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 …

segmentation for maize seed. The two main market segmentation strategies that are viable are direct targeting, which is likely to … such a study should be maize seed at reduced prices (between 20% and 50%), up to a given quantity per farmer, provided at a … consultation was organized in Kenya in May and June 2008 with stakeholders from the seed sector, NGOs, Ministry of Agriculture …

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 …

. In this paper, we estimate the joint impact of improved maize seeds on productivity and efficiency using panel data from … maize farmers in Ethiopia. Selection biases associated with seeds choice are addressed by estimating production functions …