technologies in the same context are not easily possible. We use representative data from maize-producing households in Kenya and a … farmers in Africa. While some consider natural resource management (NRM) technologies as most appropriate, others propagate …

This paper models inorganic fertilizer and improved maize varieties adoption as joint decisions. Controlling for … fertilizer and improved maize varieties were inter-dependent. Other factors found to influence the adoption of the two … among the smallholders. Inter-dependence of farm technologies must also not be ignored in farm technology adoption promotion …

Studies of fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa have been dominated by analyses of economic and market factors having … ignoring how soil fertility status conditions farmer demand for fertilizer. We apply a switching regression model to data from … 260 farm households in western Kenya in order to allow for the possibility of discontinuities in fertilizer demand based …

analyze WII impacts, research with observational data is scant. We use data from a survey of farmers in Kenya, where a … fertilizer and improved seeds, and thus also to higher yields. We conclude that upscaling WII programs may help to spur …