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PROBLEMS likely to be encountered in the mechanization of African agriculture are to be studied by a mission which is visiting Uganda, Tanganyika, Nyasaland and Nigeria. The leader is Dr. J. R. Raeburn, of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Oxford, and he is accompanied by Mr. J. W. Y. Higgs, lecturer in agricultural economics, University of Reading, and Mr. R. K. Kerkham, Uganda Agricultural Service, who is at present stationed at the Uganda Agricultural Research Station. The terms of reference are: "To make a systematic survey of the sociological, economic, agricultural and technical problems which must be studied if mechanization of agriculture in the Colonies is to develop along sound lines, including inter alia the forms or organization required to achieve the best results (for example, whether mechanization should be on a co-operative, group or peasant basis), the most profitable lines of future research into problems arising out of mechanization, the economics of it and the types of tractors and implements which would be likely to be most suitable to the differing African communities, and such questions as the technical training of African craftsmen, the division and displacement of labour which will result from mechanization and its impact on current farming and social systems."
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Mechanization of African Agriculture. Nature 162, 366 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162366a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162366a0