Assessing the impact of HYV maize in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe
High-yield varieties of maize have been widely adopted in Zimbabwe. Although germplasm from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system has been used in the development of hybrid maize varieties since Zimbabwe's independence, research and dissemination activities inv...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2007
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| author | Bourdillon, Michael Hebinck, Paul Hoddinott, John F. Kinsey, Bill Marondo, John Mudege, Netsayi Owens, Trudy |
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| description | High-yield varieties of maize have been widely adopted in Zimbabwe. Although germplasm from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system has been used in the development of hybrid maize varieties since Zimbabwe's independence, research and dissemination activities involved several organizations in both the public and private sectors. Further, even though adoption of earlier hybrids was widespread—in 1985, more than 85 percent of smallholder maize area was planted with hybrid maize and production doubled over the period 1979-85—rural poverty and child malnutrition remain endemic. Some observers argue that the gains from these hybrids have been concentrated in a few agroclimatic areas and that there has been little impact on child nutritional status. This argument has implications for policy debates not only about raising nutritional status within Zimbabwe but also for the CGIAR system, given its mandate to link improvements in agricultural technology to better nutrition. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1602802025-11-06T04:18:40Z Assessing the impact of HYV maize in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe Bourdillon, Michael Hebinck, Paul Hoddinott, John F. Kinsey, Bill Marondo, John Mudege, Netsayi Owens, Trudy agricultural research agriculture developing countries poverty human capital nutrition agricultural productivity assets anthropometry methods maize High-yield varieties of maize have been widely adopted in Zimbabwe. Although germplasm from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system has been used in the development of hybrid maize varieties since Zimbabwe's independence, research and dissemination activities involved several organizations in both the public and private sectors. Further, even though adoption of earlier hybrids was widespread—in 1985, more than 85 percent of smallholder maize area was planted with hybrid maize and production doubled over the period 1979-85—rural poverty and child malnutrition remain endemic. Some observers argue that the gains from these hybrids have been concentrated in a few agroclimatic areas and that there has been little impact on child nutritional status. This argument has implications for policy debates not only about raising nutritional status within Zimbabwe but also for the CGIAR system, given its mandate to link improvements in agricultural technology to better nutrition. 2007 2024-11-21T09:50:24Z 2024-11-21T09:50:24Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160280 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bourdillon, Michael; Hebinck, Paul; Hoddinott, John F.; Kinsey, Bill; Marondo, John; Mudege, Netsayi; Owens, Trudy. Assessing the impact of HYV maize in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe. Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160280 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural research agriculture developing countries poverty human capital nutrition agricultural productivity assets anthropometry methods maize Bourdillon, Michael Hebinck, Paul Hoddinott, John F. Kinsey, Bill Marondo, John Mudege, Netsayi Owens, Trudy Assessing the impact of HYV maize in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe |
| title | Assessing the impact of HYV maize in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Assessing the impact of HYV maize in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the impact of HYV maize in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the impact of HYV maize in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Assessing the impact of HYV maize in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | assessing the impact of hyv maize in resettlement areas of zimbabwe |
| topic | agricultural research agriculture developing countries poverty human capital nutrition agricultural productivity assets anthropometry methods maize |
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