Keijiro Otsuka,
Donald F. Larson
Springer Netherlands
e druk, 2015
9789401783682
An African Green Revolution
Finding Ways to Boost Productivity on Small Farms
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Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Springer Netherlands |
e druk, 2015
ISBN13: 9789401783682
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Samenvatting
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 abundant natural resources; agriculture provides most of its jobs, a third of national income and a larger portion of total export earnings. However the levels of land and labor productivity rank among the worst in the world. The book explains Africa’s productivity gap and proposes ways to close it, by examining recent experience in Africa and by drawing on lessons from Asia.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9789401783682
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Contents:</p><p>1. An Overview </p><p>Keijiro Otsuka, Donald F. Larson, and Peter B. R. Hazell</p><p> </p><p>Part I: Climate and the Transferability of Asian Green Revolution to Sub-Saharan Africa</p><p> </p><p>2. Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution in Rice</p><p>Jonna P. Estudillo and Keijiro Otsuka</p><p> </p><p>3. The Possibility of a Rice Green Revolution in Large-Scale Irrigation Schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa</p><p>Yuko Nakano, Ibrahim Bamba, Aliou Diagne, Keijiro Otsuka, and Kei Kajisa</p><p> </p><p>4. The Declining Impacts of Climate on Crop Yields during the Green Revolution in India, 1972-2002 </p><p>Takuji Tsusaka and Keijiro Otsuka</p><p> </p><p>5. The Impact of Technological Changes on Crop Yields in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1967 to 2004</p><p>Takuji Tsusaka and Keijiro Otsuka</p><p> </p><p>Part II: Prospects for Upland Rice and Maize Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa</p><p> </p><p>6. Causes and Consequences of NERICA Adoption in Uganda</p><p>Yoko Kijima and Keijiro Otsuka</p><p> </p><p>7. Impact of NERICA Adoption on Rice Yield: Evidence from West Africa </p><p>Aliou Diagne, Soul-Kifouly Gnonna Midingoyi, and Florent Kinkingninhoun</p><p> </p><p>8. Maize Revolutions in Sub-Saharan Africa </p><p>Melinda Smale, Derek Byerlee, and Thom Jayne</p><p> </p><p>9. Maize, Soil Fertility, Fertilizer, and the Green Revolution in East Africa </p><p>Tomoya Matsumoto and Takashi Yamano</p><p> </p><p>Part III: The Role of Fertilizer Markets and Fertilizer Application</p><p> </p><p>10. Chemical Fertilizer, Organic Fertilizer, and Cereal Yields in India </p><p>Kei Kajisa and N. Venkatesa Palanichamy</p><p> </p><p>11. The Demand for Fertilizer when Markets are Incomplete: Evidence from Ethiopia </p><p>Daniel Zerfu and Donald F. Larson</p><p> </p><p>12. Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Evidence from Experimental Intervention in Maize Production in Uganda </p><p>Tomoya Matsumoto, Takashi Yamano, and Dick Sserunkuuma</p><p> </p><p>Part IV: Conclusion</p><p> </p><p>13. Towards a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa </p>Keijiro Otsuka and Donald F. Larson