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

While the slow progress of both animal traction and motorization in sub - Saharan Africa is fairly well documented, this study was motivated by several unanswered questions that continue to persist in parts of sub - Saharan Africa. For instance, why has animal traction/tractorization spread fairly rapidly in restricted pockets of Africa, but left neighboring agro-climatic regions untouched. The primary objective of this study was to identify the necessary...

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Pingali, Prabhu;

Bigot, Yves;

Binswanger, Hans;
Document Date
1985/05/31
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
ARU40
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2020/05/18
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Agricultural mechanization and the evolution of farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Keywords
animal traction

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

Agricultural mechanization and the evolution of farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa (English). Agricultural Research Unit discussion paper|no. ARU 40 Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/347731468914757627

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

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