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provide a model for a successful Green
Revolution in SSA. According to Otsuka
and Larson (2013), profitable and
productive maize technology is yet to be
established. Indeed, although maize is
the single most important crop in SSA,
we seldom observed impressively high
maize yields anywhere in SSA. It seems
to us that the prerequisite for a maize
Green Revolution is the development
of truly profitable and productive maize
seeds and farming practices for this crop.
Once such technology is developed, it
will trigger the change towards the maize
Green Revolution in SSA. It is our hope
that the successful development of the rice
sector can be a role model of the Green
Revolution in other crops in this region.

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Kajisa, K., and E. Payongayong. 2011b.
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