This study analyzes returns to investments in Niger's research and technology transfer system for millet, sorghum, and …

Kenya has been recognized globally as maize success story since the 1970s. Released on the eve of independence, Kenya …’s first maize hybrid diffused faster than did hybrids in the U.S Corn Belt during the 1930s-1940s. In recent decades, policy … researchers have lamented that earlier gains in maize productivity have not lived up to their potential. Claims of stagnating …

Women are central to food production and maize is a dominant food staple in Sub-Saharan Africa, but published gender …

and GOU in soybean, sunflower, and maize research in Uganda, but will, to a more limited extent, also discuss the …

food purchases. At this time, white maize availability was increasing due to the recent harvest, while yellow maize … sections on family structure; supply sources of maize grain and meals; purchase behavior for maize grain, maize meals, and rice …

Two databases were constructed on trade of three staple grains (maize, wheat, and rice) for 1970-1985. The first …

(sorghum, cowpea, millet), Uganda (oilseeds), and Zambia (maize). These countries were selected because they represent a … seven African countries: Cameroon (maize, cowpea, sorghum), Kenya (maize, wheat), Malawi (maize), Mali (maize), Niger … Bureau (RDSB) to assess the impact of investments in maize research and dissemination made during the late 1970s and early …

The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa Abstract: This article determines the effect of … market reform on the size of maize milling/retail margins in South Africa. Simulations indicate that the deregulation of … maize meal prices has caused a 16 to 20% increase in the mean retail price of maize meal since 1997. …

variability. Area has continued to expand, but farmers have greatly reduced fertilizer use, switched back to maize-late millet …Adoption of the improved maize package was particularly rapid during the period 1980-86 when an attractive guaranteed … price was offered and extension activities were reinforced by a maize project that included the establishment of a seed …