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On the Possibility of Rice Green RevolutionGreen Revolution in Rainfed Areas in Northern Ghana: An Assessment of a Management Training Program

In: In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution

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  • Millicent deGraft-Johnson

    (Ministry of Finance)

  • Aya Suzuki

    (University of Tokyo)

  • Takeshi Sakurai

    (University of Tokyo)

  • Keijiro Otsuka

    (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

Abstract

This chapter investigates the impact of technical intervention on the adoption of a set of improved rice production technologies, as well as on productivity and profit for smallholders in rainfed lowlandrainfed lowland areas in Northern Ghana. The key finding is that productivity and profit are significantly enhanced when modern varieties (MVs)modern varieties (MVs) and chemical fertilizer are adopted, coupled with water control techniques. This is essentially the transfer of the Asian Green RevolutionGreen Revolution to sub-Saharan Africa. Such transfer, however, is not truly successful unless information about the use of MVs and fertilizer are directly disseminated by extension activities.

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  • Millicent deGraft-Johnson & Aya Suzuki & Takeshi Sakurai & Keijiro Otsuka, 2016. "On the Possibility of Rice Green RevolutionGreen Revolution in Rainfed Areas in Northern Ghana: An Assessment of a Management Training Program," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Keijiro Otsuka & Donald F. Larson (ed.), In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 91-118, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-4-431-55693-0_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55693-0_5
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    1. Larson,Donald F. & Muraoka,Rie & Otsuka,Keijiro, 2016. "On the central role of small farms in African rural development strategies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7710, The World Bank.

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