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Trends and Patterns in Fertilizer Use by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya, 1997-2007

Ariga, Joshua; Jayne, Thomas S.; Kibaara, Betty; Nyoro, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008

This study uses nationwide household panel survey data from 1996/97 to 2006/07 to examine trends in fertilizer use on maize by smallholder maize growers. The paper also compares these findings with fertilizer use rates according to other recent surveys in Kenya to assess comparability. We also...

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Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa: Current Issues and Empirical Evidence from Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya

Minde, Isaac J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Crawford, Eric W.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008

and USAID offices in Lilongwe, Malawi. …

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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What are the Policy Implications?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Though Zambia has considerable agricultural potential, the sector’s contribution to growth and poverty reduction has been limited. The sector remains one of the most important employers of labour and remains the main source of livelihood for most rural households in Zambia. Thus key...

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Disrupting Demand for Commercial Seed: Input Subsidies in Malawi and Zambia

Mason, Nicole M.; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

years numerous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) including Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia … have implemented such programs at substantial cost to government and donor budgets. For example, in 2008 Malawi spent …

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Malawi’s Maize Marketing System

Jayne, Thomas S.; Sitko, Nicholas J.; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

National food security in Malawi depends on improving the performance of maize markets. Ensuring that grain is … makers in Malawi: how to keep prices low enough to ensure low income consumers’ access to food while keeping prices high … marketing margins, which shrink the wedge between producer and consumer prices. Moreover, Malawi faces major political and …

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Staple food prices in Malawi

Minot, Nicholas - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

Prepared for the Comesa policy seminar on “Variation in staple food prices: Causes, consequence, and policy options”, Maputo, Mozambique, 25-26 January 2010 under the African Agricultural Marketing Project (AAMP)

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Food Crop Marketing and Agricultural Productivity in a High Price Environment: Evidence and Implications for Mozambique

Benfica, Rui M.S.; Boughton, Duncan; Mouzinho, Bordalo; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014

This paper assesses the relationship between agricultural productivity and market participation and performance following an increase in market prices in Mozambique. We use panel data before and after the change in price regime to identify the relative importance of market access/participation...

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Maize Yield Response to Nitrogen in Malawi’s Smallholder Production Systems

Snapp, Sieg; Jayne, T.S.; Mhango, Wezi; Ricker-Gilbert, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014

Sustainable intensification in crop and livestock production is the foundation for smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa to adapt to a changing world, to respond to new economic opportunities, and to address poverty reduction and food security. For crop farmers, substantial gains in...

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Agricultural Transformation in Zambia: Alternative Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth, and Commercialization

Chapoto, Antony; Haggblade, Steven; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

This paper traces the trajectories of successful commercial smallholders operating under differing sets of market institutions. Analysis focuses on maize, cotton, and horticulture, three widely marketed crops with strikingly different market institutions. Maize receives intensive government...

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The Cost of Maize Production by Smallholder Farmers in Zambia

Burke, William J.; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Banda, Dingiswayo - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011

Many agricultural policy discussions in Zambia revolve around the cost of producing maize. Despite the importance of having accurate estimates of production costs, smallholders’ cost of maize production in Zambia remain poorly understood. Various estimates are provided by interested parties,...

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