The Cold Storage Commission: A Colonial Parastatal 1938-1963

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Title:	The Cold Storage Commission: A Colonial Parastatal 1938-1963
Author:	Mlambo, Alois S.
Year:	1996
Periodical:	Zambezia
Volume:	23
Issue:	1
Pages:	53-71
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Zimbabwe Southern Africa Great Britain
Subjects:	colonialism meat public enterprises History and Exploration Development and Technology Economics and Trade History, Archaeology history Zimbabwe. Cold Storage Commission Beef industry
Abstract:	Among the earliest parastatals to be established in colonial Zimbabwe was the Cold Storage Commission, which was set up in 1938 to promote the country's beef industry. Using archival and other sources, the author examines the history of the Commission during its first 25 years of operation, from 1938 to the break up of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1963, analyses the economic and political factors behind the Commission's establishment and evaluates its policies and their impact. He contends that, at least in the period covered by the study, the Commission successfully met the objectives set for it, namely to promote the interests of the white cattle farmers in particular and to develop the country's beef industry in general. Notes, ref., sum.