Effects of Weather Variability on Crop Abandonment

In Zambia, every year some parts of the maize fields are abandoned post-planting. Reasons for this are not clearly known. In this paper, we examine the influence of soil and climatic factors on crop abandonment using a six-year (2007–2012) panel data by modeling the planted-to-harvested ratio (a goo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kelvin Mulungu, Gelson Tembo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-03-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/3/2858