Negotiating Development: African Farmers and Colonial Experts at the Office du Niger, 1920-1960

Ghislaine Lydon · Monica M. van Beusekom

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African history and culture studies Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies

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Introduction - Rice & cotton: neomercantilism, social welfare & the shaping of the Office du Niger - Colonisation Indigene: French rural development ideology at the Office du Niger, 1920-1940 - The recruitment of settlers for the Office du Niger - Coercion & poverty at the Office du Niger - Negotiating farming & marketing practices at the Office du Niger - Participation contested & redefined: farmer resistance & ideas about development at the Office du Niger - Conclusion - Appendix: A Note on Sources

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