Otsuka, KeijiroLarson, Donald F.Kajisa, KeiEstudillo, JonnaDiagne, Aliou2012-03-192012-03-192010-11-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3960Asia's green revolution in rice was transformational and improved the lives of millions of poor households. Rice has become an increasingly important part of African diets and imports of rice have grown. Agronomists point out that large areas in Africa are well suited for rice and are encouraged by the field tests of new rice varieties. So is Africa poised for its own green revolution in rice? This study reviews the recent literature on rice technologies and their impact on productivity, incomes, and poverty, and compares current conditions in Africa with the conditions that prevailed in Asia as its rice revolution got under way. An important conclusion is that, to a degree, a rice revolution has already begun in Africa. Moreover, many of the same practices that have proved successful in Asia and in Africa can be applied where yields are currently low. At the same time, for many reasons, Africa's rice revolution has been, and will continue to be, characterized by a mosaic of successes, situated where the conditions are right for new technologies to take hold. This can have profound effects in some places. But because diets, markets, and geography are heterogeneous in Africa, the successful transformation of the Africa's rice sector must be matched by productivity gains in other crops to fully launch Africa's Green Revolution.CC BY 3.0 IGOAFRICAN FARMERSAFRICAN RICEAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTSAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL INCENTIVESAGRICULTURAL INCOMESAGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTAGRICULTURAL LABORAGRICULTURAL MARKETSAGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONAGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCEAGRICULTURAL POLICIESAGRICULTURAL POPULATIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PROJECTSAGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUESAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIESAGRICULTUREAGRONOMISTSAGRONOMYANIMALSASIAN RICEAVERAGE YIELDAVERAGE YIELDSBIOTECHNOLOGYBREEDINGCASSAVACHEMICAL FERTILIZERCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOMMODITYCOMMODITY PRICECOMMODITY PRICESCROPCROP HUSBANDRYCROP MANAGEMENTCROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICESCROP VARIETYCROPLANDCROPPINGCROPPING INTENSITYCROPSCROSSBREEDINGCULTIVATED LANDCULTIVATION PRACTICESDEGRADED LANDSDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHDIETDISEASE INFESTATIONSDISEASESDOUBLE CROPPINGDRAINAGEDRY SEASONECOSYSTEMSENVIRONMENTAL COSTSEXTENSIONFALLOWINGFAOFARMFARM EMPLOYMENTFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARM INCOMESFARM PRODUCTIVITYFARM SIZEFARM TRIALSFARMERFARMINGFARMING HOUSEHOLDSFARMING METHODSFARMING PRACTICEFARMING PRACTICESFARMING SYSTEMFARMLANDFARMSFEEDFERTILIZERFERTILIZER APPLICATIONFERTILIZER USEFERTILIZERSFISHFOOD CRISISFOOD CROPSFOOD NEEDSFOOD POLICYFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFOOD PRICESFOOD RESOURCESFOOD SECURITYFOOD STAPLESFOOD SUPPLIESFOOD SUPPLYFOOD SYSTEMSGALL MIDGEGENDERGENETIC IMPROVEMENTGENETIC RESOURCESGLOBAL FOODGLOBAL FOOD PRICESGRAINGRAIN PRICESGRAIN YIELDSGREEN REVOLUTIONGROWING SEASONHAND WEEDINGHARVESTINGHARVESTSHECTARES OF LANDHIGH-YIELDING VARIETIESHYBRIDSIFDCIITAINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINDICAINNOVATIONINTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTEIRRIIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION MANAGEMENTIRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIESKARILAND PRODUCTIVITYLAND RESOURCESLIVELIHOODSMAIZEMANGROVEMARKETINGMILLETMODERN RICE TECHNOLOGYNARSNATURAL RESOURCESNEW TECHNOLOGIESNUTRIENT MANAGEMENTORGANIC MATTERPADDYPADDY RICEPADDY YIELDSPESTICIDEPESTICIDE USEPESTICIDESPESTSPLANT NUTRIENTPLANT NUTRIENTSPLANT SCIENCESPLANTINGPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIVATE SEED COMPANIESPRODUCEPRODUCTION GAINSPRODUCTION METHODSPRODUCTION SYSTEMPRODUCTION SYSTEMSPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROTEINRAINFED AREASRICERICE CROPRICE CULTIVATIONRICE FIELDSRICE MILLSRICE PLANTSRICE PRODUCTIONRICE RESEARCHRICE TECHNOLOGYRICE VARIETIESRICE YELLOW MOTTLE VIRUSRICE YIELDSROOTSRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL POVERTYSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGESEEDSEED PRODUCTIONSEED VARIETIESSEEDSSHIFTING CULTIVATIONSMALL FARMERSOIL FERTILITYSOIL MANAGEMENTSOIL STRUCTURESOILSSORGHUMSTAPLE FOODSSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTTECHNOLOGY ADOPTIONTUBERSUPLAND RICEURBAN BIASURBAN POVERTYURBANIZATIONVARIETY IMPROVEMENTWARDAWATER RESOURCESWEEDSWHEATWHEAT VARIETIESWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5478