What Erroneous Assumptions Had the Original Agricultural Development Planners Made

question 82

Multiple Choice

What erroneous assumptions had the original agricultural development planners made that contributed to the near-collapse of the program in Guinea?

• A) They did not take account that the society was matrilineal and that they had to work with the females in order to create change for the villages.
• B) They did not realize that only elder men could engage in farming because it is a lucrative and prestigious occupation.
• C) They did not realize that land is controlled by elders of the linage and that there is a strict kinship-based labor force.
• D) They did not realize that the Malinke (local peoples) had no experience dealing with any type of technology.
• E) They were not sensitive to the kinship needs that regulated their own labor force as they constructed the dams and canals that would irrigate the farms.

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