Comparing Yields and Profitability in MARD's High- and Low-Input Maize Programs 1997/98 Survey Results and Analysis

Julie Howard, José Jaime Jeje, Valerie Auserehl Kelly () and Duncan H. Boughton ()

No MZ-MINAG-FL-21E, International Development Collaborative Policy Briefs from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: This paper summarizes the results from data collected during the study’s second year, 1997/98. The analysis is based on a sample of 210 smallholder farmers in Nampula Province using three different sets of production practices: the DNER/Sasakawa- Global 2000 Program (DNER/SG) high-input package (improved open-pollinated maize, 100 kg/ha each 12-24-12 and urea fertilizer on credit); improved planting and weeding practices only (using local seed, without fertilizer); and a control group of farmers using traditional practices (no improved seed or fertilizer). The objectives of the research were to: describe the characteristics, input use patterns and yield response by group; analyze the relative contribution to yield of the different technologies, environmental factors, and management practices; and assess the profitability of the three different technology types at the farm level.

Keywords: food security; food policy; Mozambique; maize (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000

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