Pessimistic views are often advanced about the future of agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa, where rapid population and declining food production growth trends have been observed. This has especially been the case with regard to semi-arid Africa where rainfall is low and irregular, an...
Sanders, J.H.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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Ramuswamy, S.
,
[A strategy for technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa]
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A strategy for technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa
This article proposes strategy for agricultural technology development for semi-arid West Africa. The strategy evaluation consists of two aspects: a) a review of the successes in the region; and b) analysis with mathematical programming of the potential impacts and constraints to various new tech...
Sanders, J.H.
,
Shapiro, Barry I.
,
Ramaswamy, S.
,
[A strategy for technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa]
,
A strategy for technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa
The paper proposes a theory of technology Development for semi-arid regions. It then evalautes the theory by reviewing the characteristics of technologies successfully introduced into the regions and, with modeling, identifying some constraints to further technology introduction of the type propo...
Sanders, H.S.
,
Ramaswamy, S.
,
Shapiro, Barry I.
,
[Technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa: Theory, performance and constraints]
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Technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa: Theory, performance and constraints