill and attitude of rural people. for the simple reason that after accepting the new and newer ways, their thoughts will be changed. as a result, rural people will have a new attitude toward agricultural activities and other economic activities in ru...

The paper analyses potentials, challenges and problems of the rural tourism from the point of view of its impact on sustainable rural development. It explores alternative sources of income for rural people by means of tourism and investigates effects of the rural tourism on agricultural production in local rural communities. The aim is to identify the existing and potential tourist attractions ...

This chapter focuses on the rural dimensions of the ‘two economies’ debate, and in particular on the question of what contribution land and agrarian reform can make to reducing inequality and addressing the structural nature of rural poverty in post-apartheid South Africa. It suggests that the problem needs to be conceptualised in terms of an ‘agrarian question of the dispossessed’, that can on...

In the mind of the general public, the rural sector is equal to agriculture and for a great majority of policymakers, rural development continues to mean agricultural development. Not surprisingly, it is a sector traditionally covered at the governmental level by the ministries of agriculture, and at the international development level by agencies with an agricultural development mandate such a...

Agriculture is an important engine of growth and poverty reduction in much of Africa, Nigeria inclusive. But the sector is underperforming in part because women, who are often crucial resource in agriculture and rural economy, face constraints that reduce their productivity. An understanding of these constraints is a prerequisite to devising policies to improve agricultural production and produ...

Given its vast land resources and favorable water supply, the Democratic Republic of Congo‟s (DRC) natural agricultural potential is immense. However, the economic potential of the sector is handicapped by one of the most dilapidated transport systems in the developing world (World Bank, 2006). Road investments are therefore a high priority in the government‟s investment plans, and those of its...

The study has looked into the institutional credit in relation with agricultural productivity in Jammu & Kashmir. The results have revealed that although the credit deployment of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) to agriculture has increased in absolute terms, its percentage share in the total credit outstanding has declined sharply. The intensity of agricultural credit has also declined over t...