The economic and poverty impacts of maize research in West and Central Africa

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 535-550

  Alene, Arega D ^a   Menkir, Abebe ^b   Ajala, S O ^b   Badu Apraku, B ^b   Olanrewaju, A S ^b   Manyong, V M ^c   Ndiaye, Abdou ^d  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Malawi)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE IITA   (Tanzania)

^d Institut Senegalais de Recherches AgrEcoles Dakar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Economic surplus; Maize research; Poverty reduction; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; INVESTMENT; MAIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SURVEYING;

AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 69549111244     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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