By Mba, Chike H.
Most of the strategies which have been commonly employed in dcaling with the
problems of rural development in Nigeria have usually been mainly directed towards
particular sector objectives. These have among ~tlzersin cluded the following: agricultural
development pro$rammes (stich as Agricultural Inputs and Extension Schemes, River
Basin Development Schemes, and Integrated Agricultural/Rural Development Projects),
industrial development programmes, market developiilent programmes, and a host of
others. These strategies have not only bcen largely narrow in context and scope, but have
also been planned and executed in isolation fmin one another.