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Maize technology in Malawi: a green revolution in the making?
(CIMMYT, 1995)
This case study of technical change in maize production in Malawi seeks to answer the question of whether the diffusion of improved maize seed and fertilizer among Malawian smallholder farmers will create the sharp yield ...
Book
Cereal grain policy analysis in the national agricultural research systems of Eastern and Southern Africa
(SADC; ICRISAT; CIMMYT, 1993)
In 1990, economists of the Southern Africa Development Community/International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (SADC/ICRISAT) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) launched a ...
Report
Demonstrations of an interdisciplinary approach to planning adaptive agricultural research programmes
(CIMMYT Eastern African Economics Programme, 1977)
The Research section, Crop Development Division,. the Ministry of Agriculture, Tanzania and the Department of Rural Economy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Dar-es-Salaam cooperated with Cimmyt in the demonstration ...
Book
Adoption of maize production technologies in the coastal lowlands of Kenya
(CIMMYT, 2003)
Maize is the major food crop grown in the coastal region of Kenya and constitutes a major component of the diet of the population in the region. However, average yields are far below the potential for the region and low ...
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Wheat farmers' seed management and varietal adoption in Kenya
(Egerton University; KARI; CIMMYT, 2002)
Wheat is the second most important crop in Kenya after maize and is becoming an important source of food both for humans and livestock. Despite increasing wheat production, only 50% of domestic consumption requirements are ...
Working Paper
Chimanga cha makolo, hybrids, and composites: an analysis of farmers' adoption of maize technology in Malawi, 1989-91
(CIMMYT, 1991)
This paper profiles farmers' adoption behavior and varietal choices with respect to local and improved maize technologies (variety, fertilizer application, and other agronomic practices) in three agroeconomic zones of ...
Book
Wheat supply in Kenya: production technologies, sources of inefficiency, and potential for productivity growth
(CIMMYT, 1993)
Kenya is projected to remain a net importer of wheat to the end of this century. To reduce the growing dependence on imports, the government has proposed measures to stimulate domestic production and curb wheat consumption. ...
Report
Demonstrations of an interdisciplinary farming systems approach to planning adaptive agricultural research programmes
(CIMMYT, 1977)
The Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture, GOK and the Department of Economics, Egerton College cooperated with CIMMYT in the demonstration of an interdisciplinary farming system based approach to planning adaptive ...
Book
Fertilizer use and maize production in Sub-Saharan Africa
(CIMMYT, 1996)
In sub-Saharan Africa, greater use of mineral fertilizers is crucial to increasing food production and slowing the rate of environmental degradation. Regional growth rates in fertilizer consumption have never been particularly ...
Report
Adoption of recommended maize technologies in Mbeya Region of the Southern highlands of Tanzania
(CIMMYT, 1996)
This study was undertaken in order to document the level and rate of adoption of improved maize technologies in Mbeya region in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. The study had the following objectives: to investigate the ...