Labour shortage in Nigerian agriculture

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Title:	Labour shortage in Nigerian agriculture
Author:	Okafor, Francis C.
Year:	1979
Periodical:	Labour, Capital and Society
Volume:	12
Issue:	1
Pages:	109-121
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	employment agriculture
Abstract:	The present paper presents the results of an attempt to examine the supply and demand of farm labour in a section of Nigeria where clear evidence of too many people on too little land, on the surface, could easily lead any casual observer to make out a case of surplus labour or disquised unemployment. The paper is based on a larger farm household study carried out in south-eastern Nigeria in 1976/77. The problem of agricultural development is shown empirically to be not only that of adequate supply of land, but paradoxically includes labour shortage. Such micro-level studies are essential for a genuine understanding of the interrelationship between population and land resources. French summary, notes, tab.