World Food Policy Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 2015 | Page 42
How Promising is the Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Table 1. Paddy yields and production practices in Mozambique
Chokwe irrigation Rain-fed areas in central region
scheme
Bottom 1/3
Middle 1/3
Top 1/3
ha 2.1
0.3
0.8
2.2
92
0.0
0.0.
3.0
52
Plots with bund 100
(%)
48
Animal use (%)
55
Tractor use (%)
0.0
52
0.0
41
0.0
43
0
2
2
5
5
2
No. of sample 176
households
66
66
65
Yield
per
(tons)
Use of MVs (%)
Fertilizer use (%)
Table 2. Rice yields, the use of modern inputs, and improved production practices
by region and irrigation status in Tanzania
Morogoro
Mbeya
Shinyanga
Rain-fed
Irrigated
Rain-fed
Irrigated
Rain-fed
Irrigated
Paddy yields (t/ha)
Modern inputs use
2.0
3.8
1.6
3.5
1.7
4.6
Share of modern varieties (%)
17.8
87.5
0.0
2.1
1.9
13.1
Chemical fertilizer use (kg/ha)
Improved practices
11.7
40.4
10.7
31.7
0.9
0.0
Share of bunded plots (%)
Share of leveled plots (%)
8.2
22.0
84.8
69.6
16.3
38.5
89.6
78.1
95.3
87.6
100.0
100.0
Share of straight row
transplanting plots
No. of sample households
4.4
182
47.8
3.8
22.9
6.4
0.0
46
104
96
234
10
41