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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Blackie, nes & Malcolm J.,; Byerlee, Derek,; Byerlee,,; Eicher, Carl K.,; Fakorede, M. A. B.,; Hassan, Rashid M.,; Heisey, Paul W.,; Howard, Julie A.,; Jayne, Thomas S.,; Jewell, David,; Jiriyengwa, Share,; Jones, Richard B.,; Jones, Stephen,; Karanja, Daniel D.,; Kumwenda, John D. T.,; Kupfuma, Bernard,; Manyong, M. V.,; Marfa, Kofi,; Mukumbu, Mulinge,; Mungoma, Catherine,; Mwangi, Wilfred,; Rubey, Lawrence,; Rusike, Joseph,; Smale, Melinda,; Smith, Joyotee,; Snapp, Sieglinde S.,; Tripp, Robert,; Tschirley, David,; Waddington, Stephen R.,; Ward, Richard W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Byerlee, Derek,; Eicher, Carl K. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (306 p.)

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.

Table of 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