Improved Maize Benefits Millions of Africa's Poor
Modern maize varieties represented less than 5% of the maize area in the 1970s but accounted for about 60% in 2005. - According to FAO data, yields increased from as low as 0.88 t/ha in 1971 to over 2 t/ha in 2005, with an average growth rate of 2% per year; the area of land sown to maize increased...
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CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment
2010
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128888 |
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