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Article: Ecology, identity, developmentalism and displacement in Northern Nigeria.
- Article from:
- Journal of Asian and African Studies
- Article date:
- June 1, 1997
- Author:
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In this article, I examine the significance of the state and of multilateral institutions in the political economy of irrigation schemes in northern Nigeria.(2) One of the major initiatives of the state and of multilateral institutions after the drought and famine of 1972-1974 was the building of dams for irrigation. Official discourse justified large-scale mechanized irrigation schemes as "development." Although those who discuss the importance of the state and of multilateral institutions in the agricultural sector have contributed to the analysis of the politics of drought and irrigation, there has been less analysis of their social dimensions. First, there is little ...
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