Sawah ecotechnology - A trigger for a rice green revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Basic concept and policy implications

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-227

  Abe, S S ^a   Wakatsuki, T ^b  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecotechnology; Green revolution; Inland valley; Rice farming; Sawah; Sub Saharan africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455162298     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2011.0049     Document Type: Article

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