Input subsidies to improve smallholder maize productivity in Malawi: toward an african green revolution

PLoS Biol. 2009 Jan 27;7(1):e23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000023.

Abstract

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 types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agriculture / methods*
  • Agriculture / organization & administration
  • Agriculture / trends
  • Conservation of Natural Resources / economics
  • Conservation of Natural Resources / methods*
  • Conservation of Natural Resources / trends
  • Crops, Agricultural*
  • Efficiency
  • Fertilizers / statistics & numerical data
  • Financing, Government*
  • Food Supply / economics*
  • Humans
  • Malawi
  • Zea mays*

Substances

  • Fertilizers