This study used a three-year panel dataset for 350 Malawian farm households to examine the potential for widespread adoption of drought tolerant (DT) maize varieties, a technology that holds considerable promise for helping smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) adapt to drought risk. Regression results revealed that DT maize cultivation...
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), “maize is life,” due to its importance to food security and economic wellbeing. Around 40% of Africa’s maize-growing area faces occasional drought stress, resulting in yield losses of 10–25%. Around 25% of the maize crop suffers frequent drought, with losses of up to half the harvest....
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, AlemuT, Yusuf M (2009) Determinants of farmers’ choice of adaptation
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