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Table 5 Weighted average age of maize cultivars grown in the 13 surveyed African countries during the 2013/2014 main crop season

From: Characteristics of maize cultivars in Africa: How modern are they and how many do smallholder farmers grow?

Region/country

Hybrids

OPVs

All

EA avg.

13.0

15.2

13.8

Ethiopia

10.6

17.7

13.5

Kenya

13.7

12.4

13.2

Tanzania

14.2

22.0

17.2

Uganda

10.7

16.4

13.4

SA avg.

12.4

26.5

15.4

Angola

NA

36.0

36.0

Malawi

10.7

10.1

10.3

Mozambique

10.5

16.0

11.9

Zambia

12.8

13.5

12.8

Zimbabwe

13.4

57.5

16.9

WA avg.

13.0

16.8

16.4

Benin

NA

10.4

10.4

Ghana

6.0

24.0

22.7

Mali

NA

17.9

17.9

Nigeria

14.8

11.8

12.6

SSA avg.

13.0

18.1

14.9