to use more fertilizer has been a key tactic. Closing the productivity gap between male and female farmers has been … another avenue toward achieving the same goal. The results in this paper suggest the two are related. Fertilizer use and maize …

In Africa, farmers have been reluctant to take up new varieties of staple crops developed to boost smallholder yields … and rural incomes. Low fertilizer use is often mentioned as a proximate cause, but some believe the problem originates … fertilizer subsidies as a core component. Still, the links between market performance and choices about using fertilizer are …

In Africa, most development strategies include efforts to improve the productivity of staple crops grown on smallholder …

Trees on farms are often overlooked in agricultural and natural resource research and policy in Sub-Saharan Africa … prevalence, economic contribution and determinants of trees on farms in Africa lay the basis for exploring the interaction of …

supported by data from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. A growing number of studies from a range of contexts therefore indicate …