Africa's Green Revolution? The determinants of the adoption of NERICAs in West Africa

ALiou Diagne (), Steven Glover, Ben Groom and Jonathan Phillips
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ALiou Diagne: Africa Rice Centre, Cotonou, Benin
Steven Glover: Overseas Development Institute, London, UK
Jonathan Phillips: Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK

No 174, Working Papers from Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK

Abstract: We analyse the rate and determinants of adoption of modern rice varieties (NERICAs) in Guinea, The Gambia and Cote d'Ivoire. The role of knowledge and information is evaluated using programme evaluation methods. Using household data collected by the Africa Rice Centre we show that the exposure and access to seeds lead to radically different levels of adoption by country: 30% in Cote D’Ivoire compared to around 90% for The Gambia and Guinea. Analysis of the determinants of adoption in each country reveals the heterogeneity in the role of agricultural and societal conditions and implies country/province specific policies are appropriate.

Keywords: NERICA Varieties; Technology Adoption; West Africa; Food Security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q16 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2012-06
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