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Provedor de dados: | Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
País: | United States
Título: | Demand for Maize Hybrids, Seed Subsidies, and Seed Decisionmakers in Zambia.
Autores: | Smale,   Melinda; Mason,   Nicole M.
Data: | 2012-05-17
Ano: | 2012
Palavras-chave: | Zambia; Maize; Seed subsidies; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty.
Resumo: | The successful development and diffusion of improved maize seed in Zambia during the 1970s–80s was a major achievement of African agriculture but was predicated on a government commitment to parastatal grain and seed marketing, the provision of services to maize growers, and a pan-territorial pricing scheme that was fiscally unsustainable. Declining maize output when this system was dismantled contributed to the reinstatement in 2002 of subsidies for maize seed and fertilizer through the Fertilizer and Farmer Input Support Programs (FISP). In the meantime, seed liberalization has led to an array of new, improved maize varieties, most of which are hybrids. This analysis explores the determinants of demand for first-generation (F1) hybrid maize seed in Zambia based on a survey of maize growers during the 2010/11 cropping season.
Tipo: | Working Paper
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/123555

Relação:

Michigan State University&gt;Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics&gt;Food Security Collaborative Working Papers

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