From hand tillage to animal traction: Causes and effects and the policy implications for Sub-Saharan African agriculture

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Network Paper No. 15
April 1987

by

Prabhu L. Pingali
International Rice Research Institute
P.O. Box 933, Manila, Philippines

This paper draws heavily on the relevant portions of work done and reported in 'Agricultural Mechanization and the Evolution of Farming Systems in sub-Saharan Africa' for which the writer of this article was the senior author. The study was supported under the World Bank's research program through its Agricultural Research Unit. The views expressed here are those of the author and should not be attributed to the World Bank or its affiliates, or any other organization.

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Introduction

Determinants of the profitability of the transition from handhoes to animal draft power.

Farm-level benefits of a transition to animal drawn plows

Real and perceived constraints to the transition to animal drawn plows.

Is leapfrogging from handhoes to tractors possible?

Transition from animal draft power to tractors

Policy implications

Footnotes

References