{"product_id":"progress-in-asian-and-african-farming-honoring-keijiro-otsuka-von-jonna-p-estudillo","title":"Progress in Asian and African Farming Honoring Keijiro Otsuka","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a compilation of essays written by top researchers on the topics that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProf. Keijiro Otsuka has been working on in his career. The authors have had either\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea chance to work with him on a research project or are simply his good friends in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe profession. The essays were written in a way easily understandable by people in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emany different disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe aim of the volume is to identify the pathways of agricultural development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein Asia and Africa. It evaluates whether Africa is following in Asia's footprints.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume has a resounding message that Africa is becoming the next Asia as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit benefits from the earlier experience of Asia in agricultural and overall development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrica has followed the Asian pathways: borrowed technology from abroad;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edid adaptive research in rice farming (modern seeds, fertilizer, and mechanical technologies);\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esecured property rights on natural resources; adopted information and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecommunication technologies (ICTs); invested in human capital, including training;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand spread high-value revolution. Borrowed technology from abroad and adaptive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresearch have jump-started the Asian-style Green Revolution in rice farming in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efavorable production environments in Africa and are expected to spread to other\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eareas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Asia, the Green Revolution resulted in higher food production and lower food\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprices that led to deterioration in terms of trade of agriculture (i.e., the decline in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprice of farm goods relative to nonfarm goods), leading to rapid structural transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most striking feature of structural transformation is the secular decline\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the share of agriculture and the corresponding increase in the combined share of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindustry and services, whether measured in terms of output or employment. Structural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etransformation in Asia has been the primary driver of the region's rising income\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand geographic movement of capital and labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781835208311\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEssays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781835208311","offer_id":46983268827461,"sku":"9781835208311","price":34.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/products\/7ae5bbc6-50df-4ee5-82dd-e1d5ddc9532e.jpg?v=1694579493","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/progress-in-asian-and-african-farming-honoring-keijiro-otsuka-von-jonna-p-estudillo","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}