Agricultural Mechanisation for Transformation

Authors: Lawrence Gumbe

Abstract:

This paper concludes that, for economic development, and to ensure survival, Kenya and similar countries must industrialize their economy and mechanize their agriculture using modern large scale methods.

Keywords: Agriculture, mechanazation, transformation, industrialization.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1107708

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