Maize technology in Malawi: a green revolution in the making?
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| adam_text | Titel: Maize technology in Malawi
Autor: Heisey, Paul W.
Jahr: 1995
Contents
Page
iv Tables
v Illustrations
vi Glossary of Technical and Chkhewa Terms
viii Acronyms and Abbreviations
ix Acknowledgments
xi Preface
xiii Executive Summary
xix Resumen
1 Chapter 1. Introduction
2 Malawi s Smallholder Maize Production
3 Malawi in the Regional Context
5 Chapter 2. Maize in Malawi s Agricultural Economy
5 The Resource Base
7 Land Scarcity and the Need for Technological Change in Agriculture
10 Aggregate Trends in the Maize Subsector
13 Agricultural Prices
15 Marketing and Input Supply Institutions
17 Chapter 3. The Historical and Social Context of Maize Production in Malawi
17 Historical Factors
18 The Cultural Significance of Local Maize Varieties
21 Chapter 4. Maize Research in Malawi
21 Maize Breeding
24 Soil Fertility and Other Crop Management Research
27 Summary of Past Research Efforts
29 Current Research Emphases
31 Chapter 5. Changes in Maize Production Practices over Time
31 Yield and Economic Potential of Improved Maize Technology
35 Introduction of Improved Seed
40 Fertilizer
43 Other Practices
47 Implications for Aggregate Maize Yields
50 Chapter 6. Future Directions
50 Maize and Other Agricultural Research Priorities
52 Research Directions for Maize
55 Social Science Research
56 Maize Research and the General Agricultural Policy Environment
60 Chapter 7. Conclusions
63 References
Tables
Page
4 Table 1.1.
31 Table 5.1.
33 Table 5.2.
34 Table 5.3.
37 Table 5.4.
38 Table 5.5.
39 Table 5.6.
40 Table 5.7.
42 Table 5.8.
42 Table 5.9.
43 Table 5.10.
46 Table 5.11.
48 Table 5.12.
Maize as a percentage of calories in the human diet, Eastern and Southern Africa
National Maize Variety Trial yields (t/ha) for current commercial hybrids
Unadjusted mean yields (t/ha) of local and hybrid maize in normal years and
a drought year, MOA/UNDP/FAO Fertilizer Demonstration Program, Malawi
Partial budget analysis, MOA/UNDP/FAO Fertilizer Development Program,
Malawi
Hybrid maize as a percentage of all smallholder maize area and output, by
Agricultural Development Division (ADD) and for Malawi as a whole, 1980s
through early 1990s
Estimates of total smallholder area (000 ha) planted to different types of hybrid
maize
Percentage of smallholders growing hybrid maize in five Agricultural
Development Divisions (ADDs), Malawi, 1980/81 to 1990/91
Percentage of smallholders growing hybrids, by (arm size, in the Agricultural
Development Divisions (ADDs), Malawi
Percentage of aggregate maize area that is fertilized, by Agricultural
Development Division (ADD) and for Malawi as a whole, 1980/81 to 1990/91
Mean nitrogen application rates (kg/ha N) on local and hybrid maize in five
Agricultural Development Divisions (ADDs), Malawi, 1985/86 to 1990/91
Percentage of aggregate maize area that follows maize or maize intercrop (MI),
or fallow or rotation crop (FR), in five Agricultural Development Divisions
(ADDs), Malawi, 1985/86 to 1989/90
Percentage of aggregate maize area planted with one or more intercrops in five
Agricultural Development Divisions (ADDs) and in Malawi as a whole,
various years
Percentage of aggregate maize area weeded early in five Agricultural
Development Divisions (ADDs) and in Malawi as a whole, various years
IV
Illustrations
Page
3 Figure 1.1.
4 Figure 1.2.
4 Figure 1.3.
S Figure 2.1.
10 Figure 2.2.
11 Figure 2.3.
11 Figure 2.4.
11 Figure 2.5.
11 Figure 2.6.
12 Figure 2.7.
13 Figure 2.8.
13 Figure 2.9.
14 Figure 2.10
22 Figure 4.1.
33 Figure 5.1.
36 Figure 5.2.
41 Figure 5.3.
44 Figure 5.4.
44 Figure 5.5.
Population density and maize growing environment, Malawi and other
countries
Aggregate use of hybrid maize and fertilizer used on all maize, Eastern and
Southern Africa
Maize yields and yield variation, Eastern and Southern Africa
Cumulative distributions of land holding size for Malawian smallholders (1969,
1981,1990)
Aggregate yields of local maize, Malawi
Maize production in Malawi, 1961-95
Maize area in Malawi, 1961-95
Maize yields in Malawi, 1961-95
Per capita maize production and utilization, Malawi, 1960s to 1990s
Real wage, Malawi, 1954-89
Groundnut/maize price ratio, Malawi, 1971-94
Hybrid maize seed/grain price ratio, Malawi, 1981-95
Nitrogen/maize price ratio (weighted), Malawi, 1970-95
Key junctures in maize research and improved maize materials (both locally
bred and imported) released in Malawi, 1954-90
Cumulative yield distributions for unfertilized hybrid and unfertilized local
maize, Malawi, 1991/92
Hybrid maize diffusion, Malawi, 1981-95
Fertilizer sales to smallholders, Malawi, 1973-94
Spatial variation in planting dates for unfertilized local maize in five
Agricultural Development Divisions (ADDs), Malawi, 1988/89
Variation in planting dates for different kinds of maize technology, Kasungu
Agricultural Development Division, Malawi, 1988/89
6 Map 2.1. Agroecological zones for maize production, Malawi
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