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Institutional change and discontinuities in farmers' use of hybrid maize seed and fertilizer in Malawi: findings from the 1996-97 CIMMYT/MoLD Survey 

Smale, M.; Phiri, A. (CIMMYT, 1998)
This study records the use of hybrid maize seed and fertilizer by small-scale farmers in Malawi, as well as their opinions about these inputs, from 1989-90 through 1996-97. Its main purpose is to determine whether the ...
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Farmers' seed selection practices and maize variety characteristics in a traditionally-based Mexican community 

Louette, D.; Smale, M. (CIMMYT, 1998)
Experimental results and farmers surveys in a Mexican community indicates that farmers' seed selection practices protect the phenological integrity of their maize varieties as they define them, despite numerous factors ...
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Organization and performance of national maize seed industries: a new institutionalist perspective 

Morris, M.L.; Smale, M. (CIMMYT, 1997)
This paper proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing the organization and performance of national maize seed industries. The authors begin by reviewing what several leading economic paradigms have to say about the ...
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Adoption, management, and impact of hybrid maize seed in India 

Singh, R.P.; Morris, M.L. (CIMMYT, 1997)
This paper presents results of a 1995 survey of 864 maize-growing households in six states that account for more than 70% of India's maize area: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. ...
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Genetic change in farmer-recycled maize seed: a review of the evidence 

Morris, M.L.; Risopoulos, J.; Beck, D. (CIMMYT, 1999)
This paper summarizes what is known about farm-level maize seed management practices and reviews the theoretical and empirical evidence regarding the relationship between farmers’ seed recycling practices and the genetic ...
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Farmer management of maize diversity in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico: CIMMYT INIFAP -- 1998 Baseline Socioeconomic Survey 

Smale, M.; Aguirre Gomez, J.A.; Bellon, M.R.; Rosas, I.M. (CIMMYT, 1999)
Descriptive data from the sample survey of households in the study communities enable us to profile the characteristics of: (1) farm households; (2) the maize populations they grow, based on their own descriptors and the ...
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The private and public characteristics of maize land races and the area allocation decisions of farmers in a center of crop diversity 

Smale, M.; Bellon, M.R.; Aguirre Gomez, J.A. (CIMMYT, 1999)
This study uses an approach derived from models of the private and public characteristics of goods to illustrate (1) the overriding importance of variety attributes in farmers' decisions to allocate area among varieties ...
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Social relations and seed transactions among smallscale maize farmers in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico 

Badstue, L.B.; Bellon, M.R.; Juarez, X.; Manuel, I; Solano, A.M. (CIMMYT, 2002)
This paper explores social arrangements associated with seed transactions among smallscale maize farmers in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico, a centre of crop genetic diversity. A formal seed distribution system has ...
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Public and private investments in maize research in Mexico and Guatemala 

Echeverria, R.G. (CIMMYT, 1990)
This paper describes the relationship between public and private sector research and seed production in Mexico and Guatemala. The focus is on public agricultural research institutes and local and multinational seed
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The maize subsector in Paraguay: a diagnostic overview 

Morris, M.L.; Alvarez, M.; Espinoza, M.A. (CIMMYT, 1990)
The maize sector in Paraguay s going through a period of perplexing changes. Despite recent production gains, average maize yields remain far below those which could be achieved with relatively simple changes in management ...
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CIMMYT Economics Working Paper (27)
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Smale, M. (8)Lopez Pereira, M.A. (6)Morris, M.L. (6)Bellon, M. (5)Aguirre Gomez, J.A. (4)Alvarez, M. (2)Byerlee, D. (2)Sain, G. (2)Singh, R.P. (2)Alam, Q. (1)... View More
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ZEA MAYS (15)MAIZE (12)INNOVATION ADOPTION (11)ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (9)SMALL FARMS (7)SEED PRODUCTION (6)CROP MANAGEMENT (4)CROP PRODUCTION (4)FARMING SYSTEMS (4)RESEARCH PROJECTS (4)... View More
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