Journal
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages 39-51Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2016.07.006
Keywords
Sub-Saharan Africa; Green Revolution; Maize; Rice; Poverty reduction; Food security
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- JICA Research Institute
- Global Center of Excellence Program
- GRIPS Emerging State Project of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS KAKENHI) [25101002]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25101002, 15H02619, 15J11589] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Improving the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa offers the best chance to reduce poverty among this generation of rural poor by building on the few resources farming households already own. It is also the best and shortest path to meet rising food needs. Using examples from farmers' maize and rice fields, comparisons with Asia, and an extensive literature review, we explain why the set of technologies promoted to date have produced localized successes rather than transformational change. We also examine the limitations of alternative policies that are not centered on small farms. We give indicative examples of how resource-management technologies can supplement seed-fertilizer technologies to speed an African Green Revolution. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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