TABLE 7: TYPE OF EXTENSION CONTACTS FOR MALE HOUSEHOLD HEADS (MHH), FEMALE HOUSEHOLD HEADS (FHH), AND WIVES FROM THE NSSA EXTENSION SURVEY, MALAWI (PERCENTAGES) 1980-81**
----- Lilongwe -------- Ngabu- .... Karonga---TYPE-OF CONTACT MHH WIVES FHH MHH WIVES FHH MEN WOMEN*
(n-147) (n-35) (n-35) (n-95) (ngs) (n-31) (n-70) (n-73)
Personal Visit 41 28 23 28 12 4 44 29
Group Meeting- 66 44 49 43 12 8 61 34
Demonstration 13 6 6 5 1 0 16 10
Field Visit 13 9 6 is 5 2 16 4
*Female household Heads and Wives were tabulated together (Women) and compared with the Men.
**Source: Spring et al. Women Farmers in Malawi: Their Contribution to Agriculture and Participation
in Development Projects, Women in Oevelopment Office, USAIN and Ministry of Agriculture,
Lilongwe, Malawi, 1983.
TABLE 8: MAIZE YIELD FROM FARMER-MANAGED, ON-FARM TRIALS, PHALOMBE, MALAWI, 1981/198Z
Treatment
Farmers in first village Mean for
Treatments 1 2 3 4* 5 6* 7* 8 Village
--- --- --- --- --- --t/ha - 
Local Maize 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.4
Local Maize Fertilizer 3.6 3.7 4.3 3.2 2.3 2.3 3.1 2.8 3.2
Composite 3.5 2.0 2.9 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.3 1.3
Composite Fertilizer 5.0 4.7 4.3 3.5 2.4 1.7 3.0 2.8 3.4
Mean for Farmer 3.6 3.2 3.3 2.1 1.7 1.3 1.9 1.6
Farmers in second village
1 2 3 4* 5* 6*
Local Maize 1.8 1.1 1.6 1.0 1.6 0.6 1.3
Local Maize Fertilizer 3.2 2.5 2.9 1.2 1.9 0.8 2.1
Composite 2.2 0.7 0.9 0.3 1.1 0.3 0.9
Composite Fertilizer 2.9 2.5 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.4 1.6
Mean for Farmer 2.5 1.7 1.9 0.9 1.4 0.5
Data from Hansen 1985 Female Farmer
Source: Hildebrand and Poey (1985) On-Farm Agronomic Trials in Farming Systems Research and Extension. Lynne Rienner Publishers: Boulder, Colorado, p.