Britain and the Groundnut Scheme in Tanganyika 1947-1952

Document Type : Academic research papers

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1 FACULTY OF WOMEN - AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY

2 Professor of modern and contemporary history- History Department- Faculty of Women for Arts, Science & Education- Ain Shams University- Egypt.

3 Professor of modern and contemporary history History Department- Faculty of African Postgraduate Studies- Cairo University – Egypt.

Abstract

After the end of the Second World War, Britain was subjected to a major economic crisis, which affected the standard of living of many classes of society significantly, and this was evident in the severe shortage of oils and vegetable fats in British homes, and in order to cover its needs of those fatty materials, Britain deliberately stimulated the economic movement in Its colonies are in East Africa, and Tanganyika was one of them, through its initiation to planning a large agricultural program called the Groundnut Scheme, and spent on this project a lot of huge funds, serving its vital interests with the aim of filling the shortage of vegetable oils and treating the shortage of fats and edible oils after the war However, the hasty implementation of the project and the occurrence of many political and technical errors and natural factors, all led to the suspension of the project and the withdrawal of financial support for it, which had a significant impact on the political, economic and social situation in Tanganyika.

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Issue January 1, Part Three - Languages - 2023
January 2023
Pages 76-87

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