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An African Green Revolution: Finding Ways to Boost Productivity on Small Farms

By Keijiro Otsuka , Donald F. Larson , Peter B. R. Hazell (auth.) , Donald F. Larson (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2013
ISBN
978-94-007-5759-2, 978-94-007-5760-8
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-5760-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2549956 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
302\310
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-27 15:04:15
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Agricultu

Description

This volume explores the usefulness of the Asian model of agricultural development for Africa, where, even before the recent world food crisis, half the population lived on less than on dollar a day, and a staggering one in three people and one third of all children were undernourished. Africa has abundant natural resources; agriculture provides most of its jobs, a third of national income and a larger portion of total export earnings. However the levels of land and labor productivity rank among the worst in the world. The book explains Africa’s productivity gap and proposes ways to close it, by examining recent experience in Africa and by drawing on lessons from Asia.

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