Blar i School of Economics and Business (HH) på emneord "Maize"
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Adoption of drought tolerant maize varieties under rainfall stress in Malawi
(CLTS Working paper;2017:4, Working paper, 2017)This paper examines adoption of drought tolerant (DT) maize varieties under rainfall stress in Malawi using a Mundlak-Chamberlain panel Probit model with a Control Function approach. DT maize varieties is a promising ... -
Adoption of soil fertility management technologies in Malawi : impact of drought exposure
(CLTS Working paper;2017:11, Working paper, 2017)Soil fertility management (SFM) technologies may potentially protect against climate risks, reduce nutrient depletion and enhance food security. In this paper, we study impact of drought exposure on adoption and adoption ... -
Can adoption of improved maize varieties help smallholder farmers adapt to drought? : evidence from Malawi
(CLTS Working paper;2015:1, Working paper, 2015)This study used a three-year panel dataset for 350 Malawian farm households to examine the potential for widespread adoption of drought tolerant (DT) maize varieties, a technology that holds considerable promise for ... -
Input subsidies and demand for improved maize : relative prices and household heterogeneity matter!
(CLTS Working paper;2013:6, Working paper, 2013)This study uses simple non-separable farm household models calibrated to household, market, farming and policy context conditions in Central and Southern Malawi. The models are used to simulate how household characteristics, ... -
Input subsidies and improved maize varieties in Malawi : what can we learn from the impacts in a drought year?
(CLTS Working paper;2013:7, Working paper, 2013)After six years with a large scale Farm Input Subsidy Program that enhanced national and household food security high costs resulted in a cut-back of the program in 2011/12 at the same time as the country was hit by a ... -
Market liberalization and spatial market integration : the case of Malawian maize markets
(Master thesis, 2017)The role of markets in influencing food security cannot be overemphasized. Therefore it is important to understand how policies aimed at influencing market policy have performed. This paper studies how market liberalization ... -
Probability weighting and input use intensity in a state-contingent framework
(CLTS Working paper;2017:8, Working paper, 2017)Climate risk represents an increasing threat to poor and vulnerable farmers in drought-prone areas of Africa. This study assesses the fertilizer adoption responses of food insecure farmers in Malawi, where Drought Tolerant ...