The last decade has seen a resurgence of parastatal crop marketing institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which cite improving food security and incomes as key goals. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the welfare effects of these programs. This article considers one such...

Tanzania's economy is heavily dependent on rainfed agriculture thus, climate variability has a strong impact on crop production. This study aims to assess the effects of climate variability on maize yield in Tanzania. Regression, co integration and ARIMA models were applied. The regression...

The focus in this paper is on two relatively large maize-based contract farming (CF) schemes with fixed input packages (Masara and Akate) and a number of smaller and more flexible CF schemes in a remote region in Ghana (Upper West). Results show that these schemes led to improved technology...