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The Southern African drought and low soil fertility (SADLF) project: giving smallholder farmers the maize seed they want 

Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT) (CIMMYT, 2003)
Given a choice, most people would not wish to confront the challenges that govern the lives of small-scale farmers in southern Africa. In this region, which has the most erratic growing conditions on earth, crop failures ...
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Choosing the right open-pollinated maize in Southern Africa 

CIMMYT, Int. (CIMMYT, [2008?])
Maize is widely grown throughout eastern and southern Africa. However, growing conditions differ for rainfall, temperature, the length of the growing season and the occurrence of diseases and pests. As a consequence, ...
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Characterization of maize production in Southern Africa: synthesis of CIMMYT/DTMA household level farming system surveys in Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe 

Kassie, G.T.; Erenstein, O.; Mwangi, W.M.; La Rovere, R.; Setimela, P.S.; Langyintuo, A.S. (CIMMYT, 2012)
This report presents the synthesis of household level surveys in five intervention countries (Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project designed and implemented ...
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International wheat breeding research in Eastern and Southern Africa, 1966-97 

Heisey, P.W.; Lantican, M.A. (CIMMYT, 2000)
This paper describes and analyzes some of the impacts of wheat improvement research in seven countries in the Eastern and Southern regions of Africa. the countries South Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, ...
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Maize technology in Malawi: a green revolution in the making? 

Heisey, P.W.; Smale, M. (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 ...
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Twenty-five years of research on women farmers in Africa: lessons and implications for agricultural research institutions -- With an annotated bibliography 

Doss, C.R. (CIMMYT, 1999)
Based on an extensive review of the literature on women farmers in Africa, this paper explores the potential reasons why women farmers have not adopted improved maize technologies and discusses the implications for ...
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Institutions and the African farmer 

Eicher, C.K. (CIMMYT, 1999)
Getting African agriculture moving is the most complex and demanding task facing policy makers, agricultural scientists, and donors over the coming 25 years. This publication, based on the text of a presentation given at ...
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Farmers' taxonomies as a participatory diagnostic tool: soil fertility management in Chihota, Zimbabwe 

Bellon, M.R.; Gambara, P.; Gatsi, T.; Machemedze, T.E.; Maminimini, O.; Waddington, S.R. (CIMMYT, 1999)
Soil infertility is a major constraint to food production in the communal areas of Zimbabwe. Smallholders in the region recognise the problems of low soil fertility and have devised ways of coping with them. This study ...
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Farmers' taxonomies as a participatory diagnostic tool: soil fertility management in Chihota, Zimbabwe 

Bellon, M.R.; Gambara, P.; Gatsi, T.; Machemedze, T.E.; Maminimini, O.; Waddington, S.R. (CIMMYT, 1999)
Soil infertility is a major constraint to food production in the communal areas of Zimbabwe. Smalholders in the region recognize the problems of low soil fertility and have devised ways of coping with them. This study ...
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On-farm legume experimentation to improve soil fertility in the Zimuto communal area, Zimbabwe: farmer perceptions and feedback 

Bernard, T.; Shamudzarira, Z.; Vaughan, C (CIMMYT, 2003)
Soil fertility is an important limiting factor for smallholder agriculture in southern Africa. In 1999-2002 research was undertaken to identify and evaluate legume technology options for soil fertility improvement within ...
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Mwangi, W.M. (5)Setimela, P. (5)Heisey, P.W. (4)Banziger, M. (3)Langyintuo, A.S. (3)Waddington, S.R. (3)Bellon, M. (2)Gambara, P. (2)Gatsi, T. (2)Kamanga, B.C.G. (2)... View More
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