Tractors Can Change Farming in Good Ways and Bad: Lessons from Four African Countries

Dec 29 (IPS) – Agricultural mechanisation is on the rise in Africa, replacing hand hoes and animal traction across the continent. While around 80-90% of all farmers still rely on manual labour or draught animals, this is changing, driven by falling machinery prices and rising rural wages. During the last couple of years, tractor sales grew by around 10% annually.

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