@article{Smale:123555,
      recid = {123555},
      author = {Smale, Melinda and Mason, Nicole M.},
      title = {Demand for Maize Hybrids, Seed Subsidies, and Seed  Decisionmakers in Zambia.},
      address = {2012-05},
      number = {1093-2016-87990},
      series = {HarvestPlus working Paper},
      pages = {23},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {The successful development and diffusion of improved maize  seed in Zambia during the 1970s–80s was a major achievement  of African agriculture but was predicated on a government  commitment to parastatal grain and
seed marketing, the  provision of services to maize growers, and a  pan-territorial pricing scheme that was fiscally  unsustainable. Declining maize output when this system was  dismantled contributed to the reinstatement in 2002 of  subsidies for maize seed and fertilizer through the  Fertilizer and Farmer Input Support Programs (FISP). In  the
meantime, seed liberalization has led to an array of  new, improved maize varieties, most of which are hybrids.  This analysis explores the determinants of demand for  first-generation (F1) hybrid maize seed in Zambia based on  a survey of maize growers during the 2010/11 cropping  season.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/123555},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.123555},
}