Performance and adoption factors for open pollinated and hybrid maize varieties: Evidence from farmers’ fields in northern Ghana

Maize is the most widely grown starch in Ghana, and yet domestic supply does not meet demand, because maize productivity is low. Trials were performed in northern Ghana in 2015 to determine whether hybrid varieties would outperform the varieties planted by farmers and, therefore, increase maize prod...

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Main Authors: van Asselt, Joanna, DI Battista, Federica, Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Udry, Christopher R., Baker, Nate
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145537

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