TY  - BK
AU  - Kaliba,A.R.M.
AU  - Anandajayasekeram,P.
AU  - Byamungu,D.A.
AU  - Moshi,A.J.
AU  - Mwangi,W.M.
AU  - Verkuijl,H.
ED  - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico DF (Mexico)
TI  - Adoption of maize production technologies in Western Tanzania
SN  - 970-648-016-1
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Mexico, DF (Mexico)
PB  - CIMMYT *The United Republic of Tanzania *SACCAR, 
KW  - Credit policies
KW  - Crop management
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Cropping patterns
KW  - Cropping systems
KW  - Cultivation
KW  - Demography
KW  - Development policies
KW  - Diffusion of research
KW  - Disease control
KW  - Drought resistance
KW  - Economic analysis
KW  - Economic viability
KW  - Environments
KW  - Extension activities
KW  - Fertilizer application
KW  - Harvesting
KW  - Highlands
KW  - Innovation adoption
KW  - Inorganic fertilizers
KW  - Input output analysis
KW  - Land resources
KW  - Land use
KW  - Lowland
KW  - Maize
KW  - Marketing policies
KW  - Mechanization
KW  - Pest control
KW  - Pest resistance
KW  - Plant production
KW  - Plant water relations
KW  - Planting date
KW  - Prices
KW  - Production economics
KW  - Production factors
KW  - Research projects
KW  - Seed industry
KW  - Seed production
KW  - Shelling
KW  - Small farms
KW  - Socioeconomic environment
KW  - Spacing
KW  - Statistical analysis
KW  - Stem eating insects
KW  - Storage
KW  - Tanzania
KW  - Technology transfer
KW  - Transport
KW  - Varieties
KW  - Weed control
KW  - Yield increases
KW  - Zea mays
KW  - Soil fertility
KW  - Yields
KW  - Plant breeding
KW  - Agroecological zones
KW  - CIMMYT
KW  - Ministry of Agriculture, Research and Training Institute
KW  - Probit analysis
KW  - Rainfall zone
KW  - SACCAR
KW  - Tobit analysis
KW  - Western Tanzania
N2  - This study of the adoption of maize production technologies in Western Tanzania forms part of a larger study to evaluate the impact of maize research and extension throughout Tanzania over the past 20 years. Using a structured questionnaire, researchers and extension officers interviewed farmers in June-November 1995. Survey data were grouped by agroecological zone into the high rainfall zone and low rainfall zone. A two-stage least squares procedure was used to analyze factors affecting farmers' allocation of land to improved maize varieties and use of inorganic fertilizer across zones. The analysis showed that extension, short-maturing varieties, and rainfall were significant factors affecting the proportion of land allocated to improved maize. Extension increased the probability of allocating land at the means by about 30%. Short-maturing maize varieties increased the probability of allocating land at the means by about 24%. Farmers in the high rainfall zone are 14% less likely to allocate land to improved maize. An increase in the wealth index by one unit increased the probability of using fertilizer by 13%. Research should give priority to developing or screening varieties that yield well and tolerate drought stress and field pests, especially stalk borers. Flexible integrated management packages that combine a drought-tolerant variety with improved cultural practices such as timely planting and weeding can increase yields. More research should be directed to strategies for improving soil fertility and soil conservation, because the use of chemical fertilizer is likely to remain low in the foreseeable future. Extension should direct more effort toward appropriate soil fertility recommendations. An efficient marketing system for inputs and outputs will benefit farmers by paying higher practices for maize and reducing the cost of fertilizer. Studies on the economics of seed and fertilizer use should also be undertaken , especially now that input and output markets have been liberalized. In collaboration with the government and other stakeholders, the formal credit system needs to address the credit problems faced by small-scale farmers
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10883/963
ER  -