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The Impact of Donor and NGO Activities on Maize Seed and Fertilizer Markets and Food Security in Malawi.

A study was carried out in Mitundu, Chiwamba and Chiponde EPAs to analyze the impact of donor and NGO activities on maize seed and fertilizer markets and food security in Malawi.
Kenani, James M.
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Adoption, determinants, and economic efficiency of insect-based technologies for organic waste recycling into fertilizer in Kenya. [PDF]

Discov Agric
Mugendi PG, Muriithi BW, Gitau R, Beesigamukama D, Chia SY, Wamwondwe TG, Menale K, Tanga CM.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying Mitigation Pathways for Low-Carbon Strawberry Production under Mediterranean Conditions: A Life Cycle Assessment. [PDF]

Glob Chall
Balkiş E, Gülçiçek Uysal O.
europepmc   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Fertilizer Trade under Market Liberalization: Preliminary Evidence from Kenya

This paper reports results of a countrywide survey of fertilizer traders undertaken in late September 1997 with the aim of identifying broad supply-side and demand-side factors influencing trade in inorganic fertilizers in Kenya.
Mose, Lawrence Obae, Omamo, Steven Were
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Effects of soil layer replacement combined with organic fertilizer application on soil quality and maize yield in heavy metal-contaminated farmland. [PDF]

iScience
Wang H, Tu H, Wang P, Li X, Wu P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Improved Maize Seed and Fertilizer Use in Kenya: Policy Implications

Maize is a key food crop in Kenya. While maize yields increased from 1.25 t ha-1 in early 1960s to over 2 tonnes in 1982, they fell below 1.5 t ha-1 in 2000.
Owuor, George, De Groote, Hugo, Ouma, James Okuro   +2 more
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Enhanced nitrogen dynamics and uptake in cotton via organic liquid fertilizer partial substitution. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Jiang L, Zhi J, Bai X, Wang L, Chai S, Hayat MAB, Zhang S, Wang R, Xue S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source