Previous page | New search |
The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here
Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Agricultural enterprise combination in Ngwaland |
Author: | Mbagwu, Theo C. |
Year: | 1974 |
Periodical: | The Nigerian Geographical Journal |
Volume: | 17 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 127-142 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | land use agricultural land |
Abstract: | Simultaneous engagement in different lines of the agricultural enterprise is a common practice among farmers in various parts of the world. In the area of study, Ngwaland (East-Central State of Nigeria), the average Ngva farmer combines wild oil palm exploitation, i.e. the harvesting and processing of the fruits of the naturally growing oil palm trees, with food crop farming. The aim is to keep total income as high as possible. In the practice one of the activities usually leads the other, the leading one varying for different parts of the area. The combination is undertaken for the benefits of supplementarity. It is because surplus resources exist after the dominant activity has had its maximum allocation, at the scale of operation permitted by the technology in use and the condition of the market, that the subsidiary activity is considered. This paper examines the problem of determining the supremacy of one of the combined enterprises over the other in any one area. It also analyses resource allocation to the enterprises in Ngwaland whereby an individual farmer is able to participate actively in the two at the same time. Ref., tables, figures. |