Viewpoint - water variability, soil nutrient heterogeneity and market volatility - why sub-saharan africa's green revolution will be location-specific and knowledge-intensive

Water Alternatives

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 154-160

  van der Zaag, Pieter ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Food security; Investment; Irrigation; On farm research; Policy; Rain fed agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROP YIELD; FOOD SECURITY; GREEN REVOLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MARKET SYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77956636978     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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