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Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa

Markets, Soil, and Innovations

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Takashi Yamano

    1. National Graduate Institute for Policy S, Foundation for Advanced Studies on Inter, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Keijiro Otsuka

    1. National Graduate Institute for Policy S, Tokyo, Japan

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  3. Frank Place

    1. World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

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  • Provides great lessons for those involved in agricultural development and policy in Africa
  • Integrates different analyses and variables to provide unique insights for researchers
  • Includes an unprecedented set of case studies drawing from a coordinated panel data collection exercise across 240 communities in East Africa
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Purpose, Scope, and Methodology

      • Takashi Yamano, Keijiro Otsuka, Frank Place
      Pages 3-20

  3. Market Access and Innovations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. The Maize Farm-Market Price Spread in Kenya and Uganda

      • Takashi Yamano, Ayumi Arai
      Pages 23-38

    3. Fertilizer Policies, Price, and Application in East Africa

      • Takashi Yamano, Ayumi Arai
      Pages 39-57

    4. The Impacts of Fertilizer Credit on Crop Production and Income in Ethiopia

      • Tomoya Matsumoto, Takashi Yamano
      Pages 59-72

    5. Emerging Markets in the Post-liberalization Period: Evidence from the Raw Milk Market in Rural Kenya

      • Yoko Kijima, Takashi Yamano, Isabelle Baltenweck
      Pages 73-84

    6. Dynamic Changes in the Uptake of Dairy Technologies in the Kenya Highlands

      • Isabelle Baltenweck, Takashi Yamano, Steve J. Staal
      Pages 85-97

    7. Mobile Phone Coverage and Market Participation: The Case of Banana Marketing in Uganda

      • Megumi Muto, Takashi Yamano
      Pages 99-113

  4. Soil Fertility and Emerging Agricultural Innovations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Optimal Fertilizer Use on Maize Production in East Africa

      • Tomoya Matsumoto, Takashi Yamano
      Pages 117-132

    3. Dairy–Banana Integration and Organic Manure Use in Uganda

      • Takashi Yamano
      Pages 133-151

    4. Technology, Soil Fertility, and Poverty: The Case of NERICA Rice in Uganda

      • Yoko Kijima, Keijiro Otsuka, Dick Sserunkuuma
      Pages 153-167

    5. On the Possibility of a Lowland Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Eastern Uganda

      • Yoko Kijima, Yukinori Ito, Keijiro Otsuka
      Pages 169-184

  5. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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  6. Conclusion

    1. Market Access, Soil Fertility, and Income in East Africa

      • Takashi Yamano, Yoko Kijima
      Pages 187-202

    2. Conclusion: Toward the Transformation of Agriculture in East Africa

      • Keijiro Otsuka, Takashi Yamano, Frank Place
      Pages 203-210

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 211-214
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Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa offers case studies that find promise in many new innovations. Farmers in Uganda have quickly learned the management of NERICA rice (a new upland rice variety), which is being disseminated in a limited way in the region. Also in Uganda, farmers living in more remote areas have improved access to markets due to the expansion of mobile phones.  In Kenya, improved milk marketing systems have increased efficiency and led to tangible increases in the adoption of dairy production technologies.  And the adoption of intensive dairy production systems in Kenya and Uganda are providing significant amounts of manure and positively impacting yields of maize and banana.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Graduate Institute for Policy S, Foundation for Advanced Studies on Inter, Tokyo, Japan

    Takashi Yamano

  • National Graduate Institute for Policy S, Tokyo, Japan

    Keijiro Otsuka

  • World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

    Frank Place

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