Maize yield response to nitrogen in Malawi’s smallholder production systems
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR single centre | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Michigan State University | en |
| cg.contributor.crp | Policies, Institutions, and Markets | |
| cg.contributor.crp | Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics | |
| cg.contributor.donor | United States Agency for International Development | en |
| cg.coverage.country | Malawi | |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | MW | |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Southern Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Eastern Africa | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Todd Benson: 0000-0001-7919-778X | |
| cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - Malawi Strategy Support Program | |
| cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division | |
| cg.identifier.publicationRank | Not ranked | |
| cg.number | 9 | en |
| cg.place | Washington, DC | en |
| cg.reviewStatus | Internal Review | en |
| cg.subject.humidtropics | HUMIDTROPICS | en |
| cg.subject.humidtropics | INTENSIFICATION | en |
| cg.subject.ilri | CROPS | en |
| cg.subject.ilri | LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS | en |
| cg.subject.ilri | MARKETS | en |
| cg.subject.ilri | SOILS | en |
| cg.subject.ilri | INTENSIFICATION | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Snapp, Sieglinde S. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Jayne, Thomas S. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Mhango, Wezi | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Benson, Todd | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-01T02:49:57Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-01T02:49:57Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149791 | |
| dc.title | Maize yield response to nitrogen in Malawi’s smallholder production systems | en |
| dcterms.abstract | This paper has two objectives. Our first objective is to review the research evidence on the factors known to be affecting the efficiency with which Malawian farmers use nitrogen fertilizer on maize. It is our position that such factors, along with non-random aspects of most trials, might explain the large gaps observed between researcher-managed plots and farmer-managed fields. Our second objective is to provide practical guidance to Malawian policy makers and the national extension sys-tem for helping farmers to raise the efficiency with which they use fertilizer. In so doing, we emphasize that crop diversifi-cation and soil management practices that raise soil fertility, while often viewed as “alternative” forms of agriculture, may be more accurately characterized as major components of an input-intensive and efficient production system that is both profitable and sustainable. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Snapp, Sieg; Jayne, Thomas S.; Mhango, Wezi; Benson, Todd; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob. 2014 Maize yield response to nitrogen in Malawi’s smallholder production systems. MaSSP Working Paper 9. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149791 | en |
| dcterms.extent | 13 pages | en |
| dcterms.isPartOf | MaSSP Working Paper | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2014 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | Copyrighted; all rights reserved | |
| dcterms.publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute | en |
| dcterms.replaces | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66454 | en |
| dcterms.replaces | https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/128436 | en |
| dcterms.subject | fertilizers | en |
| dcterms.subject | nitrogen | en |
| dcterms.subject | maize | en |
| dcterms.subject | farm inputs | en |
| dcterms.subject | smallholders | en |
| dcterms.subject | intensification | en |
| dcterms.subject | productivity | en |
| dcterms.subject | yields | en |
| dcterms.type | Working Paper |
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