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| Title: | Labor-saving techniques in food processing: rural women and technological change in the Gambia |
| Author: | Nath, Kamla |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Issue: | 108 |
| Pages: | 26 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Working papers |
| City of publisher: | Boston, MA |
| Publisher: | African Studies Center, Boston University |
| Geographic term: | Gambia |
| Subjects: | rural women technology grain processing |
| Abstract: | This paper describes the methodology used in developing a project design for the introduction of sorghum and millet decorticators and flour milling units in rural areas of the Gambia. The government of the Gambia as well as foreign development assistance agencies were keen to provide the rural women with labour-saving technologies in the processing of sorghum and millet, locally known as 'coos'. Fifteen villages were selected for the introduction of 'coos' decorticators and grinding mills. In order to evaluate the needs of the population of these villages, the suitability of the proposed technology and the capacity of the local communities to manage the technology, and the social and economic impact of the project, it was considered essential to collect detailed relevant background data and to conduct a socioeconomic survey of the target groups prior to preparation of the project document. The author visited Senegal in July-August 1984 to collect data on that country's experience with the introduction of 'coos' mills, collected background information on the Gambia and the importance of 'coos' in its economy as well as in the economy of rural households, and conducted socioeconomic surveys in four of the fifteen Gambian villages selected for the introduction of the mills. |