Publication year:
1981
The paper discusses a project which aimed to acheive agricultural diversification by encouraging the production of cotton in the Gambia. An evaluation was carried out by the ODA's food strategy group in association with the Ministry of Agriculture. The object of the rapid appraisal was to identity constraints in its expansion, to examine the distribution of its benefits between and within households and to assess its potential as a cash crop alternative to groundnuts. The methodology of the appraisal is decribed, which involved investigating the organization of farm labour and technical aspects of cultivation.
Interest groups:
Donor agencies, agriculturalists, governments, economists, researchers and those working at the community and project level.
Pages:
pp. 53-55
In:
Rapid Rural Appraisal: social structure and rural economy
Editor:
R. Longhurst
Holdings:
IDS MET1
Publisher reference:
Institute of Development Studies