The Debate on Ujamaa, Villagisation and Food Production
The Debate on Ujamaa, Villagisation and Food Production (1980)1980 · Web page · Review of the Lofchie, Raikes and Briggs debateDisputedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0173 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Tanzanian ujamaa and villagisation · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Food-crop production fell and Tanzania imported large amounts of grain in 1974-76; the government blamed drought, while scholars weigh villagisation, pricing policy and the 1973-74 drought differently.”
Context. Tanzanian Affairs notes interpretations tend to reflect writers' ideology; Raikes and Briggs challenged Lofchie's use of ‘collectivisation’.
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Context
Tanzania: A Political Economy (2nd ed.), chapter 22 ‘Ujamaa and Villagization’
Economic Liberalization and Smallholder Productivity in Tanzania. From Promised Success to Real Failure, 1985-1998
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