This research report is part of a more comprehensive study of structural change in the countryside of southern Ethiopia. The structural trend in the 1960's can roughly be expressed as a transition from subsistence-farming coupled with a kind of "feudalism" to agrarian capitalism. The problem under study in this report is, however, more limited. We will investigate how the Swedish Government's bilateral assistance to Ethiopia in the field of agricultural development, directly and indirectly affects the small farmers, notably the tenants, in the project areas. (From the introduction)
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The minimum package projects; their organization, goals and activities -- 3. Bako minimun package project -- 4. Shashamane minimum package project -- 5. Tullo Bollo minimum package project -- 6. Discussion