Little has been written in recent literature regarding the role of mechanization in agricultural transformation in Africa. Government-led mechanization schemes in the 1970s and 1980s proved unsustainable after structural adjustment policies removed government support. However, demand for mechanized services by smallholder farmers has grown recently, with urbanization and agricultural intensification creating a power bottleneck for land preparation, especially in some regions. Against this background, the government of Ghana has increased its support for mechanization by establishing subsidized mechanization service centers since 2007
