In its general term, development has been described as a process by which man increases or maximizes his control and use of the material resources with which nature has endowed him and his environment. According to Afigbo,(1991) development consists of five main ingredients: increasing material wealth for the use of individuals and the nation; eliminating unemployment; eliminating poverty and want; eliminating inequality, and increasing the general availability of labour-saving devices. Arising from this, therefore, rural development is a multi-dimensional process through which the productivity, income and welfare, relating to health, nutrition, education, transportation, employment and other features of better living conditions of rural people can be improved upon or transformed. According to Igbokwe and Ajala (1995), the earliest attempt at rural development during the colonial era took the form of community development, and later agricultural extension. The community development approach emphasized self-help to improve health, nutrition and community welfare, whereas the agricultural extension approach was concerned with improving the agricultural productivity. The goal of both programmes ultimately was to produce primary products for the feeding of European industries. This era was also characterised by the development