The transition from a subsistence society, managing without money, to one based on a cash economy took many centuries to develop in the home of civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean. In parts of Africa the change is being attempted within a generation. That there has been any success at all is encouraging. The difficulties of communication and persuasion that confront dedicated agricultural workers and advisers are immense.
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