Amazing maize in Malawi: Input subsidies, factor productivity and land use intensification
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Keywords
Maize; Malawi; improved varieties; input subsidies; fertilizer use efficiency; land productivity; farming system changes;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
- Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2013-05-05 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2013-05-05 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-EFF-2013-05-05 (Efficiency and Productivity)
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