A green revolution in sub-Saharan Africa? The transformation of Ethiopia's agricultural sector
(2021) In Journal of International Development 33(2). p.277-315- Abstract
As the widespread pessimism about African agriculture has receded, policies for a green revolution in Africa are again called for. This study explores the presence of a national-level green revolution in Ethiopia and finds that an Ethiopian green revolution has taken place since the mid-1990s, mainly among staple-growing smallholders in agroecologically favourable areas and that the state has played a central role in this transformation via public spending on agriculture. It concludes that there is scope for states in today's low-income countries to take a leading role in the transformation of their agricultural sectors.
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- author
- Rohne Till, Emelie LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-01-21
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- agriculture, Ethiopia, green revolution, sub-Saharan Africa
- in
- Journal of International Development
- volume
- 33
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 277 - 315
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85100178351
- ISSN
- 0954-1748
- DOI
- 10.1002/jid.3523
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- f70b9e8c-bd49-4c5e-874b-65fa4d469d83
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