Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa—the case of Ghana

Clemens Breisinger (), Xinshen Diao (), James Thurlow and Ramatu M. Al Hassan

Journal of International Development, 2011, vol. 23, issue 1, 82-102

Abstract: Agricultural growth in Africa has accelerated, yet most of this growth has been driven by land expansion. Land expansion potential is reaching its limits, urging governments to shift towards a green revolution type of productivity-led growth. Given the huge public investments required, this paper aims to assess the potential impacts of a green revolution. Results from a CGE model for Ghana show that green revolution type growth is strongly pro‐poor and provides substantial transfers to the rest of the economy, thus providing a powerful argument to raise public expenditure on agriculture to make a green revolution happen in Africa. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Keywords: agriculture; green revolution; growth; poverty; Africa; Ghana; CGE; microsimulation; D58; O13; O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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