Africa's Emerging Maize Revolution
Africa's Emerging Maize Revolution

Author: Derek Byerlee

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9781555877767

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Intended for policymakers and scholars, the 15 contributions in this volume are divided into two sections: the first provides six country case studies of the evolving maize economies of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria. The second part synthesizes major technological, institutional, and policy issues with chapters on research and extension, soil fertility, seed and fertilizer delivery systems, and marketing and price policy. Paper edition (754-0), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Fertilizer Use in African Agriculture
Fertilizer Use in African Agriculture

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Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0821368818

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The good practice guidelines - which form the basis of an interactive policymaker's tool kit included on a CD accompanying the book - relate not only to the more focused problem of encouraging increased fertilizer use by farmers, but also to the broader challenge of creating the type of enabling environment that is needed to support the emergence of efficient, dynamic and commercially viable fertilizer marketing systems."--Jacket.

Crop Improvement, Adoption and Impact of Improved Varieties in Food Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa
Crop Improvement, Adoption and Impact of Improved Varieties in Food Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Thomas S. Walker

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2015-10-26

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1780644019

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Following on from the CGIAR study by Evenson and Gollin (published by CABI in 2003), this volume provides up-to-date estimates of adoption outcomes and productivity impacts of crop variety improvement research in sub-Saharan Africa. The book reports on the results of the DIIVA Project that focussed on the varietal generation, adoption and impact for 20 food crops in 30 countries. It also compares adoption outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa to those in South Asia, and guides future efforts for global agricultural research

Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa
Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa

Author: Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 0198799284

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This book contributes to the understanding of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa through addressing the dynamics of intensification and diversification within and outside agriculture in contexts where women have much poorer access to agrarian resources than men