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Title:Rice Burning and the Green Revolution in Northern Ghana
Author:Goody, JackISNI
Year:1980
Periodical:Journal of Development Studies
Volume:16
Issue:2
Period:January
Pages:136-155
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:peasant rebellions
land law
rice
Development and Technology
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388008421752
Abstract:The introduction of high yielding varieties into northern Ghana has given rise to a form of mechanised farming of rice in the river valleys. Much of this land was used only for occasional pasture; new it is cultivated by civil servants, military men, tracers and farmers from the locality and from neighbouring areas, who have been encouraged by government policy and by the prospect of private gain. In the course of establishing these farms, the system of land tenure has been radically changed, since written evidence of registration is necessary to raise a loan and to be produced in case of dispute. These changes, combined with the more direct effects of social differentiation, have resulted in the burning of rice and the destruction of machinery. Sections: Introduction - Land rigths - Farmers - Case study I - Mode of acquiring land (registration; literacy) - Case study II - Crop destruction - Conclusion. Ref., notes, Map, app.: Agricultural imports to Ghana (table 1968-1975).
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