Titre :
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Agricultural mechanization and the evolution of farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Auteurs :
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P. Pingali ;
Y. Bigot ;
H. Binswanger
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Type de document :
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ouvrage
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Editeur :
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Washington, USA : World Bank, 1987
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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0-8018-3502-X
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Format :
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216 p.
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Langues:
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= Anglais
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Catégories :
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AGRICULTURE, AGRONOMIE ET ELEVAGE
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Mots-clés:
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AFRIQUE
;
MECANISATION
;
AGRICULTURE
;
EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE
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Résumé :
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The slow pace of agricultural mechanization in Africa has long been a puzzle. This book begins to solve this 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 field sites in ten countries. They found that the pace of mechanization has been slow in Africa because it often is not cost-effective.
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