Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa: The case of Ghana
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 ai...
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| author | Breisinger, Clemens Diao, Xinshen Thurlow, James Al-Hassan, Ramatu M. |
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| description | 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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| spelling | CGSpace1547772024-11-15T08:52:32Z Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa: The case of Ghana Breisinger, Clemens Diao, Xinshen Thurlow, James Al-Hassan, Ramatu M. agriculture green revolution growth poverty modelling computable general equilibrium models 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. 2011-01 2024-10-01T14:03:47Z 2024-10-01T14:03:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154777 en Limited Access Wiley Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Thurlow, James; Al-Hassan, Ramatu M. 2011. Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa: The case of Ghana. Journal of International Development 23(1): 82-102. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1641 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture green revolution growth poverty modelling computable general equilibrium models Breisinger, Clemens Diao, Xinshen Thurlow, James Al-Hassan, Ramatu M. Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa: The case of Ghana |
| title | Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa: The case of Ghana |
| title_full | Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa: The case of Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa: The case of Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa: The case of Ghana |
| title_short | Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa: The case of Ghana |
| title_sort | potential impacts of a green revolution in africa the case of ghana |
| topic | agriculture green revolution growth poverty modelling computable general equilibrium models |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154777 |
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