Title:
Why Ghana’s smallholders aren’t excited by the latest ‘Green Revolution’
Author:
Siera Vercillo, University of Waterloo
Published:
The Conversation, 13 April 2020
From the article:
"The Green Revolution – the introduction of new higher yielding seed varieties, increased use of fertiliser, irrigation and other mechanisation introduced since the 1960s – brought about a great increase in crop yields in some countries in the Global South. Hybridised seeds produced more grains per plant and were more responsive to fertiliser and irrigation.
But the effects of this “revolution” were famously uneven, both between and within countries. The farming environment in sub-Saharan Africa wasn’t as well suited to the technologies as Asia and Latin America."
To read this article:
https://theconversation.com/why-ghanas-smallholders-arent-excited-by-the-latest-green-revolution-134804