Peasant cooperatives were converted from voluntary bodies into administrative instruments.

Evidence

Despite the creation of an Inspectorate of Agriculture headed by Chevalier, no local agricultural services were created until after the war. The most important initiative for increasing African production was the cre- ation of peasant societes de prevoyance in I9IO. Conceived originally as vol- untary cooperatives for seed distribution and local credit, the few that ex- isted were taken over by the administration in I 9 I 5. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 1029

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• DEFINE: Societes de prevoyance: originally voluntary cooperatives for seed distribution and local credit, later administrative organs.

Related

• Voluntary African cooperatives were forcibly taken over by colonial administration. (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Voluntary African cooperatives were taken over by colonial administration by 1915 #exemplifies (0.85)