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Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructures Act.

País/Territorio
Nigeria
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
1987 (2013)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Título completo
An Act to establish the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructures for the mobilisation of rural communities and the development of the rural areas in Nigeria; and to charge the Directorate with diverse functions directed towards the improvement of the quality of the life in the rural areas.
Materia
Agricultura y desarrollo rural, Alimentación y nutrición, Agua
Palabra clave
Desarrollo agrícola Institución Áreas deprimidas Seguridad alimentaria
Área geográphica
Africa, Atlántico Norte, Africa Occidental
Resumen

This Act provides for the establishment of the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructures. The Directorate shall be charged with, among other things: (a) identifying, involving and supporting viable local community organisations in the effective mobilisation of the rural population for sustained rural developmental activities; (b) identifying areas of high production potential for the country's priority food and fibre requirement and supporting production of such commodities along agro-ecological zones within the context of one national market with unimpeded inter-State trade in farm produce; (c) formulating and supporting a national rural feeder-road network programme involving construction, rehabilitation, improvement and maintenance especially in relation to the nation's food self-sufficiency programme as well as general rural development; (d) formulating and supporting a national rural water-supply programme with emphasis on full initial involvement of local communities and local government personnel to ensure sustained maintenance of built infrastructures.

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