Sixty Years of Plantation Agriculture in Southern Nigeria

1902-1962

Bibliographic Data

ID4042325
AuthorsReuben K Udo (University of Ibadan, corresponding author)
Year1965
Volume41
Issue4
Pages356
Publication date1965-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomic Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/141946
OpenAlexW2065383763
LanguageEN
Citations received9

LIKE many underdeveloped territories in the tropics, Southern Nigeria relies upon the export of primary products to earn the foreign exchange to pay for her imports. This has been the case since the early years of the last century when the trade in palm oil replaced the traffic in slaves. The indication today is that agriculture will continue for some time to be the chief basis of the export trade of the whole country, despite a growing emphasis on industrialization and a rapid increase in revenue of crude petroleum for export.1 In the current Six-Year Development Plan, therefore, first priority is given to agriculture, with emphasis on a rapid expansion of tree crops.2 By the end of 1901 much of Southern Nigeria was under British administration and as a means of raising revenue, the government felt a need to increase the volume and improve the quality of produce for export. Under the Colonial government, which controlled policy until 1951, the plantation system had no place in the agricultural development of the country, and any improvements made were brought about by encourag

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Agroforestry · Archaeology · Economics · Geography · Socioeconomics · Southeastern Nigeria · African history and culture studies · Environmental Science · Forestry

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