Past Research Projects
The Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) initiative, launched in May 2008 at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV), is designed to help find medium- and long-term solutions to the problem of food availability in Africa and to reduce poverty by doubling the production of rice, one of Africa's major crops. In order to obtain clear recommendations for technological advances in sub-Saharan African agriculture, this study analyzes empirically how the CARD initiative serves to increase rice productivity and reduce poverty . The study will cover Tanzania, Mozambique, Uganda, Ghana and Senegal.
Research Outcome
- Working PapersThe Importance of Farm Management Training for the African Rice Green Revolution: Experimental Evidence from Rainfed Lowland Areas in Mozambique
- Working PapersAn Inquiry into the Process of Upgrading Rice Milling Service: The Case of Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya
- Working PapersEconomic Viability of Large-scale Irrigation Construction in 21st Century Sub-Saharan Africa: Centering around an Estimation of the Construction Costs of the Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya
- Working PapersTechnology Adoption, Impact, and Extension in Developing Countries’ Agriculture: A Review of the Recent Literature
- Working PapersThe Impact of Microcredit on Agricultural Technology Adoption and Productivity: Evidence from Randomized Control Trial in Tanzania
- Working PapersSpillovers as a Driver to Reduce Ex-post Inequality Generated by Randomized Experiments: Evidence from an Agricultural Training Intervention
- Working PapersLong-term and Spillover Effects of Rice Production Training in Uganda
- Working PapersContract Farming, Farm Mechanization, and Agricultural Intensification: The Case of Rice Farming in Cote d’Ivoire
- Working PapersOn the Determinants of High Productivity Rice Farming in Irrigated Areas in Senegal: The Efficiency of Large Compared with Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes
- Working PapersThe Impact of Training on Technology Adoption and Productivity of Rice Farming in Tanzania: Is Farmer-to-Farmer Extension Effective?
- Working PapersConstraints on Rice Sector Development in Mozambique
- Working PapersEnhancing Rice Production in Uganda: Impact Evaluation of a Training Program and Guidebook Distribution in Uganda
- Working PapersTo What Extent Does the Adoption of Modern Variety Increase Productivity and Income? A Case Study of the Rice Sector in Tanzania
- Working PapersExtensification and Intensification Process of Rainfed Lowland Rice Farming in Mozambique
- Working PapersThe Determinants of Technology Adoption:The Case of the Rice Sector in Tanzania
- Working PapersExpansion of Lowland Rice Production and Constraints on a Rice Green Revolution: Evidence from Uganda
- Books and ReportsIn Pursuit of an African Green Revolution: Views from Rice and Maize Farmers' Fields
- Working PapersOn the Possibility of a Lowland Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Sustainable Irrigated Agricultural Development (SIAD) Project in Eastern Uganda
- Books and ReportsThe Coalition for African Rice Development Progress in 2008-2013
- Policy NotesNo.5 Evidence-Based Strategy for a Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa