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dc.contributor.authorBarnes, Carolyn
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-11T10:47:46Z
dc.date.available2011-04-11T10:47:46Z
dc.date.issued1974-07
dc.identifier.citationBarnes, Carolyn. (1974) The introduction of coffee in Gusiland, Kenya: 1933-1942. Discussion Paper 205, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobien_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/614
dc.description.abstractThis paper is part of a broader study of the socio-economic history of arabica coffee growing in Gusiiland from 1933 to 1950. Using the contemporary correspondence and statements of colonial officials and interviews with the growers, the methods of extension, the processing and marketing of the crops and the financing of the industry are discussed. In addition, the factors are assessed which prevented greater adoption of coffee by Gusii farmers and greater expansion of production. At first the farmers were reluctant to plant coffee because they were suspicious of government's motives. Those who did plant, were primarily interested in earning a greater incomes. By 1938, many of the farmers were willing to grow coffee, but expansion was halted by government's policy of limiting coffee production by Kenya Africans.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherInstitute for Development Studies, University of Nairobien_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion Papers;205
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_GB
dc.subjectAgricultureen_GB
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten_GB
dc.titleThe introduction of coffee in Gusiland, Kenya: 1933-1942en_GB
dc.typeSeries paper (non-IDS)en_GB
dc.rights.holderInstitute for Development Studies, University of Nairobien_GB
dc.identifier.blds318168


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