Synopses & Reviews
Based on a coordinated panel study of more than 2,400 households in three countries--Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia--this book provides unprecedented insight into how agricultural productivity can be improved. Its vast coverage of over 240 different communities offers a wide variety of policy, market and agro-climatic contexts, thus enabling more certain conclusions to be drawn about which strategies are more probably universal or context-specific. Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa offers case studies that find promise in many new innovations. Farmers in Uganda have quickly learned the management of NERICA rice (a new upland rice variety), which is being disseminated in a limited way in the region. Also in Uganda, farmers living in more remote areas have improved access to markets due to the expansion of mobile phones.
Synopsis
Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa offers case studies that find promise in many new innovations. Farmers in Uganda have quickly learned the management of NERICA rice (a new upland rice variety), which is being disseminated in a limited way in the region. Also in Uganda, farmers living in more remote areas have improved access to markets due to the expansion of mobile phones.
Synopsis
Based on a study of 2,400 households in three countries--Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia--this book provides unprecedented insight into how agricultural productivity can be improved. It covers recent successful innovations and ways to overcome continued obstacles.
Table of Contents
Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Purpose, Scope, and Methodology Part II: Market Access and Innovations 2. The Maize Farm-Market Price Spread in Kenya and Uganda 3. Fertilizer Policies, Price, and Application in East Africa 4. The Impacts of Fertilizer Credit on Crop Production and Income in Ethiopia 5. Emerging Markets in the Post-Liberalization Period: Evidence from the Raw Milk Market in Rural Kenya 6. Dynamic Changes in the Uptake of Dairy Technologies in the Kenya Highlands 7. Mobile Phone Coverage and Market Participation: The Case of Banana Marketing in Uganda Part III: Soil Fertility and Emerging Agricultural Innovations 8. Optimal Fertilizer Use on Maize Production in East Africa 9. Dairy-Banana Integration and Organic Manure Use in Uganda 10. Technology, Soil Fertility, and Poverty: The Case of NERICA Rice in Uganda 11. On the Possibility of a Lowland Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Eastern Uganda Part IV: Conclusion 12. Market Access, Soil Fertility, and Income in East Africa 13. Conclusion: Towards the Transformation of Agriculture in East Africa Index.