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

Keijiro Otsuka () and Donald Larson ()

Chapter Chapter 9 in In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution, 2016, pp 183-194 from Springer

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Rice Green RevolutionGreen Revolution; Irrigated area; Rainfed area; Technology and management trainingmanagement training; Maize Green RevolutionGreen Revolution; Maize-livestock mixed systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55693-0_9

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