Can risk-aversion towards fertilizer explain part of the non-adoption puzzle for hybrid maize? Empirical evidence from Malawi

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1490-1498

  Simtowe, Franklin ^a,b   Mduma, John ^c   Phiri, Alexander ^b   Thomas, Alban ^d   Zeller, Manfred ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption; Fertilizer; Hybrid maize; Malawi; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; FINANCIAL CAPITAL; HYBRID MAIZE; INPUT DISTRIBUTIONS; MALAWI; PROFIT DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK AVERSION; RISK PREFERENCE;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750497793     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.1490.1498     Document Type: Article

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