Question

Identify the factors that made it difficult for africa to benefit from the green revolution in twentieth-century agriculture.

Answer 1

Answer:

There are many reasons why the Green Revolution has not benefited countries in Africa as it has elsewhere including the small landholding patterns, lack of irrigation, and lack of dealer networks.  

Explanation:

The Green Revolution refers to advances in agricultural practices due to high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of grains like wheat and rice, as well as chemical fertilizers which increased production especially in areas of Asia in the 1950s and 1960s. Unfortunately, Sub-Saharan Africa has not seen much benefit or increase in production from Green Revolution techniques like other areas of the world.  This is due to unpredictable rainfall levels, lack of irrigation, and problems with soil fertility.  In some areas, the land is owned in small parcels by individual owners and they operate on a more subsistence level or for local selling in the community. Added to this are socio-economic factors like lack of dealer networks to move product, the unavailability of credit, and the high cost of agrochemicals when the farmers are cash poor.