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Title: | Technology and food production in Africa: the cases of Mauritius, Sierra Leone and Uganda |
Author: | Anonymous |
Year: | 1989 |
Periodical: | Rural Progress: Bulletin of the Economic Commission for Africa |
Volume: | 8 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 39-50 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Sierra Leone Uganda Mauritius |
Subjects: | food production technology |
Abstract: | The purpose of this paper, which is based on case studies carried out in Mauritius, Sierra Leone and Uganda in 1986, is to discuss the role of existing technology in relation to food production in Africa. An overview of the current level of technology in these countries is followed by reviews of the existing national rural technological policies and their appropriateness, and of the current institutional and infrastructural supports. The country studies show that all three countries are food deficient. In Uganda, the breakdown of law and order and the expulsion of the expatriate community since 1972 are the major reasons for its setback in food self-sufficiency. In Sierra Leone, the predominance of hand hoes and inadequate use of biochemical inputs are the contributory factors. The limiting factor in Mauritius is soil, most of which is unsuitable for rice cultivation. Notes, ref. |