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Modernising agriculture through a ‘new’ Green Revolution: the limits of the Crop Intensification Programme in Rwanda

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  • Giuseppe Davide Cioffo
  • An Ansoms
  • Jude Murison

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Over the past decade, African agriculture sectors have been the object of numerous initiatives advancing a ‘new’ Green Revolution for the continent. The low productivity of African smallholders is attributed to the low use of modern, improved agricultural inputs. In short, African countries are expected to catch up with the Green Revolution in other parts of the world. This paper is a contribution to the debate on the new African Green Revolution. We analyse the Rwandan Crop Intensification Programme (CIP) as a case study of the application of the African Green Revolution model. The paper is based on research at the macro, meso and micro levels. We argue that the CIP fails to draw lessons from previous Green Revolution experiences in terms of its effects on social differentiation, on ecological sustainability, and on knowledge exchange and creation.

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  • Giuseppe Davide Cioffo & An Ansoms & Jude Murison, 2016. "Modernising agriculture through a ‘new’ Green Revolution: the limits of the Crop Intensification Programme in Rwanda," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(148), pages 277-293, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:43:y:2016:i:148:p:277-293
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2016.1181053
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    1. Clay, Nathan & King, Brian, 2019. "Smallholders’ uneven capacities to adapt to climate change amid Africa’s ‘green revolution’: Case study of Rwanda’s crop intensification program," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 1-14.
    2. Bird, Kate & Chabé-Ferret, Bastien & Simons, Alexandre, 2022. "Linking human capabilities with livelihood strategies to speed poverty reduction: Evidence from Rwanda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
    3. Maru, Yiheyis Taddele, 2018. "Summary: Critical reflection on and learning from Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) approaches and emerging Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) practice," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 354-356.
    4. Abebaw Andarge Gedefaw & Clement Atzberger & Walter Seher & Reinfried Mansberger, 2019. "Farmers Willingness to Participate In Voluntary Land Consolidation in Gozamin District, Ethiopia," Land, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-21, October.

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