Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa: Current Issues and Empirical Evidence from Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya

Isaac J. Minde, Thomas Jayne (), Eric Crawford (), Joshua Ariga and Jones Govereh

No 54934, Food Security Collaborative Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: It is generally agreed that increasing agricultural productivity is critical to stimulating the rate of economic growth in Africa. There are many important and often complementary determinants of agricultural productivity. In this paper, we focus on fertilizer, without intending to imply that it is the only or most significant productivity determinants. Other key factors are seed technology, adequate water availability, labor, agronomic and other farmer management practices, and choice of crops to grow.

Keywords: Crop; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 2008-11
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.54934

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