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1. 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