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Abstract
During 1998/99, MARD/MSU researchers followed the progress of the improved maize
program in five CLUSA-assisted associations located in two different agroecological zones of
Nampula Province. The objective of this study was to assess how greater involvement of farmer
associations in maize intensification affects marketing costs and extension effectiveness. This
preliminary report summarizes the observations on the 1998/99 production season and part of the
1999/00 marketing season, based on analysis of maize yield data and informal group interviews
with participating farmer associations carried out in March and November 1999. It also discusses
some of the preliminary conclusions that are emerging from the broader three-year maize
intensification study.