| dc.contributor.author | Woomer, P.L. |
| dc.contributor.author | Roobroeck, D. |
| dc.contributor.author | Mulei, W. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-29T12:56:34Z |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-29T12:56:34Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-01 |
| dc.identifier.citation | Woomer, P.L., Roobroeck, D. & Mulei, W. (2024). Agricultural transformation in maize producing areas of Africa. In P. Kaushik and W.J. Grichar, New prospects of maize.. IntechOpen, (p. 1-21). |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-83768-632-2 |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8383 |
| dc.description.abstract | Maize is a critical staple cereal across Sub-Saharan Africa but attempts to improve its productivity in small-scale farming systems often prove disappointing. The 12 key technologies required to overcome poor yields are mostly known, but the manner that they are mobilized, packaged, and delivered requires re-evaluation. Combinations of better varieties and their necessary accompanying inputs must become more available and affordable for an African maize revolution to succeed, and land must be managed in ways that enhance, rather than diminish, land quality over time. Adjustments to the bundling and transfer of these technologies as transferable assets pose a solvable dilemma. These interventions must be based upon specific agro-ecological and socio-economic contexts and offered within the scope of well-designed regional and national agricultural development agendas. Success in boosting maize yields and its companion field legumes form the basis for greater food security across Africa and value-adding enterprise, including the growth of blended flours and commercial animal production. This chapter describes how these technologies may be most effectively mobilized within the current thrust to transform African agriculture. |
| dc.format.extent | 1-24 |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | IntechOpen |
| dc.subject | Agricultural Transformation |
| dc.subject | Maize |
| dc.subject | Cropping Systems |
| dc.subject | Farming Systems |
| dc.subject | Rural Development |
| dc.subject | Technologies |
| dc.title | Agricultural transformation in maize producing areas of Africa |
| dc.type | Book Chapter |
| cg.contributor.crp | Maize |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa |
| cg.coverage.country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| cg.coverage.country | Nigeria |
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR Single Centre |
| cg.iitasubject | Agronomy |
| cg.iitasubject | Crop Systems |
| cg.iitasubject | Farming Systems |
| cg.iitasubject | Food Security |
| cg.iitasubject | Maize |
| cg.accessibilitystatus | Open Access |
| cg.reviewstatus | Peer Review |
| cg.usagerightslicense | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0) |
| cg.targetaudience | Scientists |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.112861 |
| cg.iitaauthor.identifier | Dries Roobroeck: 0000-0003-3176-4444 |
| cg.futureupdate.required | No |
