Micro-level Farm Management and Production Economics Research Among Traditional African Farmers: Lessons from Sierra Leone


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Agricultural economics paper on the data collecting methodology and research methodology used in conducting a 1970-1972 survey of agricultural management among traditional farmers in Sierra Leone - reviews some alternative methods of farm management and agricultural production economic research, and covers the general principles of field study work in africa, the 'cost route method' of data collecting, etc. Map and references.






















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Technical Change and the Small Farmer in Hausaland, Northern Nigeria


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Research paper on a comparison of small-scale family farms in three rural areas of Northern Nigeria to assess technological change effects - presents the results of village surveys in hausaland, examines land tenure practice, crop systems, the size of agricultural income, etc., examines the impact of new biological-chemical technologys on agricultural production of maize, cotton and sorghum, and discusses implications for agricultural policy. Diagrams, maps, references and statistical tables.