‘Miracle seeds,’ informational curses? The risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies
Over the next few decades, farmers in sub-Saharan Africa will need to produce more food on less land and under increasingly difficult climatic conditions. The use of climate-smart agricultural practices and improved technologies such as higher-yielding and drought-tolerant crop varieties are thought...
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| Formato: | Blog Post |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137903 |
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