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...

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