Experiences with Agricultural Development in Tropical Africa

The report includes the following chapters : 1) definition of the study; 2) the summation, past progress and its limitations; 3) principal features of African agriculture; 4) the state of knowledge : the natural milieu and research; 4) the rural society : factors affecting receptivity and incentives to change; 5) labor, land, intensification and farm economics; 6) implements and machinery; 7) land tenure and organization of land use; 8) agricultural extension, training and education; 10) credit, marketing and cooperatives; 11) the summation, past progress and its limitation, future approach to development and external assistance, conclusions on certain aspects of development.