An African Green Revolution Finding Ways to Boost Productivity on Small Farms /
This volume explores the usefulness of the Asian model of agricultural development for Africa, where, even before the recent world food crisis, half the population lived on less than on dollar a day, and a staggering one in three people and one third of all children were undernourished. Africa has a...
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Contents:
- 1. An Overview
- Part I: Climate and the Transferability of Asian Green Revolution to Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2. Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution in Rice
- 3. The Possibility of a Rice Green Revolution in Large-Scale Irrigation Schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 4. The Declining Impacts of Climate on Crop Yields during the Green Revolution in India, 1972-2002
- 5. The Impact of Technological Changes on Crop Yields in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1967 to 2004
- Part II: Prospects for Upland Rice and Maize Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 6. Causes and Consequences of NERICA Adoption in Uganda
- 7. Impact of NERICA Adoption on Rice Yield: Evidence from West Africa
- 8. Maize Revolutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 9. Maize, Soil Fertility, Fertilizer, and the Green Revolution in East Africa
- Part III: The Role of Fertilizer Markets and Fertilizer Application
- 10. Chemical Fertilizer, Organic Fertilizer, and Cereal Yields in India
- 11. The Demand for Fertilizer when Markets are Incomplete: Evidence from Ethiopia
- 12. Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Evidence from Experimental Intervention in Maize Production in Uganda
- Part IV: Conclusion
- 13. Towards a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa.
