Rural Talents and Rural Development

In most Sub Sahara Africa studies have revealed and affirmed that 96 percent of all poor people live in the rural areas and that their survival depends almost entirely on agriculture. Even the World Bank report shows that poor people in Africa indeed live in the rural areas and need the support from the urban and other parts of the world; when we say rural people are poor that means their talents too become hidden and the World can not benefit from them.

Thus if we want to realize people's talents, industrialization and consequently, poverty eradication from the continent then rural development through agricultural revolution is inevitable. Rural development can be attained through the following proposed interventions that we suggest:

1.  Agricultural Technology

We need to improve the agriculture technology currently being used in the agriculture sector in the rural areas, and diversify the quality of cultivated crops, empower the extension officers through training, and empower them with working tools so that they reach farmers to disseminate the needed modern agricultural technology 

2. Cooperative Unions

It is known that farmers unions are there and that they are useful to farmers. We now need to strengthen farmers' cooperative unions and establish them where they don't exist; ;let the farmers' cooperative unions be empowered and speak for farmers' rights. When cooperative unions are well strengthened they will influence increased productivity and people will have time to practice their talents;talents are practiced when people are satisfied.

3. Agro-processing Industries

When Farmers are encourage to cultivate well and are given the right technology, they are likely to produce in excess. When they do so that is when there is need of establishing agro processing of their produce. Thus we need to establish agro-processing industries that will guarantee reliable markets to farmers' crops and also provide employment opportunities in non-farming activities.

4. Improved Infrastructures 

When agro- processing has been enabled, it is possible that there will be need of transporting the produce; it is there that the infrastructure such as road networks, telecommunication and electricity, which will ensure rapid and reliable transportation of agricultural products and exports from agro-processing industries and increase accessibility to other services timorously.

When the economic development is attained then as we have seen above there could be a possibility of urban rural migration as the rural will be self satisfied and consequently this will help in people discovering their talents as they will be fulfilled in their basic needs and so it would be possible for them to philosophize, and search for their talents.