Challenges for sustainable maize production of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

Disparate access to quality land and fertilizers explain Malawi’s gender yield gap

(2021) William J. Burke et al.   FOOD POLICY

Variability in yield responses, physiological use efficiencies and recovery fractions of fertilizer use in maize in Ethiopia

(2021) Workneh Bekere Kenea et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Beat the stress: breeding for climate resilience in maize for the tropical rainfed environments

(2021) Boddupalli M. Prasanna et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

The role of active soil carbon in influencing the profitability of fertilizer use: Empirical evidence from smallholder maize plots in Tanzania

(2021) Jordan Chamberlin et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

The nutritional quality of cereals varies geospatially in Ethiopia and Malawi

(2021) D. Gashu et al.   NATURE

Multinutrient Biofortification of Maize (Zea mays L.) in Africa: Current Status, Opportunities and Limitations

(2021) Nakai Goredema-Matongera et al.   Nutrients

Nitrogen rate impacts on tropical maize nitrogen use efficiency and soil nitrogen depletion in eastern and southern Africa

(2020) Heather R. Pasley et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Sticking with the old seed: Input value chains and the challenges to deliver genetic gains to smallholder maize farmers

(2020) Pieter Rutsaert et al.   OUTLOOK ON AGRICULTURE

Spatial variation in fertilizer prices in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2020) Camila Bonilla Cedrez et al.   PLoS One

Drought Risk to Agricultural Systems in Zimbabwe: A Spatial Analysis of Hazard, Exposure, and Vulnerability

(2020) Janna Frischen et al.   Sustainability

Science-based decision support for formulating crop fertilizer recommendations in sub-Saharan Africa

(2020) Jairos Rurinda et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Information and Communication Technologies to Provide Agricultural Advice to Smallholder Farmers : Experimental Evidence from Uganda

(2020) Bjorn Van Campenhout et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

An interdisciplinary and participatory methodology to improve user acceptability of root, tuber and banana varieties

(2020) Lora Forsythe et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

One Size Fits All? Experimental Evidence on the Digital Delivery of Personalized Extension Advice in Nigeria

(2020) Aminou Arouna et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Fertilizer profitability for smallholder maize farmers in Tanzania: A spatially-explicit ex ante analysis

(2020) Sebastian Palmas et al.   PLoS One

Reconciling yield gains in agronomic trials with returns under African smallholder conditions

(2020) Rachid Laajaj et al.   Scientific Reports

Closing maize yield gaps in sub-Saharan Africa will boost soil N2O emissions

(2020) Sonja Leitner et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Smallholders’ coping mechanisms with wheat rust epidemics: Lessons from Ethiopia

(2019) Moti Jaleta et al.   PLoS One

Effects of Drought and Low Nitrogen Stress on Provitamin A Carotenoid Content of Biofortified Maize Hybrids

(2019) Yadhira Ortiz-Covarrubias et al.   CROP SCIENCE

On-farm performance and farmers’ participatory assessment of new stress-tolerant maize hybrids in Eastern Africa

(2019) Mosisa Worku et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Realizing the potential of digital development: The case of agricultural advice

(2019) Raissa Fabregas et al.   SCIENCE

Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction

(2018) James Hansen et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Female access to fertile land and other inputs in Zambia: why women get lower yields

(2018) William J. Burke et al.   AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES

Developing and deploying climate-resilient maize varieties in the developing world

(2018) Jill E Cairns et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Review: Taking stock of Africa’s second-generation agricultural input subsidy programs

(2018) Thomas S. Jayne et al.   FOOD POLICY

An Assessment of Experimental Evidence on Agricultural Technology Adoption in Developing Countries

(2018) Jeremy R. Magruder   Annual Review of Resource Economics

Fertilizer and sustainable intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2018) Stein T. Holden   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Carotenoid and Tocochromanol Profiles during Kernel Development Make Consumption of Biofortified “Fresh” Maize an Option to Improve Micronutrient Nutrition

(2018) Luisa Cabrera-Soto et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Uncertainties of potentials and recent changes in global yields of major crops resulting from census- and satellite-based yield datasets at multiple resolutions

(2018) Toshichika Iizumi et al.   PLoS One

Constraints in the fertilizer supply chain: evidence for fertilizer policy development from three African countries

(2018) Todd Benson et al.   Food Security

Ten striking facts about agricultural input use in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2017) Megan Sheahan et al.   FOOD POLICY

Gender and inorganic nitrogen: what are the implications of moving towards a more balanced use of nitrogen fertilizer in the tropics?

(2017) Cathy Rozel Farnworth et al.   International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Maize yield response, nitrogen use efficiency and financial returns to fertilizer on smallholder farms in southern Africa

(2017) Bashir Jama et al.   Food Security

Index Insurance for Developing Country Agriculture: A Reassessment

(2017) Michael Carter et al.   Annual Review of Resource Economics

Agronomic biofortification of crops to fight hidden hunger in sub-Saharan Africa

(2017) A.W. de Valença et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016

(2017) Howarth E. Bouis et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Rapid breeding and varietal replacement are critical to adaptation of cropping systems in the developing world to climate change

(2017) Gary N. Atlin et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Factors explaining the low and variable profitability of fertilizer application to maize in Zambia

(2016) William J. Burke et al.   AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?

(2016) Martin K. van Ittersum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Maize response to macronutrients and potential for profitability in sub-Saharan Africa

(2015) J. Kihara et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Factors that transformed maize productivity in Ethiopia

(2015) Tsedeke Abate et al.   Food Security

Producing more grain with lower environmental costs

(2014) Xinping Chen et al.   NATURE

A fourth principle is required to define Conservation Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: The appropriate use of fertilizer to enhance crop productivity

(2013) B. Vanlauwe et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Could farmer interest in a diversity of seed attributes explain adoption plateaus for modern maize varieties in Malawi?

(2012) Rodney Lunduka et al.   FOOD POLICY

Selection and Comparative Advantage in Technology Adoption

(2011)   ECONOMETRICA

Yield gaps, nutrient use efficiencies and response to fertilisers by maize across heterogeneous smallholder farms of western Kenya

(2008) P. Tittonell et al.   PLANT AND SOIL