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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Does Adoption of Improved Maize Varieties Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Kenya
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| Autores: |
Mwangi, Wilfred
Mwabu, Germano
Nyangito, Hezron Omare
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| Data: |
2006-06-07
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Maize adoption
Technologies
Poverty
Policies
Kenya
Crop Production/Industries
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| Resumo: |
Adoption of technologies that increase farm yields is a prerequisite for poverty alleviation in agrarian societies. However, the link between adoption of improved agricultural technologies and poverty reduction is not well understood or documented. This relationship is explored with an example of improved maize seed adoption in Laikipia and Suba - two rural districts in Kenya. We show that adopters of improved maize varieties have higher yields per acre and that poverty is negatively correlated with technology adoption. Policies for increasing diffusion of these technologies include improving access roads to market centers to enhance maize profitability and extension of information about improved maize varieties to farmers.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
22094
http://purl.umn.edu/25376
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia
Poster Paper
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| Formato: |
15
application/pdf
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