JDA collaborates with Afghanis on health, ag projects and more
It took nearly five years for Joint Development Associates International to convince Afghan farmers that this two-wheeled Chinese tractor could till and seed 1 hectare in a tenth of the time it took oxen. Now farmers use the tractors as makeshift taxis when not in the field.
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It took nearly five years for Joint Development Associates International to convince Afghan farmers that this two-wheeled Chinese tractor could till and seed 1 hectare in a tenth of the time it took oxen. Now farmers use the tractors as makeshift taxis when not in the field.
By
Rachel Sauer
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Change came slowly.
The farmers, at first, were suspicious of the two-wheeled Chinese tractors that supposedly could take the place of oxen. It took almost five years to convince them that…
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