ABSTRACT

This study is an attempt to develop strategies of mobilizing rural farmers especial ly. the rural farmers of selected local government areas of A nambra State. The researcher adopted the concept of sustainable development as a thcorelical framework for the study and reviewed the existing pol icies and progrn:nmes with respect to agricultural development. The s tudy concerned i tself with the signi ficance of mobil ization of rural farmers for sustainable agricuJ1uraJ !)roductivity. The study was based on a cross-section s urvey data col lected from the six selected l ocal government areas of Anambra S tate. The se lecled l oca l government areas were chosen due to the comparative advantages they have in the resource inputs. The study i nd icates that fol lowing the serious jolt Ilic economy received