Abstract We explore how climate, climate risk and weather affect maize intensification among smallholders in Kenya. We find that each plays an important role in maize intensification choice. The economic implications ...

Abstract A globally-recognized maize “success story” since the 1970s, Kenya’s first maize hybrid diffused faster than did hybrids in the U.S Corn Belt during the 1930s-1940s. Today, a hybrid released in 1986 still ...

Abstract We use panel data from a sample of smallholder farmers in Kenya to test how the effects of nonfarm earnings on demand for fertilizer vary across different crops, namely: a major food staple (maize), an emerging ...

Abstract Currently, Kenyan farmers produce a minority share of the national wheat and rice consumption needs. As shown by the dramatic increase in the import bill between 2003 and 2008, reliance on the international market ...