The global food price crisis of 2007/08 raised fears about the impacts of higher and more volatile food prices for the poor in Zambia. Like in the past, the implementation of the strategies to deal with the rising food prices, especially for the staple crop maize were delayed due to ineffective...

Despite advancements in geographic information systems mapping, remote sensing, and soil testing technology that can help in approximating soil fertility requirements at specific sites, Ghana, like most countries in Africa, continues to use blanket fertilizer recommendations based on soil tests...

This paper examines closely the constraints in productivity improvements and evaluates available rice technologies looking at the heterogeneity of irrigated and rainfed ecologies in 10 regions in Ghana. Employing yield response models, profitability analysis, and adoption models, results show...