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... farming . The explicit intention was " to enable the peasant col- onist farmers to produce a surplus . . . not to create a large body of subsistence farmers . " The feasibility study prepared for the government went further : " The ...
... farming . The explicit intention was " to enable the peasant col- onist farmers to produce a surplus . . . not to create a large body of subsistence farmers . " The feasibility study prepared for the government went further : " The ...
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... farmers in a very short time . The object of the scheme was to facilitate the development of commercial farming and rural pros- perity by creating a nucleus of proficient peasant farmers who would , by their example , inspire others to ...
... farmers in a very short time . The object of the scheme was to facilitate the development of commercial farming and rural pros- perity by creating a nucleus of proficient peasant farmers who would , by their example , inspire others to ...
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... farming became particularly difficult , the farmers could thus revert to pastoral nomadism . The livestock they kept on their farms was , therefore , not only a source of income " but an ultimate insurance against drought , loss of land ...
... farming became particularly difficult , the farmers could thus revert to pastoral nomadism . The livestock they kept on their farms was , therefore , not only a source of income " but an ultimate insurance against drought , loss of land ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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