New trends in rural community development practice in Africa: The case of Cameroons grassfield rural development project

AbstractThe paper set out a platform to investigate the impact of FM radio broadcast in local dialects on rural community development in the Tamale Metropolis of Northern Ghana. The study adopts survey design and also employs probability proportional techniques to select communities for the study. The main thrust of this paper is on the impact of local dialect on rural community development, preferences of development programmes and the community’s participation in the production of radio programmes. Out of 400 questionnaires distributed, 392 was retrieved and analysed. From the results, it is established that local dialect broadcast on radio have an impact on development of rural communities. Also, it improves awareness and knowledge of solutions to community’s development problems in education, agriculture, environment, culture, politics and religion. The paper compare target audience’s preference for local dialect radio programmes to other similar content programmes that were not broadcast in local dialect. It concludes that radio broadcast in local dialect plays a pivotal role in bridging the communication gap between government and rural communities. It proved to be one of the effective mode of communication at the grass-root level. The study shows a positive role played by the indigenous dialect’s radio programmes and recommends that rural development programmes on radio should be packaged in local language. Thus, enhances listenership, interest and positive desired behavioural change.Key Words: Impact, FM Radio Broadcast, Local Dialect, Rural Development, Ghana.

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Rural Community Development: A Community State Approach

Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council ◽

10.1017/s0163548400000017 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Jon M. Conrad ◽

Barry C. Field

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Community Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Rural Community ◽

Development Research ◽

Rural Community Development ◽

Development Alternatives

Research in rural community development is being pursued in a number of different directions. One of these is the identification and analysis of economic development alternatives facing rural communities. A second is the clarification and study of the preferences that rural communities may have with respect to these alternatives. The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework for integrating these two thrusts in rural development research.

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A rural community development project in Oman

Change and Development in the Middle East (Routledge Revivals) ◽

10.4324/9780203383957-23 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 217-230

Keyword(s):

Community Development ◽

Rural Community ◽

Development Project ◽

Rural Community Development

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Social vitality in rural development research

Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke ◽

10.2298/zmsdn1343293c ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 293-306

Author(s):

Jovana Cikic

Keyword(s):

Community Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Rural Community ◽

Theoretical Foundation ◽

Development Planning ◽

Analytical Tool ◽

Development Research ◽

Rural Community Development

Rural community development is one of the central rural sociological concepts. The idea itself deserves double attention: from the point of its theoretical foundation and from the perspective of the need to be operationalized because of research and rural development planning. In this paper, the idea of rural development is being approached from the aspect of social vitality as a new/old concept. The concept of social vitality is being defined and operationalized in order to indicate the possibilities of this concept as an analytical tool for researching rural development.

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An Evaluation of Local Government and SURE-P Implementation Challenges on Rural Community Development: A Case of Selected Local Government in Niger State, Nigeria

Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) ◽

10.47405/mjssh.v6i6.816 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (6) ◽

pp. 237-246

Author(s):

Abubakar Mohammed Jibrin ◽

Azmil Muhammad Tayeb ◽

Siti Zuliha Razali

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Community Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Rural Community ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Local Governments ◽

Primary Data ◽

Implementation Challenges ◽

Rural Community Development ◽

The Government

Rural areas play an essential role in the national economy, the environment, and society, contribute to the preservation of cultural heritage and the sustainable income of peasants in the rural areas in Nigeria hence, diverse strategies for rural community development. However, rural community development efforts by local governments and policies hindered by challenges. SURE-P was an intervention by the government of Nigeria after the partial removal of the subsidy and resolved to invest the proceeds in pursuing rural development across Nigeria. Rural development is a multifaceted phenomenon that requires a policy with multi-side sword effects in curbing the challenges. The research objective was to examine the challenges of local government and SURE-P implementation on rural community development in the selected local government in Niger, Nigeria. The study employed primary data collection and qualitative analytical method analysis. The research founds that SURE-P implementation challenges hindered the local government’s efforts in meeting the rural community development objective. It is recommended that, need for thorough community’s needs identification, community participation, and adequate funding with a holistic process devoid of political interference as a viable mechanism for curbing rural development challenges.

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Role of Local/Community Radio on Rural Development

Nepalese Journal of Development and Rural Studies ◽

10.3126/njdrs.v16i0.31570 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 46-52

Author(s):

Mahanand Timalsina ◽

Prajwal Man Pradhan

Keyword(s):

Community Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Rural Community ◽

Development Process ◽

Local Community ◽

Good Governance ◽

Local Level ◽

Community Radio ◽

Rural Community Development

This paper renders role of local/community radio on rural development in general and rural community development process in particular. By applying library based research method, necessary informations are generated through literature review. This paper highliths that community radio has brought positive impacts particularly in seven thematic areas (i.e. suitability, agricultural transformation, promoting participatory democracy, voice of voiceless, information/ discussion forum on local issues, empowering unprivileged rural people and contribution on good governance). Thus, better to offer radio programs by the local level authorities in such thematic areas for strengthning rural development process in general and rural community development process in particular.

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Rural Development Through Communal-based Enterprises In Selected Districts Of Lesotho

10.21203/rs.2.24549/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Leseko Makhetha ◽

Ramakae Liphoto ◽

Makara Mahamo ◽

Nkopane Manong ◽

Motlalepula Mokhethi

Keyword(s):

Community Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Rural Community ◽

Rural Households ◽

Rural Community Development ◽

Development Corporation

Abstract In an attempt to improve the livelihoods of rural households, different approaches to rural development have been adopted in different economies. The most broadly adopted approaches have been technocratic, the radical and the reformist approach. These approaches are unique in that they aim at achieving different rural developmental objectives. Despite different approaches that are been used in the literature, in this paper, central to rural community development is the communal-based enterprises approach with an implicit research objective of assessing how Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation can contribute in enhancing livelihood development and thus sustaining the community at large. The results show that enthusiasm is high in all villages as a majority of interviewees showed a positive initiative capacity in which the only barrier pulling them back is a pushing force. This barrier can be justified as the majority of people have no knowledge of Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation and the services they provide.

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