In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution Views from Rice and Maize Farmers' Fields /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Otsuka, Keijiro (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Larson, Donald F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: Natural Resource Management and Policy ; 48
• Θέματα: International economics.; Development economics.; Agricultural economics.; Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; Development Economics.; International Economics.

This book explores recent experiences in the effort to bring about a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The chapters focus on rice and maize, which are promising and strategic smallholder crops. Significantly, we find that an African Rice Revolution has already begun in many irrigated are...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1  Introduction: Why an African Green Revolution is Needed and Why It Must Include Small Farms (Larson and Otsuka)
• 2  On the Determinants of Low Productivity of Rice Farming in Mozambique: Pathways to Intensification (Kajisa)
• 3  On the Possibility of Rice Green Revolution in Irrigated and Rainfed Areas in Tanzania: An Assessment of Management Training and Credit Programs (Nakano, Kajisa, and Otsuka)
• 4  On the Possibility of Rice Green Revolution in Rainfed Areas in Uganda: Impact Evaluation of a Management Training Program and Guidebook Distribution (Kijima)
• 5  On the Possibility of Rice Green Revolution in Rainfed Areas in Northern Ghana: An Assessment of a Management Training Program (deGraft-Johnson, Suzuki, Sakurai, and Otsuka)
• 6  On the Determinants of High Productivity in Rice Farming in Irrigated Areas in Senegal: Efficiency of Large-Scale vs. Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes (Sakurai)
• 7  On the Possibility of Maize Green Revolution in Highlands of Kenya: An Assessment of Emerging Intensive Farming Systems (Muraoka, Matsumoto, Jin, and Otsuka)
• 8  On the Determinants of Low Productivity in Maize Farming in Uganda: The Role of Markets, Fertilizer Use and Gender (Larson, Savastano, Murray, and Palacios-López)
• 9  Conclusions: Strategies towards a Green Revolution in sub-Saharan Africa (Otsuka and Larson).