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Agricultural Research Impact Assessment; The Case Of Maize Technology Adoption In Southern Mali

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Boughton, Duncan
de Frahan, Bruno Henry

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Adoption of the improved maize package was particularly rapid during the period 1980-86 when an attractive guaranteed price was offered and extension activities were reinforced by a maize project that included the establishment of a seed multiplication program. Following cereal market price liberalization in 1986, maize prices fell and have been subject to considerable variability. Area has continued to expand, but farmers have greatly reduced fertilizer use, switched back to maize-late millet intercropping, and substituted early maturing varieties better suited to their own food security needs. The estimated internal rate of return (IRR) to investment in maize research and extension in southern Mali over the period 1969-90 is 135%. This high rate can be attributed to low research costs, and the high economic value of maize as an import substitute. Sensitivity analysis indicates that the IRR is robust with respect to adverse changes in assumptions concerning overvaluation of the exchange rate, research costs, extension costs, and area of improved maize. It is moderately sensitive to price and yield reductions. The high IRR achieved in the past to a focussed, integrated maize technology delivery system is not necessarily a guide to future returns. Market opportunities beyond assuring food security during the "hungry season" are limited due to the lack of low-cost processing technologies.

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Paper provided by Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics in its series Food Security III Papers with number 11428.

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Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies;

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