Appropriate Scale Mechanization in Africa and Asia

Alan Hansen presented the USAID-funded Appropriate Scale Mechanization Consortium, describing work in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Cambodia: innovation hubs at partner universities, field hubs and technology parks, improved ox yokes, planters, solar pumps and rice reapers. He stressed systems thinking, gender integration, youth engagement and viable business models, and acknowledged colleagues Tim Randall, project manager, and Maria Jones, who led gender work. A long Q&A followed. Fall 2018 series "Reframing and Rethinking Global Development."