Agricultural Development Schemes A Note on Research Trends
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7700601 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marilyn Silberfein (Temple University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 303-305 |
| Publication date | 1969-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00083968.1969.10803554 |
| OpenAlex | W3021829523 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
A typical function of geographers associated with development planning is to evaluate the site of a proposed agricultural scheme and prepare a series of maps portraying the physical features of the area. In this role the geographer is at a disadvantage. He is not an engineer, soil scientist, or hydrologist. His contribution, that of synthesizing or providing an overview, is usually relevant to a large-scale initial land-use survey but is of less value to an intensive study of a small area. The geographer as generalist-synthesizer has also provided the summaries of development situations that frequently appear in the geographical literature. These articles incorporate no methodology; rather, they represent a compendium of facts, a collection of data which could easily be duplicated by a government administrator.' Typical of this approach is a study in which Harrison-Church examines some of the problems of irrigation along the Niger and Senegal Rivers. His major point is that an economic analysis should be carried out at such schemes as the Niger Delta project to determine whether its considerable investment could be allocated more efficiently. In contrast, a hydraulic engineer writing for a geographical journal' is able to recommend the specific measures needed to transform an area subject to seasonal inundation into irrigated agricultural land
Agriculture · Archaeology · Cartography · Compendium · Disadvantage · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geographer · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Operations research · Regional science · Scale (ratio) · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Land Rights and Reforms · Mathematics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |