标题：FROM A SASAKAWA GLOBAL 2000 PILOT PROGRAM TO SUSTAINED INCREASES IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF GOVERNMENT POLICY IN FOSTERING THE ETHIOPIAN TRANSITION
摘要：Increasing population density and declining soil fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)give rise to a need for agricultural intensification to increase crop productivity and ruralincomes. The persistent challenge facing many SSA countries today is to rapidly introduceimproved, profitable technologies to farmers through targeted pilot programs whilesimultaneously promoting the development of markets and other institutions that will ensurewidespread, sustainable adoption of these technologies. The Sasakawa-Global 2000 (SG)program, in partnership with numerous African governments, began taking up this challenge morethan a decade ago.
