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Determinants Of Fertilizer Adoption By African Farmers: Policy Analysis Framework, Illustrative Evidence, And Implications

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Reardon, Thomas
Kelly, Valerie
Yanggen, David
Crawford, Eric W.

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Paper provided by Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics in its series Staff Papers with number 11779.

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  1. David Weight & Valerie Kelly, 1999. "Fertilizer Impacts on Soils and Crops of Sub-Saharan Africa," International Development Papers 21, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  2. Anwwar Nassem & Valerie Kelly, 1999. "Macro Trends and Determinates of Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa," International Development Working Papers 73, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Shiferaw, Bekele & Holden, Stein T., 1998. "Resource degradation and adoption of land conservation technologies in the Ethiopian Highlands: A case study in Andit Tid, North Shewa," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 18(3), pages 233-247, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Daniel C. Clay & Fidele Byiringiro & Jaakko Kangasniemi & Thomas Reardon & Bosco Sibomana & Laurence Uwamariya & David Tardif-Douglin, 1995. "Promoting Food Security in Rwanda Through Sustainable Agricultural Productivity: Meeting the Challenges of Population Pressure, Land Degradation, and Poverty," International Development Papers 17, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Rauniyar, Ganesh P. & Goode, Frank M., 1992. "Technology adoption on small farms," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 20(2), pages 275-282, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Kelly, Valerie & Reardon, Thomas & Yanggen, David & Naseem, Anwar, 1998. "Fertilizer In Sub-Saharan Africa: Breaking The Vicious Circle Of High Prices And Low Demand," Food Security III Papers 11449, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Valerie Kelly & Bocar Diagana & Thomas Reardon & Matar Gaye & Eric Crawford, 1996. "Cash Crop and Foodgrain Productivity in Senegal: Historical View, New Survey Evidence, and Policy Implications," International Development Papers 20, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  8. Ephraim Nkonya & Ted Schroeder & David Norman, 1997. "Factors Affecting Adoption Of Improved Maize Seed And Fertiliser In Northern Tanzania," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 48(1-3), pages 1-12. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  9. Adesina, Akinwumi A. & Baidu-Forson, Jojo, 1995. "Farmers' perceptions and adoption of new agricultural technology: evidence from analysis in Burkina Faso and Guinea, West Africa," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  10. Rusike, Joseph & Reardon, Thomas & Howard, Julie & Kelly, Valerie, 1998. "Developing Cereal-Based Demand For Fertilizer Among Smallholders In Southern Africa: Lessons Learned And Implications For Other African Regions," Food Security III Papers 11344, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  11. Clay, Daniel & Reardon, Thomas & Kangasniemi, Jaakko, 1998. "Sustainable Intensification in the Highland Tropics: Rwandan Farmers' Investments in Land Conservation and Soil Fertility," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 46(2), pages 351-77, January.
  12. Joseph Rusike & Thomas Reardon & Julie Howard & Valerie Kelly, 1998. "Cereal-based Demand for Fertilizer Among Smallholders in Southern Africa: Lessons Learned and Implications for Other African Regions," International Development Policy Syntheses 30, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  13. Savadogo, Kimseyinga & Reardon, Thomas & Pietola, Kyosti, 1995. "Mechanization and Agricultural Supply Response in the Sahel: A Farm-Level Profit Function Analysis," Journal of African Economies, Oxford University Press, vol. 4(3), pages 336-77, December.
  14. Gladwin, Christina H., 1992. "Gendered impacts of fertilizer subsidy removal programs in Malawi and Cameroon," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 7(2), pages 141-153, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  15. David Weight & Valerie Kelly, 1998. "Restoring Soil Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Technical and Economic Issues," International Development Policy Syntheses 37, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Minot, Nicholas & Kherallah, Mylène & Berry, Philippe, 2000. "Fertilizer market reform and the determinants of fertilizer use in Benin and Malawi," MTID discussion papers 40, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
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  2. Wobst, Peter & Tchale, Hardwick & Frohberg, Klaus, 2004. "Soil Fertility Management Choice in the Maize-Based Smallholder Farming System in Malawi," 2004 Inaugural Symposium, December 6-8, 2004, Nairobi, Kenya 9524, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE). [Downloadable!]
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