Moving in the right direction? Maize productivity and fertilizer use and use intensity in Ghana
Using cross-sectional data on 630 maize farmers and 645 maize plots in Ghana, this paper provides empirical evidence on the responsiveness of maize yield to fertilizer use and use intensity and the economics of fertilizer use with or without subsidy. Similar to previous studies in Ghana and Africa s...
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| author | Chapoto, Antony Ragasa, Catherine |
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| description | Using cross-sectional data on 630 maize farmers and 645 maize plots in Ghana, this paper provides empirical evidence on the responsiveness of maize yield to fertilizer use and use intensity and the economics of fertilizer use with or without subsidy. Similar to previous studies in Ghana and Africa south of the Sahara, the results show that there is a statistically significant maize yield response (that is, 1 kilogram of nitrogen leads to a yield increase of 22 kilograms per hectare). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1537582025-11-06T05:06:27Z Moving in the right direction? Maize productivity and fertilizer use and use intensity in Ghana Chapoto, Antony Ragasa, Catherine fertilizers yields productivity profitability fertilizer application yield response factors Using cross-sectional data on 630 maize farmers and 645 maize plots in Ghana, this paper provides empirical evidence on the responsiveness of maize yield to fertilizer use and use intensity and the economics of fertilizer use with or without subsidy. Similar to previous studies in Ghana and Africa south of the Sahara, the results show that there is a statistically significant maize yield response (that is, 1 kilogram of nitrogen leads to a yield increase of 22 kilograms per hectare). 2013 2024-10-01T13:57:30Z 2024-10-01T13:57:30Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153758 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Chapoto, Antony and Ragasa, Catherine. 2013. Moving in the Right Direction? Maize Productivity and Fertilizer Use and Use Intensity in Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1314. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153758 |
| spellingShingle | fertilizers yields productivity profitability fertilizer application yield response factors Chapoto, Antony Ragasa, Catherine Moving in the right direction? Maize productivity and fertilizer use and use intensity in Ghana |
| title | Moving in the right direction? Maize productivity and fertilizer use and use intensity in Ghana |
| title_full | Moving in the right direction? Maize productivity and fertilizer use and use intensity in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Moving in the right direction? Maize productivity and fertilizer use and use intensity in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Moving in the right direction? Maize productivity and fertilizer use and use intensity in Ghana |
| title_short | Moving in the right direction? Maize productivity and fertilizer use and use intensity in Ghana |
| title_sort | moving in the right direction maize productivity and fertilizer use and use intensity in ghana |
| topic | fertilizers yields productivity profitability fertilizer application yield response factors |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153758 |
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