Maize yield response to nitrogen in Malawi’s smallholder production systems

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationMichigan State Universityen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen
cg.contributor.crpIntegrated Systems for the Humid Tropicsen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryMalawien
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MWen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.creator.identifierTodd Benson: 0000-0001-7919-778Xen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Malawi Strategy Support Programen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Divisionen
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.number9en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.humidtropicsHUMIDTROPICSen
cg.subject.humidtropicsINTENSIFICATIONen
cg.subject.ilriCROPSen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCK SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.ilriMARKETSen
cg.subject.ilriSOILSen
cg.subject.ilriINTENSIFICATIONen
dc.contributor.authorSnapp, Sieglinde S.en
dc.contributor.authorJayne, Thomas S.en
dc.contributor.authorMhango, Wezien
dc.contributor.authorBenson, Todden
dc.contributor.authorRicker-Gilbert, Jacoben
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T02:49:57Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-01T02:49:57Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149791
dc.titleMaize yield response to nitrogen in Malawi’s smallholder production systemsen
dcterms.abstractThis 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.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSnapp, 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/10568/149791en
dcterms.extent13 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfMaSSP Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2014en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/66454en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/128436en
dcterms.subjectfertilizersen
dcterms.subjectnitrogenen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectfarm inputsen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectintensificationen
dcterms.subjectproductivityen
dcterms.subjectyieldsen
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen

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