result found a significant difference (.001; .002) in the profit efficiency among young males and females rice and maize … attention given to young female rice and maize producer-marketers given that cost of agrochemical and improved seed varieties … significantly affect their profitability. Young females engaged in the rice and maize value chains could benefit from setting up …

, vegetables and fruits was especially strongly associated with greater farm diversity. More diverse production systems may …

starting in 1993 to control the invasive exotic maize stemborer Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). A quasi … estimate the probability that farmers’ would inadvertently exclude parasitoids in their maize field. Thereafter the propensity … indicate a rampant use of pesticides at sublethal dosage across the countries. Intensifying maize production by is likely to …

This study examines the impact of genetically modified maize on labour, cost and input substitutability for … smallholders in South Africa. Producers of Roundup Ready® (RR) maize use significantly less child, female and male labour than non …

This paper determines the degree or extent of farmer’s risk aversion that affects sustainable maize production in … model of safety-first behaviour from a cross-sectional survey of 350 maize producers in northern Nigeria. The distribution … socioeconomic factors (e.g. age of household head), farm specific variables (e.g. proportion of income from maize) and farmers …

cereal production through higher yields. Field experiments were conducted on maize (Zea mays L.) at the New Developmental … splits (T6) at sowing and with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th irrigation at two wk intervals. Maize ranked first with maximum PFPN … suggest that growing maize at D2 applied with N3 in four to five splits is more economical in the wheat-maize cropping system …

The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review is published quarterly by IFAMA. www.ifama.org …

Maize is gaining importance in recent years as a promising crop aimed at boosting agricultural growth in Bangladesh …. The present study explores the potential of maize expansion by examining its profitability and economic efficiency using a … survey data of 300 farmers from three regions. Maize ranks first in terms of yield (7.98 t/ha) and return (BCR=1.63) as …