Notes on My Time in Northern Nigeria


Sokoto Rice Project


The Sokoto Mechanised Rice Project in action in 1953. 12 D7 Caterpillar tractors driven and maintained by Africans under a European manager and 2 European mechanics. They deep ploughed an area of the Argungu Fadama (River Food Plain) for rice production.


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