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From A Sasakawa Global 2000 Pilot Program To Sustained Increases In Agricultural Productivity: The Critical Role Of Government Policy In Fostering The Ethiopian Transition

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  • Stepanek, Julie
  • Kelly, Valerie A.
  • Howard, Julie A.

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Drawing from the experience in Ethiopia, this paper examines the role that public policy must play in building public/private partnerships to develop the extension programs, input markets, and credit services necessary to turn a pilot Sasakawa-Global 2000 program into economically sustainable national policies and programs.

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  • Stepanek, Julie & Kelly, Valerie A. & Howard, Julie A., 1999. "From A Sasakawa Global 2000 Pilot Program To Sustained Increases In Agricultural Productivity: The Critical Role Of Government Policy In Fostering The Ethiopian Transition," 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN 21674, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea99:21674
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.21674
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    1. Howard, Julie A. & Demeke, Mulat & Kelly, Valerie A. & Maredia, Mywish K. & Stepanek, Julie, 1998. "Can The Momentum Be Sustained? An Economic Analysis Of The Ministry Of Agriculture/Sasakawa Global 2000'S Experiment With Improved Cereals Technology In Ethiopia," Staff Paper Series 11526, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
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