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 …

and intensity of use of the improved varieties and fertilizer. Access to credit was positively related to adoption and …, while amount of planting fertilizer used positively influenced both the adoption and intensity of use of improved varieties …. Distance to market negatively determined the adoption and intensity of use of fertilizer. In addition gender and access to …

fertilizer use by small-scale farmers in Zambia. There has been a dearth of empirical studies on economics of fertilization in … soil conditions in two major agro-climatic zones. Profitability of fertilizer use is determined for each group of … households. Our findings provide the following key messages. First, households that obtained fertilizer on time and used animal …

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 …