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Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution

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.

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Autores principales: Denning, Glenn, Kabambe, Patrick, Sanchez, Pedro, Malik, Alia, Flor, Rafael, Harawa, Rebbie, Nkhoma, Phelire, Zamba, Colleen, Banda, Clement, Magombo, Chrispin, Keating, Michael, Wangila, Justine, Sachs, Jeffrey
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19175292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000023
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author Denning, Glenn
Kabambe, Patrick
Sanchez, Pedro
Malik, Alia
Flor, Rafael
Harawa, Rebbie
Nkhoma, Phelire
Zamba, Colleen
Banda, Clement
Magombo, Chrispin
Keating, Michael
Wangila, Justine
Sachs, Jeffrey
author_facet Denning, Glenn
Kabambe, Patrick
Sanchez, Pedro
Malik, Alia
Flor, Rafael
Harawa, Rebbie
Nkhoma, Phelire
Zamba, Colleen
Banda, Clement
Magombo, Chrispin
Keating, Michael
Wangila, Justine
Sachs, Jeffrey
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spelling pubmed-26310712009-01-27 Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution Denning, Glenn Kabambe, Patrick Sanchez, Pedro Malik, Alia Flor, Rafael Harawa, Rebbie Nkhoma, Phelire Zamba, Colleen Banda, Clement Magombo, Chrispin Keating, Michael Wangila, Justine Sachs, Jeffrey PLoS Biol Essay 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. Public Library of Science 2009-01 2009-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2631071/ /pubmed/19175292 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000023 Text en © 2009 Denning et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
spellingShingle Essay
Denning, Glenn
Kabambe, Patrick
Sanchez, Pedro
Malik, Alia
Flor, Rafael
Harawa, Rebbie
Nkhoma, Phelire
Zamba, Colleen
Banda, Clement
Magombo, Chrispin
Keating, Michael
Wangila, Justine
Sachs, Jeffrey
Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution
title Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution
title_full Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution
title_fullStr Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution
title_full_unstemmed Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution
title_short Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution
title_sort input subsidies to improve smallholder maize productivity in malawi: toward an african green revolution
topic Essay
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19175292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000023
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