Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Manpower development on sawah rice technology development process for food security in Nigeria and Ghana

Author(s):

 O.  I. Oladele ¹ *, T. Wakatsuki ²

Recieved Date: 2012-07-11, Accepted Date: 2012-09-30

Abstract:

This paper describes a model of manpower development in the sawah technology development and dissemination. The process includes formal and non-formal manpower development process. The areas of manpower development with greater focus on graduate development include soil science, eco-technology, wetland agronomy, agroforestry, agricultural economics, agricultural extension, gender and development studies, hydrology and weed science. There are over 15 PhDs with 5 in pipeline and 3 post docs in various Japanese institutions. The development of human capital as a critical driver of food security has led to the development and dissemination of the sawah technology in the two countries which consequently has led to the improvement of rice yield from an average of 1.1 to 5.5 t ha^-1 in Ghana and an average of 1.47 to 6.0 t ha^-1 in Nigeria. The manpower development has impacted on the farmers adopting the technology such that they have achieved improved food security through yield increase and better incomes. This paper recommends the use of similar approach for food security projects in order to guarantee adequate manpower development and project sustainability after donor fatigue or withdrawal. 

Keywords:

Food security, manpower development, graduate training, sawah rice technology, Nigeria, Ghana

---

Journal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2012
Volume: 10
Issue: 3&4
Category: Agriculture
Pages: 772-777

---

Full text for Subscribers

---

Information:

Note to users

The requested document is freely available only to subscribers/registered users with an online subscription to the Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment. If you have set up a personal subscription to this title please enter your user name and password. All abstracts are available for free.

Article purchasing

If you like to purchase this specific document such as article, review or this journal issue, contact us. Specify the title of the article or review, issue, number, volume and date of the publication. Software and compilation, Science & Technology, all rights reserved. Your use of this website details or service is governed by terms of use. Authors are invited to check from time to time news or information.

---

Purchase this Article:   20 Purchase PDF Order Reprints for 15

---

Share this article :