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Why has the green revolution passed by Sub-Saharan Africa? (Record no. 6844)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 970-648-076-5
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Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
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Subject category code A50
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Subject category code E14
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 338.91
Item number WAT
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ehui, S.
Affiliation International conference on impacts of agricultural research and development: Why has impact assessment research not made more of a difference?
110 0# - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico DF (Mexico)
111 2# - MAIN ENTRY--MEETING NAME
Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element International Conference on Impacts of Agricultural Research and Development
Location of meeting San José (Costa Rica)
Date of meeting 4-7 Feb 2002
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Why has the green revolution passed by Sub-Saharan Africa?
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Mexico, DF (Mexico)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. CIMMYT :
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2003
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent p. 30
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Material base and configuration Printed
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Abstract only
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Agriculture accounts for 17% of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) gross domestic product (GDP), employs 67% of the total labor force and is the main source of livelihood for the region's poor. Therefore, agriculture remains important in rural SSA and indicators of rural well-being are closely related with agricultural performance. However, the Green Revolution that swept through Asia over the past 30 years failed in Africa. SSA's agricultural performance during the 1967-97 period was the worst in the developing world. Low productivity has seriously eroded the competitiveness of African agriculture in the world market. For example, Africa's share of total world agricultural trade fell from 8 percent in 1965 to 3 percent in 1996. The question asked by many, including policy makers, researchers, and development agencies, is why has agriculture in SSA performed so poorly over the past three decades while it has improved significantly in Asia, lifting many millions of people out of poverty? In this paper, we argue that the root causes of the poor agricultural performance in SSA rests mainly with poor development strategies-and policy choices. Although adverse resource endowments have also played a role, the overall unwillingness of many leaders to recognize the importance of agriculture to overall economic growth has been a major contributing factor. For many decades, policies continued to heavily tax agriculture through over-valued exchange rates and price- depressing interventions in food markets. Despite the very high tax levels, there has been very little investment of the surplus in rural public services and infrastructure. Subsidies for fertilizer and credit usually benefited larger, export-oriented farmers who are capable of exercising political power. Inefficient input markets and weak property rights have been major limiting factors for long-term entrepreneurial planning by undermining both the will and ability of farmers to invest. Unfortunately, poor domestic policies were reinforced by protectionist policies of the OECD countries. In addition to poor policies, conflict has also inhibited growth. Many countries, and often entire regions, are ravaged by wars. Lack of vision or effective governance by African leaders contributed to the deleterious situation. Consequently, rural incomes per capita have declined with negative consequences on poverty, food consumption and asset development. The outlook for the future is not bright; although total consumption of food will double by 2020, per capita consumption will only increase marginally. As with Asia, aggressive public investments in education, research and infrastructure (e.g. roads, irrigation) will be needed to sustain growth. In addition, policies must also reach out directly to the poor, particularly through investments in their human capital and health. Agricultural transformation in SSA will occur only if the countries in the region follow stable macroeconomic policies (market-friendly and open trade policies).
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note English
591 ## - CATALOGING NOTES
Affiliation 0310|R01CIMPU|AGRIS 0301|AL-Economics Program
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Collection CIMMYT Publications Collection
650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Africa
650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agricultural products
650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agricultural situation
650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Developing Countries
650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Performance testing
650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Poverty
Miscellaneous information AGROVOC
Source of heading or term
9 (RLIN) 1215
650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Productivity
Miscellaneous information AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1756
653 0# - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term CIMMYT
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Benin, S.,
Relator term coaut.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Pender, J.,
Relator term coaut.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rosegrant, M.,
Relator term coaut.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 960
Personal name Watson, D.J.
Miscellaneous information Research & Partnership Program
Field link and sequence number INT3479
Relator term ed.
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Koha item type Conference proceedings
Holdings
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02/10/2015   338.91 WAT K632147 1 02/10/2015 Conference proceedings Not Lost     CIMMYT Publications Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 02/10/2015

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