Effects of weather variability on crop abandonment

In Zambia, every year some parts of the maize fields are abandoned post-planting. Reasons for this are not clearly known. In this paper, we examine the influence of soil and climatic factors on crop abandonment using a six-year (2007–2012) panel data by modeling the planted-to-harvested ratio (a goo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mulungu, Kelvin, Tembo, Gelson
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: MDPI 2015
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66593

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