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Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa—the case of Ghana

✍ Scribed by Clemens Breisinger; Xinshen Diao; James Thurlow; Ramatu M. Al Hassan

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
152 KB
Volume
23
Category
Article
ISSN
0954-1748

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Abstract

Agricultural growth in Africa has accelerated, yet most of this growth has been driven by land expansion. Land expansion potential is reaching its limits, urging governments to shift towards a green revolution type of productivity‐led growth. Given the huge public investments required, this paper aims to assess the potential impacts of a green revolution. Results from a CGE model for Ghana show that green revolution type growth is strongly pro‐poor and provides substantial transfers to the rest of the economy, thus providing a powerful argument to raise public expenditure on agriculture to make a green revolution happen in Africa. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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