Soil Fertility, Fertilizer, and the Maize Green Revolution in East Africa

Soil Fertility, Fertilizer, and the Maize Green Revolution in East Africa

This paper investigates the reasons for the low application of external fertilizers on farms in Kenya and Uganda. The analysis uses a large panel of household data with rich soil fertility data at the plot level. The authors control for maize seed...

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Main Authors: Matsumoto, Tomoya, Yamano, Takashi
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
AGROFORESTRY
ANIMALS
CARBON CONTENT
CEREAL CROPS
CEREALS
CHEMICAL FERTILIZER
CLIMATE
CO
CROP
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP RESIDUE
CROPPING
CROPPING SYSTEMS
CROPS
DAP
ECOSYSTEMS
EXTERNAL INPUTS
FARM
FARM HOUSEHOLDS
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMS
FERTILIZER
FERTILIZER APPLICATION
FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS
FERTILIZER MARKET
FERTILIZER RESEARCH
FERTILIZER TYPE
FERTILIZER USE
FERTILIZERS
FOOD CROP
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD RESEARCH
GREEN REVOLUTION
GROWTH IN AGRICULTURE
HARVESTING
HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND USE
MAIZE
MAIZE FARMERS
MAIZE PRODUCTION
MAIZE PRODUCTIVITY
MAIZE REVOLUTION
MAIZE SEED
MAIZE TECHNOLOGY
MAIZE YIELDS
MANURES
MARKET DEVELOPMENT
MARKETING COSTS
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NITROGEN
NITROGEN CONTENT
NITROGEN FERTILIZER
NUTRIENTS
ORGANIC MATTER
PH
PRODUCE
RAIN
RAINFALL
REFLECTANCE
RICE
SEED
SEED SELECTION
SEED TYPES
SEEDS
SMALL FARM
SOIL CARBON
SOIL CHARACTERISTICS
SOIL FERTILITY
SOIL QUALITY
SOILS
WEATHER CONDITIONS
YIELDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11531939/soil-fertility-fertilizer-maize-green-revolution-east-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19960

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11531939/soil-fertility-fertilizer-maize-green-revolution-east-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19960

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