A First Look at Maize Markets and Demographics among Conservation Agriculture Adopters and Non Adopters in Mozambique

McNair, W. E.Lambert, Dayton M.Wilcox, Michael D.Eash, Neal S.Thierfelder, Christian2016-04-192016-04-192012Presented at the 2012 SANREM-CRSP Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, 20-21 October 20126389_Moz_posters_Final.ppthttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70093Mozambique has 1.4 million hectares of arable land suitable for producing maize. Average yields are low (920 kg/ha in 2008 (FAOSTAT). The livelihoods of most families depend on small-scale agriculture. Maize is the main staple and accounts for most of the population’s caloric intake.application/vnd.ms-powerpointen-USIn CopyrightSoil degradationSoil conservationConservation agricultureAdoption of innovationsConservation tillageMaize marketsConservation agricultureMozambiqueFarm/Enterprise ScaleA First Look at Maize Markets and Demographics among Conservation Agriculture Adopters and Non Adopters in MozambiquePoster