Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution
Top Cited Papers
Open Access
- 27 January 2009
- journal article
- essay
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 7 (1) , e1000023
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000023
Abstract
Recent hikes in food prices have created economic and social turmoil in many African countries. But in Malawi, fertilizer and seed subsidies have enabled small-scale farmers to improve maize productivity and achieve food security.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- The African Millennium VillagesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2007
- The puzzle of the policy shift - the early Green Revolution in India, Indonesia and the Philippines.Published by CABI Publishing ,2005
- Assessing the Impact of the Green Revolution, 1960 to 2000Science, 2003
- Soil Fertility and Hunger in AfricaScience, 2002
- 5. Maize Technology and Productivity in MalawiPublished by Walter de Gruyter GmbH ,1997
- 15 Accelerating Maize Production: SynthesisPublished by Walter de Gruyter GmbH ,1997