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Conclusions: Strategies Towards a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa

In: In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution

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  • Keijiro Otsuka

    (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

  • Donald F. Larson

    (World Bank)

Abstract

Observing clear upward trend in rice yield in SSA, this volume attempted to explore whether Green RevolutionGreen Revolution in rice has taken place in irrigated areas in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), whether it is possible to realize a rice Green Revolutionrice Green Revolution in rainfed areas, and the extent to which technology and management trainingtechnology and management training has been effective in dissemination of Green Revolution technology. We then looked for signs of significant changes in maize yieldmaize yield from farmers’ fields, particularly from highly populated highlands of Kenya. To our surprise, many maize farmersmaize farmers in Kenya adopt land-saving and labor-intensive maize-livestock mixed systems, consistent with the Boserupian theory of agricultural intensificationintensification . But institutional innovations from the public sector, such as the support for agricultural research on the establishment of new maize-based farming systemmaize-based farming system s and extension, have not taken place, thereby limiting major gains in maize yields in many areas of SSA.

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  • Keijiro Otsuka & Donald F. Larson, 2016. "Conclusions: Strategies Towards a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Keijiro Otsuka & Donald F. Larson (ed.), In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 183-194, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-4-431-55693-0_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55693-0_9
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