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_aHurley, T. _94311 |
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_aWeather risk : _bhow does it change the yield benefits of nitrogen fertilizer and improved maize varieties in sub-Saharan Africa? |
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_aWashington, D.C. (USA) : _bInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), _c2016. |
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| 300 | _a39 pages | ||
| 500 | _aWorking paper | ||
| 500 | _aOpen Access | ||
| 520 | _aThe purpose of this research was to explore how weather risk affects the value of nitrogen fertilizer use and improved seed variety adoption to Sub-Saharan African (SSA) maize farmers. It contributes to the literature by providing additional broad support for the hypothesis that low rates of fertilizer use and improved seed variety adoption can be attributed to the fact that the SSA landscape is heterogeneous, so fertilizer and improved seed are not always advantageous, especially when considering the potentially high cost to farmers of obtaining fertilizer and improved seed. The analysis finds a synergy between nitrogen fertilizer and improve seed varieties. While the benefits of nitrogen tend to increase overtime without improved seed varieties and the benefits of improved seed varieties tend to decrease overtime without nitrogen, combining the two provides more sustained productivity benefits. Therefore, securing both nitrogen use and improved variety adoption is important for promoting sustained productivity increases across most of SSA. The research also contributes to the literature a methodology for calculating willingness to pay bounds that assess the importance of farmers’ risk tolerances as a barrier to fertilizer use or improved seed variety adoption. | ||
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| 546 | _aText in English | ||
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_aNitrogen fertilizers _91190 _2AGROVOC |
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_aMaize _gAGROVOC _2 _91173 |
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_aYields _91313 _2AGROVOC |
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_2AGROVOC _91950 _aAfrica South of Sahara |
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_94313 _aKoo, J. |
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_aFantaye, K.T. _gSocioeconomics Program _gSustainable Agrifood Systems _8INT3458 _9956 |
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_yOpen Access through DSpace _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/21475 |
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