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Animal-Drawn Wheeled Toolcarriers: Perfected yet Rejected

 

A cautionary tale of development

Paul Starkey

A Publication of the Deutsches Zentrum für Entwicklungstechnologien - GATE , a Division of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH - 1987

The author: Paul Starkey qualified in Natural Science at Oxford University and in Education at Cambridge University. He worked for some years in Malawi, before studying Tropical Agriculture Development at the University of Reading. He worked for seven years in Sierra Leone, where he initiated a national traction programme. At present he works as a consultant. His main professional interest is in the improved utilization of draft animal power and in stimulating closer international liasion in this field.

Cover: On-farm evaluation of Nikart in Mali, 1986.

Photo: Bart de Steenhuysen Piters.