The Resource Imperialism and development : the East African groundnut scheme and its legacy, Nicholas Westcott
Imperialism and development : the East African groundnut scheme and its legacy, Nicholas Westcott
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- Summary
- "As colonial development took off after the Second World War, in the context of national food shortages, Britain's Labour Government initiated the Groundnut Scheme, an extraordinarily ambitious project to convert 3 million acres of bush in Tanganyika into the largest mechanized groundnut farm in the world. It was to prove the largest, most expensive and most disastrous development scheme ever undertaken by the British Government. Never previously analysed in depth, the author draws on a wide range of sources to discuss the political dynamics that drove the Groundnut Scheme forward, despite the gravest doubts of agriculturalists and economists, why it went wrong, and what its impact has been since on the practice of economic development. Initially employing the United Africa Company as agent, the government set up an Overseas Food Corporation to manage the Groundnut Scheme as an example of socialist development in Africa. Army surplus kit and demobbed soldiers poured into the country and were sent up the railway line to Kongwa to beat the bush. By the time the effort was abandoned in 1950, costs had risen to a colossal 36 million - equivalent to over 1 billion today - and yet almost no groundnuts had been exported. The prototype of many large-scale, government-run, high-cost development projects that failed to deliver, the Groundnut Scheme was perhaps the first major failure of agricultural development in Africa, and its legacy in development practice still with us today. Nicholas Westcott is Director of the Royal African Society and Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. His previous posts include Managing Director, Middle East and North Africa, and prior to that Managing Director for Africa, European External Action Service (EU), Brussels. "--Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
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- Austerity
- A Scheme is Born
- 'The Poison of the Official Pen...'
- The Groundnut Army
- Beating about the Bush
- The Overseas Food Corporation
- 1949: The Crisis
- The Last Chance
- A Sudden Death
- Legacy and Lessons
- Isbn
- 9781787449336
- Label
- Imperialism and development : the East African groundnut scheme and its legacy
- Title
- Imperialism and development
- Title remainder
- the East African groundnut scheme and its legacy
- Statement of responsibility
- Nicholas Westcott
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "As colonial development took off after the Second World War, in the context of national food shortages, Britain's Labour Government initiated the Groundnut Scheme, an extraordinarily ambitious project to convert 3 million acres of bush in Tanganyika into the largest mechanized groundnut farm in the world. It was to prove the largest, most expensive and most disastrous development scheme ever undertaken by the British Government. Never previously analysed in depth, the author draws on a wide range of sources to discuss the political dynamics that drove the Groundnut Scheme forward, despite the gravest doubts of agriculturalists and economists, why it went wrong, and what its impact has been since on the practice of economic development. Initially employing the United Africa Company as agent, the government set up an Overseas Food Corporation to manage the Groundnut Scheme as an example of socialist development in Africa. Army surplus kit and demobbed soldiers poured into the country and were sent up the railway line to Kongwa to beat the bush. By the time the effort was abandoned in 1950, costs had risen to a colossal 36 million - equivalent to over 1 billion today - and yet almost no groundnuts had been exported. The prototype of many large-scale, government-run, high-cost development projects that failed to deliver, the Groundnut Scheme was perhaps the first major failure of agricultural development in Africa, and its legacy in development practice still with us today. Nicholas Westcott is Director of the Royal African Society and Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. His previous posts include Managing Director, Middle East and North Africa, and prior to that Managing Director for Africa, European External Action Service (EU), Brussels. "--Publisher description
- Cataloging source
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Westcott, Nicholas
- Dewey number
- 338.9678
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC885.Z9
- LC item number
- E44 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Eastern Africa series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Economic development projects
- Peanut industry
- Development studies
- Colonialism & imperialism
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism
- Economic development projects
- Peanut industry
- Tanzania
- Label
- Imperialism and development : the East African groundnut scheme and its legacy, Nicholas Westcott
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index
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- Contents
- Austerity -- A Scheme is Born -- 'The Poison of the Official Pen...' -- The Groundnut Army -- Beating about the Bush -- The Overseas Food Corporation -- 1949: The Crisis -- The Last Chance -- A Sudden Death -- Legacy and Lessons
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- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
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- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781787449336
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- computer
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- 22573/ctvxjxrhw
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- on1157286117
- (OCoLC)1157286117
- Label
- Imperialism and development : the East African groundnut scheme and its legacy, Nicholas Westcott
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
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- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
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- Contents
- Austerity -- A Scheme is Born -- 'The Poison of the Official Pen...' -- The Groundnut Army -- Beating about the Bush -- The Overseas Food Corporation -- 1949: The Crisis -- The Last Chance -- A Sudden Death -- Legacy and Lessons
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- File format
- unknown
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- online
- Isbn
- 9781787449336
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
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- rdamedia
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- c
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- 22573/ctvxjxrhw
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- Specific material designation
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- on1157286117
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