Large-scale mechanised rain-fed farming developments in the Sudan

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Title:	Large-scale mechanised rain-fed farming developments in the Sudan
Author:	Simpson, M.C.
Book title:	Post-Independence Sudan: proceedings of a Seminar held in the Centre of African Studies
Year:	1981
Pages:	197-212
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Sudan
Subject:	soil management
Abstract:	A small proportion of the savannas of the central rainlands - which present one of the largest reserves of cultivable land in the world - has already been brought into cultivation mainly through the use of tractor drawn wide level discs. The results so far have not been up to expectations. This paper briefly outlines the short history of these developments and discusses both possible reasons for failure and strategies or remedial action. Notes, tab.