Kenya. Participation in supermarket channels is associated with a 50% gain in average household income, leading to …

from a survey of vegetable growers in Kenya, we account for systematic differences and show that participation in …

Kenya. Participation in supermarket channels is associated with a 50% gain in average household income, leading to …

High poverty rate persists in rural Kenya, where farming households continue to depend on agriculture for food and … diversification among Kenya’s smallholder maize growers. We employ a combination of propensity score matching and endogenous switching …, participation in the maize market has a significant impact on household income and poverty, with the magnitude of impact estimates …

farmers' productivity, using survey data from 300 smallholder farm households in northern Ghana. The study employs an … effect of participation on productivity. Factors determining participation in off-farm activity include the head of household … affecting productivity include gender, years of formal education, farm size, location of the farm, access to credit, herd …

. In this paper, we estimate the joint impact of improved maize seeds on productivity and efficiency using panel data from …Productivity and efficiency are key performance indicators of improved seeds. Efficiency differences explain part of … the variation in productivity. Improved seeds may affect efficiency because farmers often do not apply inputs at optimum …