Income distribution among farmers in Northern Nigeria: empirical results and policy implications.
By: Matlon, Peter J.
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BookPublisher: Michigan : Dept. of Agr. Economics, 1979Subject(s): Agricultural Development | Nigeria -- Income -- Poverty. -- Nigeria -- Income -- Poverty. -- Nigeria -- Income -- PovertySummary: This paper is intended to provide Nigerian planners with a better understanding of who constitutes the rural poor, what are their sources of income and why they remain in poverty. It is a case study of the distribution and structure of personal income within an essentially traditional society characterised by low population pressure and by a production system experincing the first stages of technological change.
African Rural Economy Paper No. 18.
This paper is intended to provide Nigerian planners with a better understanding of who constitutes the rural poor, what are their sources of income and why they remain in poverty. It is a case study of the distribution and structure of personal income within an essentially traditional society characterised by low population pressure and by a production system experincing the first stages of technological change.
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