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Agricultural Development in Asia and Africa : Essays in Honor of Keijiro Otsuka

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You've Come a Long Way Since

Masao Kikuchi
Introduction: Agricultural Development in Asia and Africa
Jonna P. Estudillo, Yoko Kijima, and Tetsushi Sonobe

PART I - GREEN REVOLUTION IN ASIA AND AFRICA
Are the Lessons from the Green Revolution Relevant 
for Agricultural Growth and Food Security 
in the Twenty-first Century?
Prabhu Pingali
The Central Luzon Loop Survey: Rice Farming 
in the Philippines from 1966 to 2021
Kei Kajisa, Piedad Moya, and Fe Gascon
Diffusion of Submergence-tolerant Rice in South Asia
Takashi Yamano
Toward a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: 
Farm Mechanization in the Mwea Irrigation Scheme
Timothy Njagi and Yukichi Mano
How Can We Achieve Green Revolution 
in Sub-Saharan Africa? The Case of Tanzania
Yuko Nakano and Eustadius Francis Magezi
A UFO? Assessment of System of Rice Intensification
from the Agricultural Economics Perspective
Kazushi Takahashi
RePEAT: Looking Back on 20 Years of Achievements
Yoko Kijima and Rayner Tabetando


Part II - LAND TENURE AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Fifty Years of Research on Land Tenure Policies 
and Land Markets: What are the Major Lessons?
Stein T. Holden
Property Rights and Natural Resource Management 
in Developing Countries
Ryo Takahashi
Sustaining Natural Resources in African Agriculture:
What Have We Learned in the Past Two Decades?
Frank Place
Integrated Farming Management Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward a Sustainable African Green Revolution
Rie Muraoka
Impacts of Transboundary Crop Diseases on Sustainable Crop Production: The Case  of Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) in Africa 
Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb
14 Sustainable Green Growth in Agriculture: 
The Role of Regional Cooperation
Kazi Arif Uz Zaman and Kaliappa Kalirajan

PART III - TRANSFORMATION OF THE RURAL ECONOMY
Facilitating Inclusive Use of ICTs in Rural China
Jikun Huang, Lanlan Su, and Xinyu Liu
EdTech for Equity in China: Can Technology 
Improve Teaching for Millions of Rural Students?
Cody Abbey, Ma Yue, Guirong Li, Prashant Loyalka, 
and Scott Rozelle
Mobile Revolution and Rural Development
Tomoya Matsumoto and Ggombe Kasim Munyegera
Transformation of Rice-Growing Villages
in the Philippines
Jonna P. Estudillo

Structural Transformation and Development 
Experience from Asian Countries
Yasuyuki Sawada
Mechanization and the Intersectoral Migration 
of Agricultural Labor
Donald F. Larson and Kevin L. Bloodworth II

Part IV - EMERGING ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE
Blue Revolution in Asia: The Rise of the Shrimp Sector 
in Vietnam and the Challenges of Disease Control
Aya Suzuki and Vu Hoang Nam
Integrating Agricultural and Industrial Development
Takeshi Aida
Cluster-based Agricultural Development: 
A Comparison Between China and Africa
Xiaobo Zhang
Solar Power to Transform Food Systems and Rural 
Livelihoods: Evidence from a Solar-Powered 
Cold Storage Intervention in Nigeria
Futoshi Yamauchi and Hiroyuki Takeshima
Measuring Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality through the Lens of Induced Innovation
Agnes Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, and Hazel Malapit
Competition, Antitrust, and Agricultural 
Development in Asia

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Springer
9811955433 / 9789811955433
Paperback
02/12/2022
424 pages
156 x 234 mm, 592 grams