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Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa
This open access book seeks effective strategy to realize a rice Green Revolution in sub-Saharan Africa based on more than ten years of research team’s inquiries into determinants and consequences of new technology adoption in rice farming in seven countries in this region. Rigorous statistical analyses are carried out by using valuable household data of rice farmers. The book is actually seq…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-19-8045-9
- Collation
- X, 309
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In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution: Views from Rice and Maize Farmers'…
This book explores recent experiences in the effort to bring about a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The chapters focus on rice and maize, which are promising and strategic smallholder crops. Significantly, we find that an African Rice Revolution has already begun in many irrigated areas, using Asian-type modern varieties, chemical fertilizer, and improved management practices. Fu…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-4-431-55692-3
- Collation
- XXIII, 208
- Series Title
- Natural Resource Management and Policy
- Call Number
- 330 INP
Industrial Districts in History and the Developing World
This book sheds new light on the role of industrial districts in the industrial development of the past and present. Industrial districts, which refer to the geographical concentration of enterprises producing similar or closely related commodities in a small area, play a significant role in the development of manufacturing industries not only historically in Europe and Japan but also at presen…
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- -
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- 978-981-10-0181-9
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- XVI, 194
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