The Economics of Soil Fertility Management in Malawi

We estimated a normalized translog yield-response model using African farm-household survey data to compare the yield of smallholder maize production under integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) and chemical-based soil fertility management. Controlling for other factors, maize yield responses w...

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Main Authors: Sauer, Johannes, Tchale, Hardwick
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4915
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spelling okr-10986-49152021-04-23T14:02:20Z The Economics of Soil Fertility Management in Malawi Sauer, Johannes Tchale, Hardwick Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Agricultural R&D Agricultural Technology Agricultural Extension Services Q160 We estimated a normalized translog yield-response model using African farm-household survey data to compare the yield of smallholder maize production under integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) and chemical-based soil fertility management. Controlling for other factors, maize yield responses were higher under ISFM. Results suggest ISFM practices would significantly improve the profitability of smallholder maize production, especially under escalating fertilizer prices. 2012-03-30T07:30:22Z 2012-03-30T07:30:22Z 2009 Journal Article Review of Agricultural Economics 10587195 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4915 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Malawi
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topic Economic Development: Agriculture
Natural Resources
Energy
Environment
Other Primary Products O130
Land Ownership and Tenure
Land Reform
Land Use
Irrigation
Agriculture and Environment Q150
Agricultural R&D
Agricultural Technology
Agricultural Extension Services Q160
spellingShingle Economic Development: Agriculture
Natural Resources
Energy
Environment
Other Primary Products O130
Land Ownership and Tenure
Land Reform
Land Use
Irrigation
Agriculture and Environment Q150
Agricultural R&D
Agricultural Technology
Agricultural Extension Services Q160
Sauer, Johannes
Tchale, Hardwick
The Economics of Soil Fertility Management in Malawi
geographic_facet Malawi
relation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
description We estimated a normalized translog yield-response model using African farm-household survey data to compare the yield of smallholder maize production under integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) and chemical-based soil fertility management. Controlling for other factors, maize yield responses were higher under ISFM. Results suggest ISFM practices would significantly improve the profitability of smallholder maize production, especially under escalating fertilizer prices.
format Journal Article
author Sauer, Johannes
Tchale, Hardwick
author_facet Sauer, Johannes
Tchale, Hardwick
author_sort Sauer, Johannes
title The Economics of Soil Fertility Management in Malawi
title_short The Economics of Soil Fertility Management in Malawi
title_full The Economics of Soil Fertility Management in Malawi
title_fullStr The Economics of Soil Fertility Management in Malawi
title_full_unstemmed The Economics of Soil Fertility Management in Malawi
title_sort economics of soil fertility management in malawi
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4915
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