> ... among AGRA's top six maize producers, only Ethiopia and Mali showed significant yield growth that surpassed pre-AGRA yield growth rates. This is a poor result for one of AGRA’s priority crops in some of its most important countries. Because maize is the crop most often supported by input subsidies, poor productivity results suggest that such Green Revolution programs are failing even when they get massive levels of government support.
https://sites.tufts.edu/gdae/files/2020/07/20-01_Wise_FailureToYield.pdf
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