Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of Imposed Innovation for the Wellbeing of Rural Smallholders

World Development

Volumn 78, Issue , 2016, Pages 204-218

  Dawson, Neil ^a   Martin, Adrian ^a   Sikor, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural modernization; Impact assessment; Malthusian trap; Policy framing; Rwanda; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; GREEN REVOLUTION; MALTHUSIAN THEORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POLICY; SMALLHOLDER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

RWANDA;

EID: 84945912897     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.10.008     Document Type: Article

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