@conference{1,
abstract = "Africa lags far behind in yield. Production techniques have little evolved in the opposite of many
other production regions or countries. It is tempting to identify technologies that work elsewhere
and think about inserting them in Africa to increase yields. The presentation describes some
examples of these technologies. For each of the technologies identified by domain of impact on yield,
the presentation analyses the constraints to its immediate adoption in terms of production
equipment, labor requirement, inputs or means to acquire them, knowledge, organization but also
mindset for change, this latter being partly linked to the economic, social or institutional
environment of production. No technology working elsewhere could work immediately in Africa
without specific constraints being overcome first. However, the varying extent of the difficulties in
overcoming the constraints is a criterion for deciding on the program and the sequence of the
technologies to be promoted.",
author = "Michel FOK",
booktitle = "ICAC 77th Plenary Session Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 1‐6, 2018",
title = "How to have new technologies working in Africa?",
url = "http://www.slire.net/download/2625/2018_icac77_technoappli_in_africa.pdf",
year = "2018"
}