hybrid maize subsidy in Zambia is selectively biased due in part to its delivery mechanism and the self-selection of farmers …

The successful development and diffusion of improved maize seed in Zambia during the 1970s–80s was a major …-generation (F1) hybrid maize seed in Zambia based on a survey of maize growers during the 2010/11 cropping season. We estimate the … in Zambia is still very much an "affair of state" in that farmers' use of F1 hybrids is explained largely by inclusion in …

eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland …, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food … change makes the challenges greater. Southern Africa is already experiencing rising temperatures, shifting precipitation …

"This report provides a nuanced perspective on debates about the potential for Africa's smallholder agriculture to … remains skeptical about agriculture's development potential for Africa. In order to examine in greater detail the relevance … for Africa of both the “old” and “new” literatures on agriculture, the paper provides a typology of African countries …

"This paper provides a nuanced perspective on debates about the potential for Africa's smallholder agriculture to … remains skeptical about agriculture's development potential for Africa. In order to examine in greater detail the relevance … for Africa of both the “old” and “new” literatures on agriculture, the paper provides a typology of African countries …

agricultural and overall economic performance, particularly since 1980, in four low-income countries in Southern Africa, namely …, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Because the economic effects of macroeconomic adjustment have been confounded by the …

nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural …

The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi … will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. East Africa's populations is …