Africa’s Emerging Maize Revolution / ed. by Carl K. Eicher, Derek Byerlee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blackie, nes & Malcolm J., Contributor.

Byerlee, Derek, Contributor.

Byerlee, Derek, Editor.

Byerlee,, Contributor.

Eicher, Carl K., Editor.

Eicher, Carl K., Contributor.

Fakorede, M. A. B., Contributor.

Hassan, Rashid M., Contributor.

Heisey, Paul W., Contributor.

Howard, Julie A., Contributor.

Jayne, Thomas S., Contributor.

Jewell, David, Contributor.

Jiriyengwa, Share, Contributor.

Jones, Richard B., Contributor.

Jones, Stephen, Contributor.

Karanja, Daniel D., Contributor.

Kumwenda, John D. T., Contributor.

Kupfuma, Bernard, Contributor.

Manyong, M. V., Contributor.

Marfa, Kofi, Contributor.

Mukumbu, Mulinge, Contributor.

Mungoma, Catherine, Contributor.

Mwangi, Wilfred, Contributor.

Rubey, Lawrence, Contributor.

Rusike, Joseph, Contributor.

Smale, Melinda, Contributor.

Smith, Joyotee, Contributor.

Snapp, Sieglinde S., Contributor.

Tripp, Robert, Contributor.

Tschirley, David, Contributor.

Waddington, Stephen R., Contributor.

Ward, Richard W., Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A comprehensive study of maize production in Africa, including in-depth discussions of Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and also broader-based studies of research and extension, soil fertility, seed distribution, fertilizer, and marketing and processing.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

Part 1. The Maize Economy of Africa

1. Introduction: Africa's Food Crisis

2. Evolution of the African Maize Economy

Part 2. Country Studies

3. Zimbabwe's Emerging Maize Revolution

4. Zambia's Stop-and-Go Maize Revolution

5. Maize Technology and Productivity in Malawi

6. Increasing Maize Production in Kenya: Technology, Institutions, and Policy

7. Maize Technology Development in Ghana During Economic Decline and Recovery

8. Fostering Sustainable Increases in Maize Productivity in Nigeria

Part 3. Technology, Institutions & Policy

9. The Technological Foundation of the Revolution

10. Maize Research Priorities: The Role of Consumer Preferences

11. Soil Fertility Management in Southern Africa

12. Institutional Innovations in the Maize Seed Industry

13. Fertilizer Use and Maize Production

14 Maize Marketing and Pricing Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa

Part 4. Conclusions

15 Accelerating Maize Production: Synthesis

Acronyms and Abbreviations

References

Contributors

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-421-4

OCLC:

1334344493