#Gabon: Gabon: the mechanization of agriculture in question

 

FAO and the Government of Gabon in Libreville recently organized a workshop on the issue of mechanization of farm work in Gabon.

One solution to the intensification of food crops in Gabon necessarily lies in mechanization of farm work. But how to get there, what are the constraints, facilities and issues? The FAO experts and officials of the Gabonese authorities dealing with these issues have tried for two days to respond by examining the diagnostic reports already made in the framework of the national strategy for the development of agriculture.



According to experts of the Gabonese Ministry of Agriculture, the mechanization of farm work is expected to probably reduce drudgery, increase farmlands and boost production. What constitutes an adequate response in particular to the problem of food imports and the high cost of living costs.



Nevertheless, the Gabonese government is supported not only by the FAO but also by other partners develop, for the realization of the government's desire to achieve in a few years to further mechanization of agricultural work. All major agricultural countries have been there.


                                                                 b      Ogooue Infos (OI), 24 September 2014