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Options in revitalizing village communities and rural community development strategies in the Republic of Cameroon

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Organised village or farm communities in the Republic of Cameroon are excellent experimental grounds where adapted rural development strategies are succeeding. Success in such undertakings has been brought about by the fact that planners and policy makers are now taking time to discuss and plan wi3h the populations for whom the projects are meant. This method avoids performing in isolation, and overrides the diffusion of uncoordinated and fragmented ideas.

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  1. Geography Department, University of Yaounde, BP 755, Yaounde, Republic of Cameroon

    Ngwa Nebasina (Dr.)

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Ngwa, N. Options in revitalizing village communities and rural community development strategies in the Republic of Cameroon. GeoJournal 13, 359–364 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00224592

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