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1. Smallholder productivity and weather shocks: Adoption and impact of widely promoted agricultural practices in Tanzania

Author:
Aslihan Arslan; Federico Belotti; Leslie Lipper
Source:
Food policy 2017 v.69 pp. 68-81
ISSN:
0306-9192
Subject:
Zea mays; conservation practices; corn; crop yield; farmers; food security; intercropping; issues and policy; legumes; mineral fertilizers; models; organic fertilizers; rain; seeds; soil; temperature; water conservation; Tanzania
Abstract:
... We investigate the impact of maize-legume intercropping, soil and water conservation practices (SWC), organic fertilizers, inorganic fertilizers and high yielding maize varieties on maize productivity under weather shocks in Tanzania using panel data. First, we estimate the determinants of adoption by applying a multivariate panel data model capturing their complementarities and/or substitutabilit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.03.005

2. Are there systematic gender differences in the adoption of sustainable agricultural intensification practices? Evidence from Kenya

Author:
S. Wagura Ndiritu; Menale Kassie; Bekele Shiferaw
Source:
Food policy 2014 v.49 pp. 117-127
ISSN:
0306-9192
Subject:
animal manures; assets; crop production; farmers; females; gender differences; intercropping; males; managers; mangers; mineral fertilizers; minimum tillage; models; socioeconomic status; surveys; sustainable agricultural intensification; water conservation; Kenya
Abstract:
... This paper uses sex-disaggregated survey data at the plot level to test whether there are systematic gender differences in the adoption of multiple sustainable intensification practices (SIPs) in Kenya. We analyze plot level adoption decisions of SIPs by male, female or joint plot managers within the household, controlling for household characteristics, asset wealth and land quality factors that c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.06.010

3. Are Kenyan farmers under-utilizing fertilizer? Implications for input intensification strategies and research

Author:
Megan Sheahan; Roy Black; T.S. Jayne
Source:
Food policy 2013 v.41 pp. 39-52
ISSN:
0306-9192
Subject:
corn; farmers; fertilizer rates; mineral fertilizers; nitrogen; profitability; research planning; surveys; Kenya
Abstract:
... It is widely perceived that African farmers are under-utilizing inorganic fertilizer. However, very little long-term evidence from farmers’ fields, accounting for variations in agro-ecological conditions, has been assembled to back this claim or determine the conditions under which it is true. Using five waves of nationwide household survey data from Kenya covering 13years, we estimate the relativ ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.04.008