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pro vyhledávání: '"Wilfred Mwangi"'
Autor:
Amsal Tarekegne, Wilfred Mwangi, Rodney Lunduka, Jill E. Cairns, Olaf Erenstein, Dan Makumbi, Cosmos Magorokosho, Thokozile Ndhlela, Edmore Gasura, Peter Setimela
Publikováno v:
Agronomy Journal. 109:406-417
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::1e5c7f397b4e94c728dd582bea815f6a
https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2015.0540
https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2015.0540
Autor:
Thomson Kalinda, Roberto La Rovere, Elias Kuntashula, Gelson Tembo, Wilfred Mwangi, Augustine S. Langyintuo
Publikováno v:
Current Research Journal of Social Sciences. 6:28-34
Maize is an important crop in the livelihood of Zambia’s most vulnerable populations. A huge challenge facing most of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries like Zambia is to increase maize productivity of smallholder farmers, which has remained very l
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::a13229259e704751178897dd2018336f
https://doi.org/10.19026/crjss.6.5563
https://doi.org/10.19026/crjss.6.5563
Autor:
John Dixon, Roberto La Rovere, John MacRobert, Genti Kostandini, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Wilfred Mwangi, Zhe Guo
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Developing Areas. 48:199-225
The potential impacts of investing in drought tolerant maize (DTM) in 13 countries of eastern, southern and western Africa were analyzed through an innovative economic surplus analysis framework, to identify where greatest economic returns and povert
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::f0589d5fb8a32e6db71371bf471321b6
https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0016
https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0016
Autor:
Wilfred Mwangi, Girma T. Kassie, Olaf Erenstein, John MacRobert, Peter Setimela, Bekele Shiferaw
Publikováno v:
Agrekon. 52:104-127
The seed industry in southern Africa (Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe) has three important features: first, dominance of the government as buyer and distributor of seed; second, a high market share and power of few seed companies; and
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::bd3bb56533148e929ce4410c10c4cae1
https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2013.798067
https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2013.798067
Autor:
John Dixon, Wilfred Mwangi, John MacRobert, Marianne Bänziger, Augustine S. Langyintuo, Alpha Diallo
Publikováno v:
Food Policy. 35:323-331
Following the liberalization and restructuring of the seed sector, the maize seed industry in eastern and southern Africa has witnessed a proliferation of private seed companies. Whereas the total number of registered maize seed companies in major ma
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::745363740984e598f4975a638bc4dc6d
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.01.005
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.01.005
Publikováno v:
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 32:35-47
This paper examines factors influencing the adoption of improved maize seeds and the use of inorganic fertilizer for maize production by farmers in the intermediate and lowland zones of Tanzania. The results indicate that availability of extension se
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https://doi.org/10.1017/s1074070800027802
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1074070800027802
Publikováno v:
Agrekon. 38:816-826
The changing structure of the maize seed industry and the impact of public and private maize breeding research in eastern and southern Africa were analyzed. The results provide evidence of the growing dominance of private seed companies and hybrids a
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::d8d8690e6144214c9aeaedef9b01064c
https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.1999.9524891
https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.1999.9524891
Autor:
Wilfred Mwangi
Publikováno v:
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 47:135-147
Up to the year 2000 and beyond, the population of SSA is expected to grow at a rate of more than 3% per year, while food production is likely to grow at a rate of 2% or less a year. Closing this gap and increasing food production will require intensi
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::29797c780c5ea625f29b507f62086cd2
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01991545
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01991545
Autor:
Ephraim Nkonya, Wilfred Mwangi
Publikováno v:
Eastern Africa Journal of Rural Development; Vol 20, No 1 (2004); 113-124
A survey of 126 farmers was conducted with the objective of evaluating the economic rationale for recycling hybrid maize seed in northern Tanzania. About 80% of the sample farmers recycled hybrid and open pollinated maize seeds for three to six years
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https://www.ajol.info/index.php/eajrd/article/view/28358
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/eajrd/article/view/28358