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Osita
Agbu
Osita
Agbu is an Associate Professor at the Research and Studies
Department of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs,
Lagos. He has a Masters degree in International Relations and a Ph.D
in Political Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Dr.
Agbu has held Visiting Research Fellowship positions at the Nordic
Africa Institute, Sweden; Institute of Global Dialogue,
Johannesburg, South Africa; and the Institute of Developing
Economies, Chiba, Japan amongst others. A versatile scholar, Dr.
Agbu is multidisciplinary in his approach and has several
publications to his name. His areas of specialization are Society,
Technology and Development; Governance and Democratization; Post –
Conflict Studies; Nigeria China/Japan Relations and Nigeria’s
Foreign Policy. His latest books include: West Africa’s Trouble
Spots and the Imperative for Peace-Building, published by CODESRIA
(2006); The Iron and Steel Industry and Nigeria’s Industrialization:
Exploring Cooperation with Japan, published by the Institute of
Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) (2007); and Ethnic Militias and the
Threat to Democracy in Post-Transition Nigeria, published by the
Nordic Africa Institute (2004). Dr. Agbu has a vision of seeing
African and South countries better organized and technologically
developed.
Contact:
ossele2004@yahoo.com
Osita AgbuThe current research project of Prof. Agbu
is
Globalisation of the Agricultural Sector in Nigeria: Opportunities
for Technology Acquisition
This study
critically examines the interface between globalization
and
agriculture
in
Nigeria,
with
emphasis
on
ways
of improving
technology
acquisition in this
sector.
The
study
recognizes
that
improving
the
quality
and quantity
of
technological inputs into agriculture
is
critical
in
the
efforts at alleviating
hunger
and want in the country. In doing this,
it examines
the
effect
of globalization
on the
sector
and
its
linkage to human development.
In seeking answers,
it
x-rays
the dynamics
of the globalization
process,
seeking to understand the place of technology
and
its
paraphernalia
in the
process
and the
potentials of
it being acquired
or transferred to advantageous
use
in
the
agricultural
sector.
Lamenting
the
state
of Nigeria's
technological
underdevelopment,
the
study
highlights
the
efforts
made by the state in the agriculture sector, arguing for the need to
embrace the
use
of
modern
technology
in the
sector,
which
should include basic scientific research
and the
mechanization
of agricultural
processes.
The
study
further
seeks
to determine
the
various
options
available
for the
acquisition
of agricultural technology at this critical period in the
globalization
of
land,
capital,
labour
and
enterprise.
It concludes
by
proffering
suggestions
on how
Nigeria
could
benefit
from the
opportunities
provided
by
globalization in the agricultural
sector.
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