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Making Research Institutes And Technological Institutions Relevant To Industrial Development In Rural Areas
Abstract
Fostering an even and rational spread of Focuses of Development throughout the country through rural industrialisation can solve the problems stemming from the underdevelopment of rural areas in developing countries. This task has to be tackled by many forces. The Nigerian Research Institutes (RI) and Technological Institutions (TI) should play the role of catalysers of Upward Industrialisation Processes, helped by both the Central and the Local Governments.
A sustainable industrial development in a rural community i) must be based on the economic activities of the rural labour force, ii) simple technologies or machinery should be applied, iii) the rural people themselves must be involved in its organisation and management. In fact they should see the project as theirs; and iv) it must result in production of goods and services that are in constant demand primarily within the immediate community and its environs. In one word it must be market-driven.
The RI and TI can be relevant to the industrial development by: i) Emphasizing Applied Research, ii) Providing Technology Demonstration Centres (TDC), iii) Training Community Personnel and iv) Developing an efficient Public Relations Unit.
LBS Management Review Vol.6(1) 2001: 9-23
A sustainable industrial development in a rural community i) must be based on the economic activities of the rural labour force, ii) simple technologies or machinery should be applied, iii) the rural people themselves must be involved in its organisation and management. In fact they should see the project as theirs; and iv) it must result in production of goods and services that are in constant demand primarily within the immediate community and its environs. In one word it must be market-driven.
The RI and TI can be relevant to the industrial development by: i) Emphasizing Applied Research, ii) Providing Technology Demonstration Centres (TDC), iii) Training Community Personnel and iv) Developing an efficient Public Relations Unit.
LBS Management Review Vol.6(1) 2001: 9-23
