PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN PROMOTING HIGH EXTERNAL-INPUT TECHNOLOGIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE SASAKAWA 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:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	technology adoption \| sub-Saharan Africa \| Sasakawa-Global 2000 \| maize \| fertilizer \| International Development \| Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

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Series:	1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN Number 21570
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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