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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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