Farm equipment innovations and rural industrialisation in eastern Africa: an overview

Johnston, B. F.,

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on innovations in agricultural mechanization and on agricultural equipment innovations and rural industry, industrialization in East Africa - discusses regional level demographic aspects and structural characteristics, innovations needed for rural development, adverse effects of economic policies on agricultural income and agricultural production, problems of research and development, rural-based industrial enterprise, employment and choice of technology, and includes case studies of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Diagram, references and statistical tables.

Keywords: agricultural equipment; innovation; rural industry; industrialization; regional level; demographic aspect; rural development; economic policy; agricultural income; agricultural production; research and development; industrial enterprise; employment; choice of technology; case study; statistical table; équipement agricole; innovation; industrie rurale; industrialisation; niveau régional; aspect démographique; développement rural; politique économique; revenu agricole; production agricole; recherche et développement; entreprise industrielle; emploi; choix de technologie; étude de cas; tableau statistique; equipo agrícola; innovación; industria rural; industrialización; nivel regional; aspecto demográfico; desarrollo rural; política económica; ingreso agrícola; producción agrícola; investigación y desarrollo; empresa industrial; empleo; elección de tecnología; estudio de casos; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 82 pages
Date: 1981
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Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-22, Technology and Employment Programme

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