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1 online resource (259 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND MAPS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART I AN OVERVIEW; 1 HISTORICAL SETTING; GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT; Major Geographical Regions; Climate; GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION; Size and Distribution; Ethnic Groups; 2 ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS BEARING ON AGRICULTURE, 1960-1985; BACKGROUND; The Sixties; The Seventies; First Half of the Eighties; The 1982-1986 Five-Year Plan; STRUCTURAL DISEQUILIBRIUM; BEHIND THE 1,000 PER CAPITA INCOME; QUANTITATIVE TRENDS; Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
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Sectorial GrowthFiscal Performance; International Trade and Finance; The Other Side of Oil; Planning for Development: Toward Agriculture; PART II THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; 3 AGRICULTURE IN THE CONGOLESE ECONOMY; A Shrinking Sector; The Socialist Option; Agriculture Research; 4 AGRONOMIC AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS; Climatic Resources; Management of Climatic Resources; Water and Land Resources; Geology and Ground Water Resources; Natural Vegetation; Rural Roads; 5 AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; The Three Sectors; Agricultural Production; Livestock; 6 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING; The Markets |
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The Marketing System7 THE RURAL MILIEU; The Small Farmers; Cultural and Social Characteristics; Farmers' Income and Welfare; Behind the Rural Exodus; 8 THE FARMING SYSTEMS; Food Crops System; Soil Fertility Maintenance; 9 FARMERS' ORGANIZATIONS:THE COOPERATIVES; Types of Cooperatives; Membership of the Cooperatives; Organization and Level of Development; Potential Roles for Marketing Cooperatives; The Non-Viability of Production Cooperatives; Constraints on the Cooperatives Movement; Policy Implications for Cooperatives Program; 10 SMALL FARMERS' PARTICIPATION IN THE ECONOMY |
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Domestic ResourcesExternal Assistance; Expansion of Cash Crops Cultivation; Animal Husbandry Development; Other Assistance; PART III PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS; 11 CONSTRAINTS TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT; At the Farms; Beyond the Farms; Policy Constraints; Natural Constraints; 12 SUPPORTING AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Feasibility; Cost-Benefit; Speed of Implementation; Past Experiences; APPENDIXES; Appendix 1.1 Administrative Division in the Congo; Appendix 1.2 Population Pyramid; Appendix 1.3 Ratio of Men Per 100 Women; Appendix 2.1 |
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Appendix 3.1 Financial Operations of State Enterprise in Agriculture* (in thousands of CFAF)Appendix 3.2 Organization of Ministry of Agriculture and Husbandry; Appendix 3.3 Organizational Chart of OCC; Appendix 4.1 Evolution of Rainfall, 1979-1983; Appendix 4.2 Soil Classification; Appendix 4.3 The RNTP Organization Chart; Appendix 4.4 Equipment Needed for the Road Work in the Plateaux Region; Appendix 4.5 Necessary Equipment and Deficit for the Road Work in the Plateaux Region; Appendix 5.1 Value of Agro-Industrial Products (In Million CFAF) |
| Notes |
Appendix 6.1 Consumer Price Index For Brazzaville, 1973-1982 January 1964 = 100 |
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Print version record |
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Congo (Brazzaville)
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Rural development -- Congo (Brazzaville)
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects
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Rural development
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Congo (Brazzaville)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429691614 |
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0429691610 |
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