An African Green Revolution Finding Ways to Boost Productivity on Small Farms [Paperback]

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 Africas productivity gap and proposes ways to close it, by examining recent experience in Africa and by drawing on lessons from Asia.

Contents:

1. An Overview

Keijiro Otsuka, Donald F. Larson, and Peter B. R. Hazell

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Part I: Climate and the Transferability of Asian Green Revolution to Sub-Saharan Africa

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2. Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution in Rice

Jonna P. Estudillo and Keijiro Otsuka

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3. The Possibility of a Rice Green Revolution in Large-Scale Irrigation Schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Yuko Nakano, Ibrahim Bamba, Aliou Diagne, Keijiro Otsuka, and Kei Kajisa

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4. The Declining Impacts of Climate on Crop Yields during the Green Revolution in India, 1972-2002?

Takuji Tsusaka and Keijiro Otsuka

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5. The Impact of Technological Changes on Crop Yields in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1967 to 2004

Takuji Tsusaka and Keijiro Otsuka

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