Rural Development in Dahomey

In order to stop young boys drifting into the towns and swelling the ranks of the unemployed, the Government of Dahomey is encouraging the establishment of co-operative farms and young farmers clubs. FAO, ILO and WHO experts as well as voluntary organizations, such as the Mission Protestante Methodist and the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, are assisting in a number of these projects.
Young farmers, on a co-operative farm near Save prepares to spray the cotton crop. Jan Zwaan, the Dutchman who organized this farm for the Mission Protestante Methodiste, examines one of the cotton plants.