632
Livestock production (cont.)
feeding and conditioning systems, 304, 305
industrial raw materials, 302
intensification and market orientation, 302
large-scale commercial, 304
meat and live animal export, 305, 306
meat export, 306, 307
mixed crop-livestock systems, 303, 304
pastoral and agropastoral production
system, 303
rural communities, 302
source of animals, 305, 306
SPS-LMM activities, 307–310
urban and peri-urban, 304
Longissimus dorsi (LD), 253, 259
Lower Shire River Valley, 165
Low-temperature long time (LTLT), 275
M
Maize-based farming systems, 334
Maize productivity
farm-level data, 556
fertilizer subsidies, 556
FISP implementation, 554
macro-level statistics, 555
subsidized fertilizer, 555
subsidized inorganic fertilizer, 556–558
Maize yield, 555–558, 560
Maize (Zea mays L.), 474
Malawi, see Food system
Malawi National Agricultural Investment Plan
(NAIP), 13
Malawi National Agriculture Policy
(NAP), 550
Malawi Zebu
background information of herds, 232
blood sampling, 230, 231
Brucella spp., 236
crop and livestock production, 228
factors, 229
hazard rate (HR), 235
infectious disease agents, 228
Kaplan–Meier plot, 234
laboratory analyses, 231
meat and milk production, 235
milk and meat production, 228
milk sampling, 230
multivariable Cox proportional hazards
model, 235
number of seropositive animals, 236
pathogens, 237
pregnancy diagnosis, 229
reproductive outcomes, 233
statistical analyses, 231, 232
Tanzanian Zebu cows, 236
variance component analysis, 233, 237
Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Security (MoAFS), 96
Manual pumps, 534, 535, 540, 541, 545
Marginal rate of returns (MRR), 439, 440
McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crops
Research Program, 450
2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid
(MCPA), 162
Microbes, 168
Microdosing, 148–154, 156, 157
Micronutrient concentration, 140
Microorganisms, 472
Milk fat globule (MFG), 271
Milk fat globule membrane (MFGM), 271
Minced meat (MM), 251, 255, 260
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and
Fisheries (MAAIF), 65
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water
Development (MAIWD), 339
Monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA), 162
Monosodium methylarsenate (MSMA), 167
Mucuna pruriens, 109
Multivariate normal (MVN) distribution, 456
Multivariate probit (MVP), 455, 457, 460
N
National Agricultural Investment Plan
(NAIP), 336
National Agricultural Research Organisation
(NARO), 84
National Agriculture Policy (NAP),
336, 561
National Climate Change Investment Plan for
2013–2018 (NCCIP), 339
National Disaster Preparedness and Relief
Committee (NDPRC), 340
National Environmental Education and
Communication Strategy
(NEMC), 588
National Irrigation Development Plan
(NIDP), 530
National Irrigation Master Plan (NIMP), 529
New institutional economic (NIE) theory, 414
Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), 95, 98,
105–107, 556
Nkhotakota, 376, 378, 382, 388, 389
N mineralization, 95, 98, 107, 108, 110
Non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), 84, 510
NORAD project, 290
Index
Livestock production (cont.)
feeding and conditioning systems, 304, 305
industrial raw materials, 302
intensification and market orientation, 302
large-scale commercial, 304
meat and live animal export, 305, 306
meat export, 306, 307
mixed crop-livestock systems, 303, 304
pastoral and agropastoral production
system, 303
rural communities, 302
source of animals, 305, 306
SPS-LMM activities, 307–310
urban and peri-urban, 304
Longissimus dorsi (LD), 253, 259
Lower Shire River Valley, 165
Low-temperature long time (LTLT), 275
M
Maize-based farming systems, 334
Maize productivity
farm-level data, 556
fertilizer subsidies, 556
FISP implementation, 554
macro-level statistics, 555
subsidized fertilizer, 555
subsidized inorganic fertilizer, 556–558
Maize yield, 555–558, 560
Maize (Zea mays L.), 474
Malawi, see Food system
Malawi National Agricultural Investment Plan
(NAIP), 13
Malawi National Agriculture Policy
(NAP), 550
Malawi Zebu
background information of herds, 232
blood sampling, 230, 231
Brucella spp., 236
crop and livestock production, 228
factors, 229
hazard rate (HR), 235
infectious disease agents, 228
Kaplan–Meier plot, 234
laboratory analyses, 231
meat and milk production, 235
milk and meat production, 228
milk sampling, 230
multivariable Cox proportional hazards
model, 235
number of seropositive animals, 236
pathogens, 237
pregnancy diagnosis, 229
reproductive outcomes, 233
statistical analyses, 231, 232
Tanzanian Zebu cows, 236
variance component analysis, 233, 237
Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Security (MoAFS), 96
Manual pumps, 534, 535, 540, 541, 545
Marginal rate of returns (MRR), 439, 440
McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crops
Research Program, 450
2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid
(MCPA), 162
Microbes, 168
Microdosing, 148–154, 156, 157
Micronutrient concentration, 140
Microorganisms, 472
Milk fat globule (MFG), 271
Milk fat globule membrane (MFGM), 271
Minced meat (MM), 251, 255, 260
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and
Fisheries (MAAIF), 65
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water
Development (MAIWD), 339
Monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA), 162
Monosodium methylarsenate (MSMA), 167
Mucuna pruriens, 109
Multivariate normal (MVN) distribution, 456
Multivariate probit (MVP), 455, 457, 460
N
National Agricultural Investment Plan
(NAIP), 336
National Agricultural Research Organisation
(NARO), 84
National Agriculture Policy (NAP),
336, 561
National Climate Change Investment Plan for
2013–2018 (NCCIP), 339
National Disaster Preparedness and Relief
Committee (NDPRC), 340
National Environmental Education and
Communication Strategy
(NEMC), 588
National Irrigation Development Plan
(NIDP), 530
National Irrigation Master Plan (NIMP), 529
New institutional economic (NIE) theory, 414
Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), 95, 98,
105–107, 556
Nkhotakota, 376, 378, 382, 388, 389
N mineralization, 95, 98, 107, 108, 110
Non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), 84, 510
NORAD project, 290
Index