An Inquiry into Constraints on a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of NERICA Rice in Uganda

By Yoko Kijima, K. Otsuka, D. Sserunkuuma. 2011

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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science

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2. C. Ragasa
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Citations in the corpus

• Limits to Green Revolution in rice in Africa: The case of Ghana (2017, result): “This finding is consistent with Kijima, Otsuka, and Sserunkuuma (2011), who show that a major reason for the weak impact of NERICA (New Rice for Africa) rice in Uganda is the use of farmer saved seeds and highlighting the importance of improving the seed distribution system and strengthening the…”
• Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of Imposed Innovation for the Wellbeing of Rural Smallholders (2016, background): “Policies focused on yield maximization may ignore or phase out crops that are vital to preferred strategies of the poor, while introducing crops more vulnerable to environmental and economic variability thus undermining food sovereignty (Kijima et al., 2011).”