of the maize seed industry in Sub-Saharan Africa. This summary takes a circumspect view of technical change in maize … production. Adoption of improved seed has continued to rise gradually, now representing an estimated 44 percent of maize area in … Eastern and Southern Africa (outside South Africa), and 60 percent of maize area in West and Central Africa. Use of fertilizer …

increase its maize exports to other countries. If global maize production is lower than usual due to supply shocks in major … exporting regions, Tanzania may be able to export more maize at higher prices, even if it also experiences below …

Uganda. The results are suggestive that promoting (small) livestock ownership has the potential to affect human nutrition in …

Farm-gate buying by small itinerant buyers is the dominant mode of primary marketing in Tanzania's maize market. This … paper estimates the effect of household distance to market on maize farm-gate prices, and the extent to which seasonally …

and shortest path to meet rising food needs. Using examples from farmers' maize and rice fields, and comparisons with Asia …

role of risk and uncertainty, this paper empirically estimates the profitability of fertilizer use for maize production in …

supply of fish, maternal nutrition education and more public health programs to promote fish consumption …