Agricultural Innovation in Colonial Africa

Download or read book Agricultural Innovation in Colonial Africa written by I. D. Talbott and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study which aims to uncover the role played by African agriculture during the Great Depression of the 1930's with particular emphasis on innovation and change. The volume investigates the development of the goverment's program, the agricultural experimentation and the effects of encouragement on the provinces of Coast, Nyanza and Central. It examines the factors that prompted the colonial administration to take action to alter the nature of African farming in Kenya.