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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

2. Farmer groups and input access: When membership is not enough

Author:
Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie
Source:
Food policy 2014 v.46 pp. 37-49
ISSN:
0306-9192
Subject:
bags; developing countries; farmers; farms; fertilizer rates; fertilizers; food security; models; poverty
Abstract:
... This paper explores the efficiency of a targeted fertilizer subsidy program administered differently in two Nigerian states in 2009. An important dimension along which the otherwise similar programs differed was the fertilizer distribution strategy. Fertilizer distribution among program participants was done at the individual level for one set of farmers, while the fertilizer was given indirectly ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.01.006