UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON
Migrant farmers and land tenure in the Nigerian cocoa belt
Migrant farmers were not the pioneers of cocoa growing in Nigeria, but they have played an important role in the post-World War II expansion of Nigerian cocoa production and their advent has inevitably affected patterns of economic activity and the character of economic institutions in parts of the cocoa belt.
Berry, Sara S. · 1970
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Abstract
It is impossible in a short essay to document adequately every aspect of the immigrant farmers" impact on the Nigerian cocoa economy. In this paper, the author briefly describes the migratory process and then discusses its effects on one aspect of the farming economy -- viz., land tenure -- in the cocoa belt.
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