An African Green Revolution

Contents:

1. An Overview

Keijiro Otsuka, Donald F. Larson, and Peter B. R. Hazell

 

Part I: Climate and the Transferability of Asian Green Revolution to Sub-Saharan Africa

 

2. Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution in Rice

Jonna P. Estudillo and Keijiro Otsuka

 

3. The Possibility of a Rice Green Revolution in Large-Scale Irrigation Schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Yuko Nakano, Ibrahim Bamba, Aliou Diagne, Keijiro Otsuka, and Kei Kajisa

 

4. The Declining Impacts of Climate on Crop Yields during the Green Revolution in India, 1972-2002 

Takuji Tsusaka and Keijiro Otsuka

 

5. The Impact of Technological Changes on Crop Yields in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1967 to 2004

Takuji Tsusaka and Keijiro Otsuka

 

Part II: Prospects for Upland Rice and Maize Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa

 

6. Causes and Consequences of NERICA Adoption in Uganda

Yoko Kijima and Keijiro Otsuka

 

7. Impact of NERICA Adoption on Rice Yield: Evidence from West Africa

Aliou Diagne, Soul-Kifouly Gnonna Midingoyi, and Florent Kinkingninhoun

 

8. Maize Revolutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Melinda Smale, Derek Byerlee, and Thom Jayne

 

9. Maize, Soil Fertility, Fertilizer, and the Green Revolution in East Africa

Tomoya Matsumoto and Takashi Yamano

 

Part III: The Role of Fertilizer Markets and Fertilizer Application

 

10. Chemical Fertilizer, Organic Fertilizer, and Cereal Yields in India

Kei Kajisa and N. Venkatesa Palanichamy

 

11. The Demand for Fertilizer when Markets are Incomplete: Evidence from Ethiopia 

Daniel Zerfu and Donald F. Larson

 

12. Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Evidence from Experimental Intervention in Maize Production in Uganda 

Tomoya Matsumoto, Takashi Yamano, and Dick Sserunkuuma

 

Part IV: Conclusion

 

13. Towards a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa Keijiro Otsuka and Donald F. Larson