Boosting African farm yields / Michael Fleshman.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Fleshman, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 pages)

Contained In:

Africa Renewal Vol. 20, no. 2, p. 10-12 20:2<10 2517-9829

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2006.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Emily Miyanda is luckier than most farmers in hunger-plagued Zambia. With 6 hectares of irrigated land only a dozen kilometres from the capital, Ms. Miyanda produces maize and vegetables for the big Lusaka market. She hires her neighbours to help with planting and harvesting. But even with those advantages, she is squeezed between the high costs of what she needs to buy and the low prices her produce fetches at market. "We'd like some government support in buying seeds and fertilizer," Ms. Miyanda told the BBC earlier this year. "That would make life easier."

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