Can agricultural input subsidies reduce the gender gap in modern maize adoption? Evidence from Malawi

Food Policy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-111

  Fisher, Monica ^a   Kandiwa, Vongai ^b  

^a International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Agricultural input subsidies; Gender; Maize; Malawi; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894237911     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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