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THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. A. Creech Jones, announces that Dr. W. V. Lambert, dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Nebraska, Dr. W. A. McCall, assistant chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils and Agricultural Engineeing, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Dr. Arthur H. Cline, professor of soil science, tment of Agronomy, Cornell University, are to conduct a three-months survey of farming conditions st, Central and West Africa, beginning in July. The Survey, which is part of the technical assistance programme of the Economic Co-operation Administration, is being undertaken at the request of the United Kingdom Government. It is designed to help the agricultural and veterinary departments of the East, Central and West African territories in the general field of production and in developing veterinary research, plant pathology and soil science, by finding out how best American technical agricultural assistance can be applied. This is the second project to be approved under the Administration's technical assistance scheme. The first, announced on May 16, provided for a six-weeks visit to West Africa and East and Central Africa respectively of an American scientific worker and an insecticide expert.
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American Technical Help in Colonial Development. Nature 163, 986 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163986d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/163986d0