Most countries in Africa are facing an imminent food crisis. Whereas at independence most of these economies were self-sufficient in food production, the combination of recurrent oil crises of the 1970s, increasingly adverse ...

Agriculture in Kenya accounts for about a third of gross domestic product; 76 percent of the population live in rural areas; agriculture employs 85 percent of the rural labour force. Rural labour force has been growing at ...

Abstract This study provides empirical evidence on the link between population density and agricultural intensification and other strategies that rural communities use to adapt to increasing population density. The ...

Abstract A new wave of “market smart” modern input subsidy schemes has emerged in sub-Saharan Africa over the past decade with the promise of increasing input use and grain yields while building or complementing private ...

Abstract Efforts to increase responsiveness, effectiveness and efficiency of food security related projects that are geared towards mitigating food insecurity and poverty reduction, include decentralized to the local ...

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 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 ...

Abstract Worldwide, most poor people live in rural areas and depend directly on agricultural land for most of their food, making them vulnerable to environmental changes such as land degradation. This study provides ...

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 Kenya is one of the few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to experience an impressive rise in fertilizer use following a series of input market reforms in the early 1990s. Two major consequences of these reforms ...