The development of cash crop economy in Akwanga division, 1908-1960
Akwanga division has been a major theater of export crop production and expropriation of other economic resources by the colonial regime, but the Economic History of the area has suffered neglect by scholars in the discipline. This work seeks to examine the evolution of cash crop economy in...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Institution: | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Akwanga division has been a major theater of export crop production
and expropriation of other economic resources by the colonial
regime, but the Economic History of the area has suffered neglect by
scholars in the discipline. This work seeks to examine the evolution
of cash crop economy in Akwanga division, north-central Nigeria
and the changes brought about by the development. The development
of groundnut as a main cash crop in central Nigeria‘s Akwanga
division shall also be explore. The study also analyses establishment
of produce marketing boards and their roles as catalyst for the
distribution of export produce. The work argues that the development
of cash crop economy has coopted the people of Central Nigeria
into international economy as primary producers of cash crops.
The system did not in any way mechanized the agriculture sector
and deliberately eschewed possible avenues for the development
of individual cultivators. The Historical research method is used to
achieve the objectives of this research; primary and secondary data
are consulted for the successful completion of the work. This research
argues that the increase in demand of groundnut by European
manufacturing industries for the production of soap, cooking oil,
and margarine has facilitated its production Akwanga division. The
work concludes that compulsory labour, taxes, and British currency
were introduced as a strategy conceived by the colonial government
to implement cash crop production in the study area. Above all
the colonial economy did not mechanized agricultural sector and
manufacturing industries were not established in Akwanga division.
The development of cash crop Economy has incorporated the people
of the area into international market as producers of raw materials
needed by the European manufacturing companies. |
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