Agricultural Development in the Ivory Coast and Ghana

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ID4251067
AuthorsJean M Due (corresponding author)
Year1969
Volume7
Issue4
Pages637-660
Publication date1969-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x00018875
OpenAlexW2116263531
LanguageEN
Citations received4

Situated side by side on the west coast of Africa, of similar size, and having similar national incomes per capita and capacity for development at independence, Ghana and the Ivory Coast present marked contrasts in the development of both agriculture and industry.1 Ghanaian politicians led the African independence movement, with Ghana receiving independence in 1957. The Ivory Coast was granted independence in 1960 with little indigenous effort. In the early years of independence Ghana welcomed aid and technical assistance from both private and government sources in the west, but after 1961 turned more and more to the Communist world and a philosophy of socialisation of agriculture and industry.2 During the five-year period from 1961 until Nkrumah was overthrown in early 1966, the development emphasis was on state farms and factories: 125 of the former were established by the State Farms Corporation, 84 by the Workers' Brigade and Young Farmers' League, and 870 by the co-operatives

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Archaeology · Corporation · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Independence (probability theory) · Indigenous · League · Per capita · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science) · African history and culture studies · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Demography · History · Law

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