Book Launch Event for "In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution"

JICA Research Institute will organise a book launch for “ In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution ” co-edited by Dr. Donald Larson (The World Bank) and Professor Keijiro Otsuka (GRIPS), which will be published from Springer this autumn.

This book builds on the findings of our research project “the empirical analysis on expanding rice production in Sub Sahara Africa” led by Professor Otsuka and Dr. Larson’s research on African maize cultivation.
The event takes place in the evening of Thursday 22^nd October, inviting the two co-editors and authors, as well as practitioners and academic researchers working on agricultural development in Africa. Professor Otsuka and Dr. Larson will present the key findings of their research, followed by question and answer session from the floor.

Tentative Programme
17：00-17：10 Opening Remarks (Mr. Ichiro Tambo, Director, JICA Research Institute)
17：10-17：30 Presentation on Maize Green Revolution (Dr. Donald Larson, The World Bank)
17：30-18：00 Presentation on Rice Green Revolution (Professor Keijiro Otsuka, GRIPS)
18：00-18：30 Questions and Answers
18：30-18：40 Closing Remarks
18：40-20：00 Cocktail

Foreword by Ichiro TAMBO
The future of Africa’s growth relies greatly on the performance of the agricultural sector, as the African Union declared the year 2014 the African Year of Agriculture and Food Security, marking the 10th Anniversary of the adoption of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Agricultural development has been essential for poverty reduction and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa, and one of major cereal crops that has great potential for achieving these goals is rice. Based on this understanding, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), together with other donors, research institutions, and relevant organizations, launched the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) initiative at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in May 2008.
In parallel to CARD, the JICA Research Institute (JICA-RI) has been conducting a research project to empirically analyze how the CARD initiative serves to increase rice productivity per unit of land and reduce poverty. The project has been headed by Professor Keijiro Otsuka, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), since 2009. In collaboration with Dr. Donald Larson of the World Bank, this book project pays due attention to the strategy to boost the production of maize, another most important crop in Africa. Interestingly, we learned that findings from rice and maize studies are highly complementary.
In concluding, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Otsuka, for his strong initiative in leading the research project of JICA-RI, and to Dr. Larson, for making this volume possible as a result of their invaluable collaboration. I hope this book will prove to be useful both for researchers and practitioners who are “In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution”.

1 Introduction: Why an African Green Revolution is Needed and Why It Must Include Small Farms
Donald F. Larson and Keijiro Otsuka
2 On the Determinants of Low Productivity of Rice Farming in Mozambique: Pathways to Intensification
Kei Kajisa
3 On the Possibility of Rice Green Revolution in Irrigated and Rainfed Areas in Tanzania: An Assessment of Management Training and Credit Programs
Yuko Nakano, Kei Kajisa, and Keijiro Otsuka
4 On the Possibility of Rice Green Revolution in Rainfed Areas in Uganda: Impact Evaluation of a Management Training Program and Guidebook Distribution
Yoko Kijima
5 On the Possibility of Rice Green Revolution in Rainfed Areas in Northern Ghana: An Assessment of a Management Training Program
Millicent deGraft-Johnson, Aya Suzuki, Takeshi Sakurai, and Keijiro Otsuka
6 On the Determinants of High Productivity in Rice Farming in Irrigated Areas in Senegal: Efficiency of Large-Scale vs. Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes
Takeshi Sakurai
7 On the Possibility of Maize Green Revolution in Highlands of Kenya: An Assessment of Emerging Intensive Farming Systems
Rie Muraoka, Tomoya Matsumoto, Songqing Jin, and Keijiro Otsuka
8 On the Determinants of Low Productivity in Maize Farming in Uganda: The Role of Markets, Fertilizer Use and Gender
Donald F. Larson, Sara Savastano, Siobhan Murray, and Amparo Palacios-López
9 Conclusions: Strategies towards a Green Revolution in sub-Saharan Africa
Keijiro Otsuka and Donald F. Larson

Please register your participation at the application button below. Kindly be aware that your application might be refused because of the limited seating.

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