Production by poor people
In: IDS bulletin, Band 25, Heft 3
ISSN: 0265-5012, 0308-5872
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In: IDS bulletin, Band 25, Heft 3
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In: IDS bulletin, Band 25, Heft 3
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In: IDS bulletin, Band 23, Heft Apr 92
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In: IDS bulletin, Band 22, Heft Oct 91
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In: IDS bulletin, Band 21, Heft Apr 90
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In: International affairs, Band 59, Heft 2, S. 310-311
ISSN: 1468-2346
In: Journal of Asian and African studies: JAAS, Band 6, Heft 3-4, S. 287-289
ISSN: 1745-2538
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 602-604
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In: IDS bulletin, Band 25, Heft 3
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In: IDS bulletin, Band 25, Heft 4, S. 77-84
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In: The journal of economic history, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 299-319
ISSN: 1471-6372
"The peasant" is consistently cited as an obstacle to economic development in Africa. He is unwilling, it is said, to alter traditional practices and behavior, and is thus unable to take advantage of economic opportunities. As Stephen Enke puts it, "The resource in shortest supply, in most backward but developing countries, is officials who can argue ordinary people into forsaking tradition and risking new ways." And E. S. Mason has stressed the complexity of "the process by which a group of tribally organized and self-sufficient peasants, sowing and reaping in accordance with age old traditions and possessing limited and easily satisfied wants, become a collection of risk-taking individuals, responsive to price and income incentives, and interested in conserving their land and improving its productivity." In numerous instances, however, African farmers have rapidly accepted new crops and new techniques and have shown a high propensity to innovate, to accept risk, and to invest well in advance of returns. The sharp increases in the production of export crops show this to be true. Between 1919 and 1959, exports of Ghana (Gold Coast) rose 838 per cent, those of Nigeria 955 per cent, and those of (former) French West Africa 1,031 per cent. In all three cases, radical shifts in crop pattern and new practices in cultivation, planting, and harvesting were involved.