Observations and Emerging Lessons from the 1998/99 High-Input Maize Program in Nampula Province, Mozambique
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A farm-level survey of Rural Extension Directorate and Sasakawa-Global 2000 (DNER/SG) high-input maize program (improved seed and fertilizer) participants was undertaken in 1997 in Nampula Province (northern Mozambique), focusing on the 1996/97 production season. In the following production season (1997/98), the survey was broadened to include participants in DNER’s lowinput maize program (improved management only) and farmers who did not participate in either program. Yield results for these two seasons are summarized in Table 1, and profitability results are presented in Table 2.
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