NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 2018
Course Title: Rural Community Development
Course Code: AEM 504
Credit Unit: 2
Total Score: 70 Marks
Time Allowed: 2 Hours
INSTRUCTION:
Answer Compulsory question 1 (25 marks) and any other 3 questions (15 marks each)
(1a) Rural development is a mirage. Identity and discuss any three (3) programmes targeted at rural Development. 18 Marks
b. Define; explain the concept of “social change” 1 Mark
c. Itemize three (3) each of the principles and objective of Community development. 6 marksTotal = 25 marks
(2a) Expatiate on the following:
i- Growth and development 4 Marks
ii- Modernization and westernization 4 Marks
iii- Clustered or Dispersed settlement 4 Marks
(b) What do you understand by the word “innovations”? 3 MarksTotal =15Marks
(3a) Identify the ten (10) steps of community development 10 Marks
(b) Write the full meaning of the following acronyms:
i- GNP – 1 Mark
Ii- GDP – 1 Mark
Iii-LDC – 1Mark
(c) Define the concept “Rural communities” 2 Marks Total =15Marks
(4a) Describe the approaches to community development 8Marks
(b) Advance four (4) sources of change 4Marks
(c) What is theory? 3 MarksTotal = 15 Marks
(5a) Discuss any four (4) social indicators for development 6 Marks
(b) Highlight on the three (3) community development of case studied countries 9 Marks Total = 15 Marks
(6a) State the basic innovation of rural development 5 Marks
(b) Advance three (3) problems militating against rural development 6 Marks
(c) Mention four problems of extension in Nigeria 4 Marks
Total = 15 Marks
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