Why can Asia now feed its rapidly growing population, but Africa continues to experience famine? This book is the outcome of a three-year project coordinated by a group of Swedish researchers with collaborating scholars from Africa and Asia. It provides a comparative study between Asian agricultural development during the Green Revolution in food production and the current problematic agricultural situation in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on case studies of eight African and eight Asian countries (focusing on the early part of the Green Revolution), this book presents a causal and explanatory model of Asian green revolutions. It discusses why such progress has been made in Asia, but has not yet occurred in Africa. It also examines the implications of the case studies for future development in Africa.
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African Food Crisis -- the Relevance of Asian Experiences |
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Global Perspectives on Agricultural Development |
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The State and Green Revolutions in East Asia |
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The Puzzle of the Policy Shift -- the Early Green Revolution in India, Indonesia and the Philippines |
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Spurts in Production -- Africa's Limping Green Revolution |
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The State and Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Crisis and Potential in Smallholder Food Production -- Evidence from Micro Level |
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From Roller Coasters to Rocket Ships: the Role of Technology in African Agricultural Successes |
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139 | (22) |
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The Role of the State in the Nigerian Green Revolution |
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161 | (20) |
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Why the Early Promise for Rapid Increases in Maize Productivity in Kenya was not Sustained: Lessons for Sustainable Investment in Agriculture |
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181 | (16) |
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From Ujamaa to Structural Adjustment -- Agricultural Intensification in Tanzania |
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Smallholders and Structural Adjustment in Ghana |
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219 | (20) |
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Green Revolution and Regional Inequality: Implications of Asian Experience for Africa |
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Conclusions and a Look Ahead |
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Paul Van Mele (PhD, Wageningen University) is an agricultural scientist who has managed agricultural R&D projects dealing with sustainable agriculture across the global South for over three decades. Since 2002, Paul has spearheaded farmer-to-farmer training video, coordinated research on video-mediated learning and taken it to scale. He runs his own company, Agro-Insight, and co-founded the non-profit organisation Access Agriculture to support South-South learning on agroecological transformation.
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