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Improved fallows in Eastern Zambia

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2005
| by Freddie Kwesiga, Steven Charles Franzel, Paramu Mafongoya, Olu Ajayi, Donald Phiri, Roza Katanga, Elias Kuntashula, Frank M. Place and Teddy Chirwa

The decline in soil fertility in smallholder systems is a major factor inhibiting equitable development in much of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Maize in Eastern and Southern Africa

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2003
| by Melinda Smale and Thomas S. Jayne

This synthesis revisits the “maize success story” in Sub-Saharan Africa, drawing selectively from an extensive published literature about maize seed technical change and related policies.

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Conservation farming in Zambia

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2003
| by Steven Haggblade and Gelson Tembo

Since 1996, a growing coalition of stakeholders from the private sector, government and donor communities has promoted a new package of agronomic practices for smallholders in Zambia.

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Farm-nonfarm growth linkages in Zambia

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1995
| by P. B. R. Hazell and Behjat Hojjati

This paper uses farm survey data from Eastern Province, Zambia to show that regional income multipliers arising from agricultural growth may be stronger than previously thought for Sub-Saharan Africa.