Agricultural mechanization and the evolution of farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa (English)

The slow pace of agricultural mechanization in Africa has long been a puzzle. This book begins to solve the puzzle by looking at the conditions in sub-Saharan Africa that have led to only sporadic use of the plow rather than the hand hoe, very limited use of tractors and even oxen, and the failure of many projects seeking to move directly from hand hoes to tractors. The authors interviewed farmers at fifty sites in ten countries. They found that the...

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Bigot, Yves;

Binswanger,Hans P.;

Pingali,Prabhu;
Document Date
1988/01/31
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
10219
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2000/04/05
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Agricultural mechanization and the evolution of farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Keywords
farming system

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Bigot, Yves; Binswanger,Hans P.; Pingali,Prabhu.

Agricultural mechanization and the evolution of farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa (English). A World Bank publication Baltimore and London ; The Johns Hopkins University Press. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/487111468202161680

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