Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution

Recent hikes in food prices have created economic and social turmoil in many African countries. But in Malawi, fertilizer and seed subsidies have enabled small-scale farmers to improve maize productivity and achieve food security.

• Publication year

  2009

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  PLoS Biology

• Publication date

  2009-01-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology, Economics, Environmental Science, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000023PMID 19175292PMCID 2631071
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