Toward a green revolution in Africa: what would it achieve, and what would it require?

By X. Diao, Derek Headey, Michael E. Johnson. 2008

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Adaptation to land constraints: Is Africa different? (2014, background): “And since the Green Revolution successes in Asia, there has emerged a more generic literature on intensification and technology adoption (Diao et al., 2008; Djurfeldt et al., 2005; Evenson, 2004; Evenson and Gollin, 2003; Hazell, 2009; Johnson et al., 2003; Mosley, 2002), with population pressures b”
Agricultural Transformation in Africa? Assessing the Evidence in Ethiopia (2017, background): “It has been argued that the preconditions for fast, intensification-driven output growth might not be present in Africa (e.g., Diao et al., 2008; Pingali, 2012).”
Explaining agricultural productivity growth: an international perspective (2010, background): “2 Interest has been driven in part by the recent surge in international food prices, with declining agricultural productivity cited as one of the long-term causes of the crisis (see Fuglie, 2008), and renewed productivity growth considered to be one of the longterm solutions (Diao et al., 2008).”