affluence levels within the maize agro-ecologies in Kenya, and a shift from large to smallholder intensification and multiple … cropping patterns. Using a geographic information system, this study relates cropping patterns, by area share, maize … productivity and household incomes across maize agro-ecologies, with the purpose to establish a decision support system for …

at examining gender differentials in farm resource ownership and how it affects the technical efficiency in maize … technology, there should be no significant differences in the levels of maize productivity between male and female farmers. Hence … maize since it is the staple crop in the study region and in Kenya. The stochastic frontier analysis reveals that both male …

Multi-year nationwide survey data is used to estimate maize yield response functions and determine profitability of … fertilizer use by small-scale farmers in Zambia. There has been a dearth of empirical studies on economics of fertilization in … and estimate maize yield response functions for small-scale rural households that have various management practices and …

intensity of use of the two inputs. Extension contacts positively influenced the likelihood of adoption of improved maize seed …Maize is a key food crop in Kenya. While maize yields increased from 1.25 t ha-1 in early 1960s to over 2 tonnes in … on modern technologies for increased yields .Use of improved maize varieties and fertilizers will therefore continue to …

This study adopted Randomized Control Trial to examine the impact of seed voucher system on farming households’ welfare … Nigeria. The WALD estimate reveals that the use of seed voucher increased household Per Capita Expenditure (PCE) by N14705 …. Therefore, the use of seed voucher to grant farmers assess to certified improved rice seed can generate improvement in farmers …

The study investigated the demand for fertilizer among rural farm households in Malawi that have been exposed to high … fertilizer subsidy levels. Subsidies and cash constraints may limit their demand but their cash constraint may be less severe at … demand for fertilizer at harvest time and at planting time, to elicit farm gate shadow prices for fertilizer and to assess …

haunting concern on food security. Nevertheless the soaring price of fertilizer and sluggish dissemination of improved seed …, subsidizing fertilizer and seeds is recently voiced heavily. This study reveals that the adoption of improved maize variety in … Africa, subsidizing fertilizer is not sufficient; there exists multiple trajectories to achieve in food security …

This research aims at shedding empirical light on the relative efficiency of small-scale maize producers in Romania …