Adoption of maize production technologies in Eastern Tanzania
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Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 19,46 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9706480153
Author :
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 19,46 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9706480153
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Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 10,61 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9706480129
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Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 40,1 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Corn
ISBN : 970648003X
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Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 14,61 MB
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ISBN : 970648017X
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Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 26,70 MB
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ISBN : 9706480137
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Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 20,87 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9706480307
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Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 12,98 MB
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ISBN : 9789291460137
Author : Aloyce R. Kaliba
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File Size : 27,36 MB
Release : 2015
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This paper examines factors influencing the adoption of improved maize seeds and the use of inorganic fertilizer for maize production by farmers in the intermediate and lowland zones of Tanzania. The results indicate that availability of extension services, on-farm field trials, variety characteristics and rainfall were the most important factors that influenced the extent of adopting improved maize seeds and the use of inorganic fertilizer for maize production. Farmers preferred those varieties which minimize field loss rather than maximizing yields. Future research and extension policies should emphasize farmer participation in the research process and on-farm field trials for varietal evaluation and demonstration purposes. Key Words: adoption, agroecological zones, improved maize seeds, new technology, Tanzania.
Author : Constance G. Anthony
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 26,96 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231065962
This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of new veiling practices among lower middle class women in Cairo, Egypt. Although these women are part of a modernizing middle class, they also voluntarily adopt a traditional symbol of female subordination. How can this paradox be explained? An explanation emerges which reconceptualizes what appears to be reactionary behavior as a new style of political struggle--as accommodating protest. These women, most of them clerical workers in the large government bureaucracy, are ambivalent about working outside the home, considering it a change which brings new burdens as well as some important benefits. At the same time they realize that leaving home and family is creating an intolerable situation of the erosion of their social status and the loss of their traditional identity. The new veiling expresses women's protest against this. MacLeod argues that the symbolism of the new veiling emerges from this tense subcultural dilemma, involving elements of both resistance and acquiescence.
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Page : 141 pages
File Size : 29,15 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Corn
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Agriculture in the national economy of Tanzania; Background to the study; Objectives; Procedures follewed; Outline of the report; maize production in Tanzania; Maize research in Tanzania; Structure and evolution of the national agricultural research system; Maize research prior to 1974; Usaid support to maize research; Maize research between 1984 and 1994; Contribution of CIMMYT to Tanzanian maize research; Contribution of sasakawa global 2000 to maize research and; Contribution of farming systems programs to maize research and extension; Contribution of the democratic peolples republic of Korea to maize research; Nordic countries/Finnida support for maize research; Maize research coordinationm; Recommendations since 1974; Methodology for assessing the impact of the maize research and extension program; Meaning of impact; Conceptual framework to assess the impact of Tanzanian maize R & D program; rate of return estimates; "With" and "Without" scenarios; Data collection method; maize production systems and adoption of recomemended practices; Household characteristics; resource endowment and source of income; Adoption of recommended practices; Varieties grow and preference; Access to institutional services; Constraints to adoption; Impact of investiment into maize research, extension and enabling environment in tanzania; Economic impacts; Intermediate impact; Environmental impacts; Spill-over effects; Impact on food security; Summary of survey results; results of impact study; major conclusions and recommendations; Anexes: Adoption of maize technologies: 1974-1994; Small and medium scale farmer maize adoption; Survey questionnaire-Tanzania; Tanzania maize sample farmer survey summary; maize production recommendations; Estimated net benefits for Tanzanian maize R & D - 1965-1994; Estimated research, extenstion, and adoption costs for Tanzanian maize R & D - 1965-1994; Adoptioon pattern of the improved technologies by major research zone - 1974-1994; Tanzania NMRP staff, discipline and degrees obtained during the period 1974-1994.