Holdings: The Possibility of a Rice Green Revolution in Large-scale Irrigation Schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa

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The Possibility of a Rice Green Revolution in Large-scale Irrigation Schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper investigates the potential of and constraints to a rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa's large-scale irrigation schemes, using data from Uganda, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. The authors find that adequ...

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Main Authors:	Nakano, Yuko, Bamba, Ibrahim, Diagne, Aliou, Otsuka, Keijiro, Kajisa, Kei
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO IRRIGATION ACCESS TO WATER AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRONOMY ANNUAL RAINFALL AVERAGE YIELDS CANALS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CONSTRUCTION CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT PROGRAM CROP CROP MANAGEMENT CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES CULTIVATED AREA CULTIVATED RICE CULTIVATION PRACTICES DAILY WAGE DAM DEVELOPING REGIONS DRY LAND EXTENSION AGENCY FAO FARM FARM MANAGEMENT FARM SIZE FARMER FARMER ORGANIZATIONS FARMERS FARMING FARMING PRACTICES FERTILIZER FERTILIZER SUBSIDY FERTILIZER USE FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY GERMPLASM GRAIN GRAIN QUALITY GRAVITY GRAVITY IRRIGATION GREEN REVOLUTION HARVESTING HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION INLAND VALLEY BOTTOMS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRRI IRRIGATION IRRIGATION AREA IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION INVESTMENTS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION PROJECTS IRRIGATION SCHEME IRRIGATION SCHEMES IRRIGATION SYSTEM IRRIGATION WATER LABOR DEMAND LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LOCAL FARMERS MICRO-FINANCE MICRO-FINANCE INSTITUTIONS PADDY PADDY YIELDS PESTICIDE POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTION COST PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PUMPING RAINFALL RAINFED AREAS RICE RICE CULTIVATION RICE PRICE RICE PRICES RICE PRODUCTION RICE RESEARCH RICE VARIETIES RIVER VALLEY RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLING SEED SEEDING SMALL FARMERS SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION SOIL FERTILITY TRANSPLANTING TROPICAL AGRICULTURE WATER DELIVERY WATER DELIVERY SYSTEMS WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER HARVESTING WATER SHORTAGE WATER SUPPLY WETLANDS YIELDS
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