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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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Population, land tenure, and natural resource management

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1997
| by Frank M. Place and Keijiro Otsuka

This paper uses cross section-time series data on 57 communities in Malawi to determine statistically the factors determining changes in land use, tree cover, and crop yield.