Is Dirt Cheap ? The Economic Costs of Failing to Meet Soil Health Requirements on Smallholder Farms (English)

Agricultural productivity is hindered in smallholder farming systems due to several factors, including farmers’ inability to meet crop-specific soil requirements. This paper focuses on soil suitability for maize production and creates multidimensional soil suitability profiles of smallholder maize plots in Uganda, while quantifying forgone production due to cultivation on less-than-suitable land and identifying groups of farmers that are disproportionately...

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Gourlay,Sydney;

Kilic,Talip;
Document Date
2022/06/27
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS10108
Volume No
1
Country
Uganda,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2022/06/27
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Is Dirt Cheap ? The Economic Costs of Failing to Meet Soil Health Requirements on Smallholder Farms

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Gourlay,Sydney; Kilic,Talip.

Is Dirt Cheap ? The Economic Costs of Failing to Meet Soil Health Requirements on Smallholder Farms (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10108 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099025206272226611

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