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dc.contributor.authorKostandini, G.
dc.contributor.authorLa Rovere, R.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, Tahirou
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:03:45Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:03:45Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationKostandini, G., La Rovere, R. & Abdoulaye, T. (2013). Potential impacts of increasing average yields and reducing maize yield variability in Africa. Food Policy, 43, 213-226.
dc.identifier.issn0306-9192
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1221
dc.description.abstractThis study evaluates the potential impacts of investing in Drought Tolerant Maize (DTM) in 13 countries of East, South and West Africa. The analysis utilizes geo-referenced production data at the regional and household levels and employs a model that estimates both the conventional mean yield gains and the additional benefits from yield stability gains of DTM varieties as well as impacts on poverty. The results indicate that by 2016, adoption of DTM can generate between US$ 362 million and US$ 590 million in cumulative benefits to both producers and consumers. Yield variance reductions stand to generate considerable benefits, especially in high drought risk areas. These benefits translate into poverty reductions in the range of 0.01–4.29% by 2016. Significant benefits are also found among different types of households living in drought risk areas of Kenya, Ethiopia and Nigeria.
dc.format.extent213-226
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectMaize
dc.subjectDrought
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectTechnology
dc.titlePotential impacts of increasing average yields and reducing maize yield variability in Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Georgia
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.journalFood Policy
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid78469
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.09.007


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