An analysis of an african rural economy of poverty at grass-roots level

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Title:	An analysis of an african rural economy of poverty at grass-roots level
Author:	Konter, J.H.
Year:	1976
Periodical:	Cultures et développement
Volume:	8
Issue:	4
Pages:	607-622
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Tanzania
Subject:	rural economy
Abstract:	This article is based on the author's experience acquired during three years of research among the Nyakyusa in S.W. Tanzania. Introduction: Is an economic arrear a socio-logical problem? - An economic arrear is an economic problem. The commercialisation of subsistence agriculture: The subsistence agriculture - The commercialisation of subsistence agriculture. Resistance to the commercialisation of the subsistence agriculture: Traditional resistance to change - Economic resistance to change - Magical resistance to change - Social resistance to change - Failures in the past. Notes.