Muraoka, RieLarson, Donald F.Otsuka, Keijiro2016-07-072016-07-072016-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24627Improving the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa offers the best chance to reduce poverty among this generation of rural poor, by building on the limited resources farming households already possess. It is also the best and shortest path to meet rising food needs. Using examples from farmers' maize and rice fields, and comparisons with Asia, this paper examines why the set of technologies promoted to date have produced localized successes rather than transformational change. The paper explains the limitations of alternative policies that are not centered on small farms. It provides indicative examples of how resource-management technologies can supplement seed-fertilizer technologies to speed an African Green Revolution.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL POLICIESMANUREAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL GROWTHTHAILANDYIELD RESPONSEURBANIZATIONAFRICAN RICETECHNOLOGY ADOPTIONSORGHUMGENETIC IMPROVEMENTLIVESTOCK SYSTEMSSOIL CONSERVATIONCROP SYSTEMSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONLEGUMESUNITED NATIONSAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTPESTICIDEAGRICULTURAL SECTORSAGRICULTURAL LANDSCASSAVACHEMICAL FERTILIZERSGENETIC MATERIALLARGE FARMSGENETIC POTENTIALNUTRIENT CONTENTAGRONOMYGERMPLASMRICE TECHNOLOGYWATER RESOURCESAGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTELANDSPOVERTY REDUCTIONFERTILIZERSMAIZECROP YIELDCROP PRODUCTIONCEREALSTRAININGGRAIN CROPSWHEAT YIELDSAGRICULTURAL MARKETSAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGYAGROCLIMATIC CONDITIONSSEEDSAFRICAN FARMERSHYBRID MAIZEPOTENTIAL YIELDSBIODIVERSITYCARBON SEQUESTRATIONUNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEPESTICIDE USEMARKETSORGANIC FERTILIZERHIGH YIELDSAGRICULTURAL ECONOMYRESEARCHAVERAGE YIELDFARMINGFOOD SUPPLIESLIVESTOCKFARMERSBARLEYNATURAL RESOURCESCROPSFOOD PRODUCTIONRURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESINFRASTRUCTUREAGRICULTURAL POLICYTECHNOLOGYCROP YIELDSDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHHYBRID SEEDSLIVESTOCK FARMINGCROP FARMINGEXTENSION PROGRAMSFARMLANDFOOD SECURITYPLANT BREEDINGAGRONOMIC PRACTICESCROPCLIMATE CHANGEAGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATIONSCIENCEAGRICULTURAL RESOURCESSOIL NUTRIENTSRICE YIELDSCREDITMAIZE YIELDSMILLETREPORTSRURAL POVERTYCROPPINGMEXICOAGRICULTURAL MARKETINGCOFFEEAGRICULTUREAGRICULTURAL LANDLENTILSAGRICULTURAL SYSTEMSPOPULATIONSHYBRIDSRURAL ECONOMIESIRRIINTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHNUTRIENT MANAGEMENTACCESS TO CREDITANIMAL PROTEINSOUTH AFRICAPOTATOESRICE CULTIVARSIRRIGATION SYSTEMSINVESTMENTIRRIGATIONFOOD CROPSBREEDINGFARMSRICE CULTIVATIONFEEDAVERAGE YIELDSINNOVATIONPOPULATIONWHEATSOILSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYRICESOIL FERTILITYCOMMODITIESGREEN REVOLUTIONLAMBFARMING SYSTEMSFOOD PRICESRURAL DEVELOPMENTAPPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGYSEASONSCEREAL YIELDSGRAINPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONFORAGE CROPSCEREAL YIELDWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7710