headship definitions on hybrid seed use and explores the variation between male- and female-headed households and among female …Women are central to food production and maize is a dominant food staple in Sub-Saharan Africa, but published gender … analyses of hybrid seed use in Sub-Saharan Africa are uncommon. Building on previous work, this paper tests the effects of …

large portion of total household expenditures for both urban and rural households, policymakers also are drawn to policies … living for both rural and urban households. Hence, these objectives figure prominently in Comprehensive Africa Agriculture …

improving food security among rural households through the dissemination of quality protein maize varieties. However, the … from technology endeavours. The formal extension system is reduced to addressing female headed households. Farmer …

This paper attempts to analyze the impacts of the ‘fast track’ land reform policy on maize production in Zimbabwe … variables in 2000. This means that the model generated an artificial data set based on what the maize market would have looked … what could have been harvested in 2001, and declining by negative 80.57 % in 2007. Results showed total maize production …

The publication describes outcomes of a study to assess the effectiveness of a large-scale crop seed relief effort in … Zimbabwe during 2003-07. Aims of the effort, which was supported by the British Department for International Development (DfID … open-pollinated maize varieties (OPVs), as opposed to hybrids. Based on the findings of the study, the authors recommend …

The seed industry in Thailand is among the advanced and well-developed industries in Asia. Maize contributes to the … success of the maize seed industry in Thailand by building infrastructure for research and promoting the role of the private …’s structure, conduct, and performance; and a review of related regulations of the maize seed industry in Thailand. The lessons …

The successful development and diffusion of improved maize seed in Zambia during the 1970s–80s was a major … output when this system was dismantled contributed to the reinstatement in 2002 of subsidies for maize seed and fertilizer …-generation (F1) hybrid maize seed in Zambia based on a survey of maize growers during the 2010/11 cropping season. We estimate the …

-side constraints pertain to farmers’ characteristics, while supply-side constraints are related to capacity. Farmers’ seed demand … is complex, and empirical information on Nigerian farmers’ seed demand is scarce. One of the less-studied issues is … farmers’ preference for obtaining seeds closer to planting time. Farmers often purchase seed around planting time, when seed …