ABSTRACT
The Gezira scheme is one of the most renowned agricultural projects in Africa and the Middle East. Built by British colonial power around the turn of the century, this scheme has been both a successful economic venture and one which many other countries have tried to emulate. Seasonal need for labor is greater for the small nuclear family units displaced from their original residences. Larger families and early marriages prevailed in the older schemes, Tenants hire laborers to work their land, however the low yields do not warrant further capital investment, and incentives remain low, adding to the continued decline of the national economy. The creation of the scheme altered the traditional social organization of the rural areas. Scheme managers are known to travel long distances recruiting tenants, who are then settled in residential units on the scheme.
