PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN PROMOTING HIGH EXTERNAL-INPUT TECHNOLOGIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE SASAKAWA GLOBAL 2000 EXPERIENCE IN ETHIOPIA AND MOZAMBIQUE

Howard, Julie A.; Kelly, Valerie A.; Maredia, Mywish K.; Stepanek, Julie; Crawford, Eric W.

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.21570

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PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN PROMOTING HIGH EXTERNAL-INPUT TECHNOLOGIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE SASAKAWA GLOBAL 2000 EXPERIENCE IN ETHIOPIA AND MOZAMBIQUE

Howard, Julie A. ; Kelly, Valerie A. ; Maredia, Mywish K. ; Stepanek, Julie ; Crawford, Eric W.

Critics argue that high external input technologies are too costly for African farmers, and that pilot programs to promote them are economically unsustainable. This paper assesses Sasakawa-Global 2000 programs in Ethiopia and Mozambique; budgets, yield models and subsector analysis help explain the radically different country results and prognoses for sustainable adoption.

Keywords:

technology adoption ; sub-Saharan Africa ; Sasakawa-Global 2000 ; maize ; fertilizer

Subject(s):

International Development
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

Issue Date:

1999

Publication Type:

Conference Paper/ Presentation

DOI and Other Identifiers:

10.22004/ag.econ.21570

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/21570