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The Green Revolution Arrives in Africa

Author(s) -

Richard Blaustein

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

bioscience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.761

H-Index - 209

eISSN - 1525-3244

pISSN - 0006-3568

DOI - 10.1641/b580103

Subject(s) - green revolution , latin americans , alliance , foundation (evidence) , political science , economic history , crop , geography , economic growth , agroforestry , history , economics , biology , agriculture , law , archaeology , forestry

The Green Revolution that brought advances in crop genetics to Asia and Latin America completely bypassed the African continent. Africa's smallholder farmers finally joined the movement in 2006, when the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation joined the Rockefeller Foundation to create the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. Its goal is to develop 100 new crop varieties in 5 years, so that within 20 years farmers will double or triple their yields.

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