Author: Baldwin, Kenneth David Sutherland
Title: The Niger Agricultural Project : An Experiment in African Development
Description: Cambridge [MA], Harvard University Press, 1957. orig. cloth, dustwrapper. 221,(8) pp. 23x14cm, Some stains to binding.. 8pp. photoplates; map.. Minor rubbing. Some light top page-edge spotting. VG. ¶ Contents: Foreword by Professor S.H. Frankel; Note by Colonial Development Corporation; The Origin of the Project; Population and Settlements; Labour in a Sparsely Populated Area; The Settler Problem; The Incomes of the Settlers;Yields and Returns; Mechanical Problems and Costs; Comparison with Local Farming and a Sudanese Scheme; Share-Cropping; problems of Individual Adaptation; The Failure to Improve on African Agriculture; Aims and Achinements; The Lessons of Mokwa; Appendices: Note on Vegetation; Rainfall Figures; Cost and Statistical Tables.

Keywords: African Colonial History, Agriculture, Agricultural, West Africa, Nigeria, Development, Economic Economy, Economics Policy, British Colonialism