Fostering Rural Social Organizations: A Bottom-Up Paradigm In Sustainable Rural Transformation In Nigeria

Abstract

Rural and agricultural transformation has remained one of the main policy thrusts of successive governments in Nigeria for over the last three decades. Among the organizations and agencies serving as anchors to this drive, rural social organizations occupy the driver’s seat in rural and agricultural transformation in Nigeria. This paper therefore examines rural social organizations in bottom-up paradigm in sustainable rural transformation in Nigeria. In an attempt to justify the continued involvement of rural social organizations in rural transformation, the paper takes an overview on the short and long term strategies adopted so far by rural social organizations and their implications on rural development policy issues in Nigeria.