AreaEcuador

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityMaize

Date01/12/2012

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProductive assets

DescriptionApproved the Plan Semillas de Alto Rendimiento for maize, which finances the access small-scale farmers owning less than 10 ha of land, to modern, yield-increasing technologies, with the view to enhance maize yields performance from 3.5 tonnes per ha to 6 tonnes per ha.