KAPILA F. P., KAOMA CHIBWE
Abstract
Africa as a continent was said to be at minimum a generation behind Europe in terms of development. With the AIDS pandemic this gap has no doubt been getting bigger and bigger. We in the developing world have lived with a challenge of making life better. Living standards can and do grow on a solid base. A sustained supply of food to all will afford people the opportunity to think of ways to develop themselves. Development on hungry stomachs has proved to be impossible.
There is need to develop a need based sustainable approach to deal with mechanized farming. It must be inculcated in the minds of the rural masses that it is for them and only them can make it work. Such an approach should be based on understanding the village concept of Rural Africa.
Key words:
development, AIDS pandemic, living standards sustained food supply, sustainable approach, mechanized farming, village concept, rural Africa.