An African Green Revolution

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.

Uses primary data to assess the potential for productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa Describes the Asian experience and assesses the transferability of Asian technology Outlines explicit policy recommendations to realize a Green Revolution in sub-Saharan Africa Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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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.