Download or read book A Farming Systems Research Evaluation of Maize Production Practices in Southern Kwazulu written by Raymond Michael Brett Auerbach and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Maize as Food Feed and Fertiliser in Intensifying Crop livestock Systems in East and Southern Africa written by and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Analysis of the Economic Impact of Climate Change on Maize Production Under Different Farming Systems written by Bongiwe Goodness Nxumalo and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Risk Management for Maize Farmers in Drought Prone Areas of Southern Africa written by and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 1999 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book African Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Integrated Approaches to Higher Maize Productivity in the New Millennium written by and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 2004 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Annual Meeting of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Soil fertility research for maize based farming systems in Malawi and Zimbabwe written by Stephen R. Waddington and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The African Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book International Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nuances and Nuisances written by Leonard Rusinamhodzi and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia written by Benjamin Karikari and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-04-17 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Beyond Agricultural Impacts written by Nkulumo Zinyengere and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Agricultural Impacts: Multiple Perspectives on Climate Change in Africa presents the theories and methods commonly applied in climate change assessment from various locations in Africa, also inspiring further research that addresses the broad spectrum of societal impacts that result from altered climate status. Using case studies, the work provides insights into climate change impacts and adaptation with a lens on vulnerable groups in African agriculture, e.g. smallholder crop and livestock farmers, women and youth. The book also highlights areas of further interest in climate change and agriculture research in Africa, all done through views from multiple disciplines in the agriculture and climate change nexus. - Presents themes, theories, tools and methods for mitigating the impact of climate change in African agriculture - Highlights the research gaps and opportunities in research on climate change and agriculture - Uses examples and cases to provide insights into shaping future research - Provides insights from African countries, including Lesotho, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, Ghana and Cameroon

Download or read book Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa written by John Dixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge of Africa’s complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition security. This book systematically and comprehensively describes the characteristics, trends, drivers of change and strategic priorities for each of Africa’s fifteen farming systems and their main subsystems. It shows how a farming systems perspective can be used to identify pathways to household food security and poverty reduction, and how strategic interventions may need to differ from one farming system to another. In the analysis, emphasis is placed on understanding farming systems drivers of change, trends and strategic priorities for science and policy. Illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs throughout, the volume provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of Africa’s farming systems and pathways for the future to improve food and nutrition security. The book is an essential follow-up to the seminal work Farming Systems and Poverty by Dixon and colleagues for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Bank, published in 2001.

Download or read book Comparison of Agricultural Technologies and Risk Analysis of Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique written by Simon Mesfin Kidane and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines on understanding how maize yields and net returns associated with three farming systems; conventional method, basin planting and jab planting differ, and the extent to which conservation agricultural practices are preferred by risk averse farmers linked to agro-ecological factors, farmer resource endowments, and risk preferences of smallholder farmers in Mozambique. Conservation agriculture practices (CAP) is promoted in sub-Saharan Africa to improve water and soil conservation, improve household income and enhance family and national food security. CAP are based on three principles: minimizing soil disturbance by direct sowing of seeds into the soil, protecting soil with cover crops or crop residues, and intercropping and/or crop rotation The basins and jab planter practices are components of more general soil management CAP. Univariate and multivariate analysis of variance and risk analysis were used for ranking the farming technologies using on-farm trial data collected from 4 years (2008 -- 2011) of 632 farmers of the Central region of Mozambique by CIMMYT. A sensitivity analysis using a power utility function which allowed for certainty equivalent (CE) to vary depending on wealth endowments of producers was employed. Results suggest that residue cover and seeding maize using CAP basins or jab planter technology generate higher [per hectare] net returns and yields than conventional tillage practices across different elevations. The CAP technologies were risk preferred over the conventional farming method in different altitudes by the mean-variance criteria, and CE criteria across a range of risk aversion levels and at different levels of wealth. The results also suggest as risk premium associated with a technology increases, the tradeoff between wealth and risk increases. This thesis considers risk for analysis on partial budget. Further research on understanding the decisions in farming systems selections is necessary to consider those factors which are not captured by risk analysis such as household demographic differences, income sources, agricultural inputs and output markets, and availability of labor. All these factors can cause one farming system to be selected over another.

Download or read book Farmers Maize Production Practices and Adoption of Technologies in the Bako written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rural Development Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: