NIGERIA RURAL SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (NRSA)

Cordially invites the general public to her 21^st Annual National Congress

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THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, NIGERIA

THEME: “CHALLENGES AND APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA”

SUB-THEMES:

· Multi-disciplinary interventions in rural development

· Sustainable rural infrastructure and environmental management

· Rural livelihoods, welfare and poverty alleviation

· Leadership, governance and policy for sustainable rural development

· Gender and generational issues in sustainable rural development

· Media, ICTs in sustainable rural development

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACT AND MANUSCRIPT

• Prospective authors are expected to submit abstracts accordingly, indicating the sub-theme category of their abstracts to: ibadannrsaconference2012@gmail.com
• Abstract should not be more than 250 words on 12 point, Times New Roman.
• Deadline for the submission of abstracts is 31^st May 2012
• Authors must include their phone number(s) and functional email addresses below their names in both the abstract and full paper.
• The full papers should not be more than 12 pages in A4 paper size with normal margin. Tables and figures should be accommodated within the specified 12 pages.
• The paper should be organised into the following subsections in bold lower case letters: Introduction, Methodology, Results and Discussion and References.
• Authors shall register three hard copies of their full papers with the Editor in-Chief for peer review on the conference day.




BRIEF ABOUT NRSA

The Nigerian Rural sociological Association was formed on January 7 1981. The inaugural congress of the association was held from November 7-11, 1983. It is a broad based professional association with membership across wide spectrum of institutions including universities, agricultural research institutes and other agricultural and rural development agencies in private and public sectors. This year’s congress will mark the 21^st Annual congress to be held since the inception of the association.

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONGRESS

The general aim of this year’s congress revolves round examining challenges and approaches germane to sustainable rural development in sub-Saharan Africa for the realisation of the millennium development goals and agricultural transformation specifically in Nigeria and in Africa in general.

Specific objectives of the congress include

• Critical assessment of multi-disciplinary interventions (farm, non-farm, value addition, adult literacy, community development, health etc) in rural and agricultural transformation;
• Profiling rural infrastructure that engenders sustainable environmental management;
• Examining rural livelihoods and welfare and poverty alleviation programmes and policies already in place or being envisaged for agricultural transformation that will ensure poverty reduction and food security;
• Assessment of leadership, governance and policy issues for sustainable rural and agricultural transformation;
• Gender and generational issues in sustainable rural development
• Draw communiqué at the end of the congress on all issues above for policy intervention that will fast track programmes of government gear towards rural and agricultural transformation in Nigeria and countries of sub-Saharan Africa.