The Tanganyika groundnut scheme, or East Africa groundnut scheme, was a failed attempt by the British government to cultivate tracts of its African trust territory Tanganyika with peanuts.
The peanut, also known as the groundnut, goober, goober pea, pindar or monkey nut, is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds, contained in underground pods. It is widely grown in the tropics
Tanganyika groundnut scheme
…groundnut scheme, was a failed attempt by the British government to cultivate tracts of its African trust territory Tanganyika (now part of Tanzania) with peanuts. Launched in the aftermath of World War II in 1946 by the Labour Party administration of prime minister Clement Attlee, the goal was to produce urgently…