Journal of African Studies and Development

This paper tries to reconstitute, according to a historic approach, the diverse phases by which the Algerian experience of agricultural and rural development passed to highlight the maladjustment of these policies because they all ignored the farmer as target of this policy.When these policies marginalize the countrymen in the institution of authoritarian regime, which is imperative model of development, the latter react negatively, which has consequences on the results of the actions of development.To estimate better a policy of rural development, this work shows the deficiencies and the best practice to improve the efficiency of the future actions of development.