TY  - CONF
N2  - The study quantifies factors affecting use of relief maize seed and implications on productivity in Zimbabwe. It uses Tobit and multiple regression models to analyze data collected from relief recipient households in 2010. Regression analysis showed that time of seed receipt, land area, rainfall and hybrid seed had strong influence on relief seed utilization rates. This underscores the need for timely input distribution before the onset of the rainy season. Rainfall, basal fertilizers, use of hybrid seed and conservation agriculture were significant in increasing relief maize yield. These results are consistent with the current thrust on the green revolution for Africa, centered on promoting increased fertiliser use, conservation of soil and water and modern varieties as interventions for increasing agricultural productivity in Africa. Increased policy efforts should be placed on increasing access to hybrid maize seed and fertilizers as well as promoting conservation agriculture.
N1  - The financial support for this research by DFID?s Protracted Relief Programme through ICRISAT is gratefully acknowledged. We gratefully acknowledge the willingness of the interviewed farm households to participate in the survey and the research assistants who worked tirelessly to collect the data. The perspectives and insights presented here are those of the authors and do not reflect those of any organization.
AV  - public
KW  - Zimbabwe
KW  -  Tobit
KW  -  households
KW  -  maize
KW  -  seed
KW  -  utilization.
A1  - Murendo, C
A1  - Mazvimavi, K
A1  - Kunzekweguta, M
TI  - Determinants of Relief Seed Use and Crop Productivity among Vulnerable Households in Zimbabwe
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/7270/
T2  - 4th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists
SP  - 1
Y1  - 2013///
ID  - icrisat7270
EP  - 17
M2  - Hammamet Tunisia
ER  -