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Manda, J.Alene, Arega D.Gardebroek, C.Kassie, M.Tembo, G.[Adoption and impacts of sustainable agricultural practices on maize yields and incomes: evidence from rural Zambia]Adoption and impacts of sustainable agricultural practices on maize yields and incomes: evidence from rural Zambia

Using household survey data from a sample of 810 households, this paper analyses the determinants of children’s nutritional status and evaluates the impacts of improved maize varieties on child malnutrition in eastern Zambia. The paper uses an endogenous switching regression technique, combined w...


Manda, J.Gardebroek, C.Khonje, M.G.Alene, A.Mutenje, M.Kassie, M.[Determinants of child nutritional status in the eastern province of Zambia: the role of improved maize varieties]Determinants of child nutritional status in the eastern province of Zambia: the role of improved maize varieties

Conservation agriculture (CA) is a promising technology for controlling soil degradation, mitigating drought, increasing crop yield and reducing production costs. We hypothesized that adopting CA system would improve system productivity and efficiency, hence resulting in higher profits. To test t...


Micheni, A.N.Kanampiu, F.Kitonyo, O.Mburu, D.M.Mugai, E.N.Makumbi, DanKassie, M.[On-farm experimentation on conservation agriculture in maize-legume based cropping systems in Kenya: Water use efficiency and economic impacts]On-farm experimentation on conservation agriculture in maize-legume based cropping systems in Kenya: Water use efficiency and economic impacts

Maize became increasingly important in the food security of Ethiopia following the major drought and famine that occurred in 1984. More than 9 million smallholder house- holds, more than for any other crop in the country, grow maize in Ethiopia at present. Ethiopia has doubled its maize produc- t...


Abate, T.Shiferaw, B.Menkir, A.Wegary, D.Kebede, Y.Tesfaye, K.Kassie, M.Bogale, G.Tadesse, B.Keno, T.[Factors that transformed maize productivity in Ethiopia]Factors that transformed maize productivity in Ethiopia

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