A technology outreach campaign targeting small-scale maize producers in eastern DR Congo
The African Agricultural Leadership Institute launched an outreach campaign to benefit smallholder maize farmers in the Ruzizi Plain and DR Congo. Packages of production inputs for 0.25 ha of maize were distributed to 2185 registered farmers. The campaign resulted in average yields of 2736 kg per ha...
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| author | Woomer, P. Luc, B. Bisomerine, C. |
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| description | The African Agricultural Leadership Institute launched an outreach campaign to benefit smallholder maize farmers in the Ruzizi Plain and DR Congo. Packages of production inputs for 0.25 ha of maize were distributed to 2185 registered farmers. The campaign resulted in average yields of 2736 kg per ha, with a net yield of $900 per hectare and a benefit-cost ratio of $3.72 per dollar invested. The campaign covered 546 ha at a cost of $181,030, or $83 per household. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1743722025-11-11T11:06:29Z A technology outreach campaign targeting small-scale maize producers in eastern DR Congo Woomer, P. Luc, B. Bisomerine, C. agricultural transformation democratic republic of the congo extension activities food security farming systems The African Agricultural Leadership Institute launched an outreach campaign to benefit smallholder maize farmers in the Ruzizi Plain and DR Congo. Packages of production inputs for 0.25 ha of maize were distributed to 2185 registered farmers. The campaign resulted in average yields of 2736 kg per ha, with a net yield of $900 per hectare and a benefit-cost ratio of $3.72 per dollar invested. The campaign covered 546 ha at a cost of $181,030, or $83 per household. 2024-01 2025-04-29T11:15:52Z 2025-04-29T11:15:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174372 en Open Access application/pdf Woomer, P., Luc, B. & Bisomerine, C. (2024). A technology outreach campaign targeting small-scale maize producers in eastern DR Congo. African Journal of Rural Development, 9(1), 65-74. |
| spellingShingle | agricultural transformation democratic republic of the congo extension activities food security farming systems Woomer, P. Luc, B. Bisomerine, C. A technology outreach campaign targeting small-scale maize producers in eastern DR Congo |
| title | A technology outreach campaign targeting small-scale maize producers in eastern DR Congo |
| title_full | A technology outreach campaign targeting small-scale maize producers in eastern DR Congo |
| title_fullStr | A technology outreach campaign targeting small-scale maize producers in eastern DR Congo |
| title_full_unstemmed | A technology outreach campaign targeting small-scale maize producers in eastern DR Congo |
| title_short | A technology outreach campaign targeting small-scale maize producers in eastern DR Congo |
| title_sort | technology outreach campaign targeting small scale maize producers in eastern dr congo |
| topic | agricultural transformation democratic republic of the congo extension activities food security farming systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174372 |
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