including changes in (i) rates of nitrogen application, (ii) supplementary irrigation and (iii) new cultivar (with higher … radiation use efficiency) on maize cropping systems over Africa based on 30 years (1980-2010) of climate, soil and management … traditional cultivars and average nitrogen application rates of <10 kg N ha-1. The model results showed that the combined changes …

nitrogen fertilization rate, b) adjustment of sowing date, c) implementation of new cultivars, and d) supplementary irrigation … on maize cropping systems across six African countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso … global datasets at 0.5° x 0.5° spatial resolution. The nitrogen and cultivar packages were tested for all six countries …

model was calibrated for the test crops, maize (Zea mays Pan6966) and oats (Avena sativa L.), using data collected during … successfully calibrated for maize and oats as all the statistical parameters were within the prescribed ranges [index of agreement … SWB-Sci simulated aboveground biomass (TDM) and grain yield (GY) of maize and oats with high accuracy (d>0.85, MAE% ≤20 …

cereal production through higher yields. Field experiments were conducted on maize (Zea mays L.) at the New Developmental … splits (T6) at sowing and with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th irrigation at two wk intervals. Maize ranked first with maximum PFPN … suggest that growing maize at D2 applied with N3 in four to five splits is more economical in the wheat-maize cropping system …

-averse farmer. We apply the models to irrigated maize production in Switzerland. To analyze the sensitivity of optimal water and … nitrogen use to likely future states of several economic variables, we conduct sensitivity analyses with respect to changes in … price variability, the price–yield correlation, water and maize prices as well as farmers’ risk preferences. Results show …

at examining the risk perception, risk aversion and risk management strategies of maize producers in Awi zone, which is … found in the northwest part of Ethiopia. The study involved 343 respondents who produced maize under risk. Descriptive … management strategies that they employ. Maize farmers in the area applied human risk management strategies, production risk …

study assesses the maize and fertilizer adoption responses of food insecure farmers in Malawi, where Drought Tolerant (DT …) maize was recently introduced. A field experiment, eliciting relative risk aversion, loss aversion and subjective … adoption of different maize types and fertilizer use on the different maize types and recorded exposure to past and present …