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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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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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description | 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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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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