Abstract
Rural development as an ideology and a practice has not achieved its goals in most less developed countries. A situation analysis is essential for successful rural development.The analysis should include physical and human resources, economic activities and institutional factors within an integrated framework, aimed at diagnosing development constraints as a basis for future planning.
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Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Develop‐ment, University of Fort Hare.
Much of the material is drawn from the author's Ph D (Agricultural Economics) thesis accepted at the University of Stellenbosch in 1984. Promoter: Dr P H Spies.