Guidelines on the manufacture of agricultural tools, implements and low-cost transport equipment by small-scale engineering industries in the context of the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa(second IDDA)

Abstract

The purpose of this study then is to assist African countries to develop and integrate their agricultural tools and low cost transportation industries. It became clear from the field visits that the engineering industries in many African countries have to a certain extent mastered the techniques of manufacturing this equipment. In some of the enterprises, commercialization of the manufactured products and the acquisition of basic production inputs however, remained a major problem. Consequently, another goal of this study is to provide information to enterprises in the region that will enable them to market their products and more importantly to minimize capacity under-utilization for those existing, well operated enterprises, by suggesting that these enterprises should link up with suppliers in the region.