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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Potential Impacts of a Green Revolution in Africa – the Case of Ghana
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| Autores: |
Breisinger, Clemens
Diao, Xinshen
Thurlow, James
Al-Hassan, Ramatu M.
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| Data: |
2009-06-15
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| Ano: |
2009
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| Palavras-chave: |
Agriculture
Green Revolution
Growth
Poverty
Africa
Ghana
CGE
Agricultural and Food Policy
International Development
D58
O13
O55
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| Resumo: |
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.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/51086
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China
Contributed Paper
144
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| Formato: |
36
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