Variables: Location Crop of interest Other crops Description of farming system Farmer's experience (yrs) Area cultivated with maize (ha) Farm labour: land prepartion (LP), ploughing (P), sowing (S), manual weeding (W) Form of farm labour input: manual (M), animal traction (AT), tractor (T) Seed (kg) Seed variety Fertilizer (NPK 15-15-15/23-10) (kg) Other input by farmer Produce (kg) Produce used for household consumption (%) Produce sold for income (%) other uses of biomass