Maize research reduces poverty in west and central Africa
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 04:28
in Mathematics & Economics
An analysis of three and half decades of maize research in African farming communities finds big benefits. A multi-country study, in Agricultural Economics, reports the significant role international maize research plays in reducing poverty. It finds that since the mid-1990s, more than one million people per year have escaped poverty through the adoption of new maize varieties...