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

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.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Howard, Julie A. ; Kelly, Valerie A. ; Maredia, Mywish K. ; Stepanek, Julie ; Crawford, Eric W.
Institutions:	Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
Keywords:	Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

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Series:	Staff Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Department of Agricultural Economics>Staff Paper Series Number 11515
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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