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Green Revolution Technology Takes Root In Africa: The Promise and Challenge of the Ministry of Agriculture/SG2000 Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia; Statistical Annex and Copies of Questionnaire

Howard, Julie A.; Kelly, Valerie A.; Stepanek, Julie; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1999

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A Diagnostic Perspective Assessment of the Production and Marketing System for Mangoes in the Eastern Caribbean

Hrapsky, Alan; Weber, Michael T.; Riley, Harold - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1985

The objective of this research was to provide USAID with a diagnostic-prescriptive assessment of the mango commodity system that would be useful in the design and management of USAID’s project portfolio. A secondary objective was to demonstrate how a market-guided food systems approach could...

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The Impact of Investments in Maize Research and Dissemination in Zambia Part I: Main Report

Howard, Julie A.; Chitala, George M.; Kalonge, Sylvester M. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1993

seven African countries: Cameroon (maize, cowpea, sorghum), Kenya (maize, wheat), Malawi (maize), Mali (maize), Niger …

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Incentives for Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Empirical Evidence on Fertilizer Response and Profitability

Yanggen, David; Kelly, Valerie A.; Reardon, Thomas; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1998

This research addresses two questions: Why is fertilizer not yet fulfilling its potential as a major stimulus to agricultural productivity in SSA? What can be done to improve the situation? Our answers are based on an extensive review of fertilizer response, profitability, and policy literature...

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Macro Trends and Determinates of Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa

Naseem, Anwar; Kelly, Valerie A. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1999

To reverse the declining trends in soil fertility levels in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the use of fertilizers and other land augmenting technologies needs to increase. While overall fertilizer consumption in SSA has increased by as much as 200% from 1970 levels, the growth has been highly...

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Effects of Agricultural Commercialization on Food Crop Input Use and Productivity in Kenya

Strasberg, Paul J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Yamano, Takashi; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1999

productivity in rural Kenya. The main research issues were: (1) To examine the determinants of smallholder fertilizer use on food …

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Green Revolution Technology Takes Root in Africa The Promise and Challenge of the Ministry of Agriculture/SG2000 Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia

Howard, Julie A.; Kelly, Valerie A.; Stepanek, Julie; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1999

In 1993, the Sasakawa/Global 2000 Program (SG) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) began a joint program to demonstrate that substantial productivity increases could be achieved when farmers were given appropriate extension messages and agricultural inputs were delivered on time at reasonable...

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Assessing the Impact of Cowpea and Sorghum Research and Extension in Northern Cameroon

Sterns, James A.; Bernsten, Richard H. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1994

Throughout Africa, per capita food production has been declining since the early 1960s. Cameroon has sought to counter this trend by increasing agricultural productivity through research and extension. In order to establish future investment priorities, policy makers need to know if past...

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Agricultural Research Impact Assessment: The Case of Maize Technology Adoption in Southern Mali

Boughton, Duncan; Frahan, Bruno Henry de - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1994

Adoption of the improved maize package was particularly rapid during the period 1980-86 when an attractive guaranteed price was offered and extension activities were reinforced by a maize project that included the establishment of a seed multiplication program. Following cereal market price...

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An Economic and Institutional Analysis of Maize Research in Kenya

Karanja, Daniel David - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1996

Maize, the most important food crop in Kenya, contributes 44 percent of the per-capita, calorie intake. Increases in … distribution programs. The paper describes the institutional framework that may have led to one of Kenya’s agricultural research … success stories. It also poses challenges to the future of maize production in Kenya. …

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