The economics of soil fertility management in Malawi

Johannes Sauer; Hardwick Tchale

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The economics of soil fertility management in Malawi

Johannes Sauer, Hardwick Tchale

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We estimated a normalized translog yield-response model using African farm-household survey data to compare the yield of smallholder maize production under integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) and chemical-based soil fertility management. Controlling for other factors, maize yield responses were higher under ISFM. Results suggest ISFM practices would significantly improve the profitability of smallholder maize production, especially under escalating fertilizer prices. ©2009 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	535-560
Number of pages	25
Journal	Review of Agricultural Economics
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01452.x
Publication status	Published - Sept 2009

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