Book
Barriers to agricultural development: a study of the economics of agriculture in Abakaliki area, Nigeria
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1980 • Pages:
By: Igwebuike, Raphael Umera.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a rather sophisticated comparison of agricultural production in four farming communities. It addresses some of the basic issues and problems of development in small-scale agriculture: the interplay among land-holding and use patterns, environment, crop mix, dietary preferences, labor value and fluctuations in commodity price. The author argues effectively that the concept of a generalized peasant conservatism as an explanation for lack of development is a poor substitute for more detailed data on the factors of production.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Land use
- Division of labor by gender
- Wages and salaries
- Income and demand
- Labor and leisure
- Labor supply and employment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Igbo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Economist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Jan Simpson ; 1981
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Villages of Echara, Umuaka, Okpuitumo, and Imoha, Ezzikwo Division, Abakaliki Province, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Raphael Umera Igwebuike
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Stanford University, 1975
- UM75-21,873
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)