In Europe, as in Russia and the U.S.A., economic agricultural production is becoming centred more and more on large farms; in developing countries the basic family holding is usually a small plot. A 300-acre intensive dairy farm, with integrated crops and pastures, has been carefully costed over several years, and shows one way in which groups of African workers, under guidance and with specialist advice, can begin to help themselves.
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