GROUNDNUT SCHEME IN AFRICA SWALLOWS UP MANY MILLIONS
LONDON, Nov. I.—Britain’s East African groundnuts scheme has eost £23,200,000 since it was started in 1946. This figure was published today in the first annual report of the Overseas Food Corporation, which has controlled the scheme since April 1, 1948.
The report described unforeseen and incalculable difficulties besetting the experiment, which was designed to help overcome Britain’s shortage of fats. The harvest this year yielded 2150 tons of unshelled groundnuts and 8000 tons of sunflower seeds. A long drought in the greater part of the African Continent badly hit crops. The original plan conceived in March, 1946, was tc clear 2,500,000 acres to yield an estimated 400,000 tons of shelled nuts for 160,000 tons of oil. Work began on clearing and planting 150,000 acres in January, 1947.
The report says that the area selected for the experiment was 8000 miles by sea from England, with all supplies coming through the small congested port of Dar-Es-Salaam. The corporation reports that 49,260 acres have now been sown in crops.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 3 November 1949, Page 5
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