Israeli know-how in technical assistance will compete with that of the Soviet Union in Ghana as a result of agreements signed today in that African country for the creation of experimental farms on Ghana’s coastal strip.
The Ghana Government signed similar agreements with Israel and the Soviet Union for establishment and management of an equal number of such farms. It appeared certain that competition would develop between the groups of technicians from the two countries in a race to see which would produce better development, higher farm yields, the greater number of graduates in training courses and similar aspects of the experimental program.
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