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| Olwande, John; Ngigi, Margaret; Nguyo, Wilson. |
| This study assessed how responsive maize output is to price and non-price factors and how sensitive fertilizer and labour demand are to prices and non-price factors using cross-sectional farm-level data for 334 maize producing households in the High Potential Maize Zone of Kenya. The study employed normalized restricted translog profit function to estimate maize supply and variable input demand elasticities. Results show that maize price support is an inadequate policy for expanding maize supply. Fertilizer use was found to be particularly important in the decisions on resource allocation in maize production. Of the fixed inputs, land area was found to be the most important factor contributing to the supply of maize. It is suggested that making fertilizer... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Maize supply response; Kenya; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50786 |
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| Smale, Melinda; Olwande, John. |
| Kenya has been recognized globally as maize success story since the 1970s. Released on the eve of independence, Kenya’s first maize hybrid diffused faster than did hybrids in the U.S Corn Belt during the 1930s-1940s. In recent decades, policy researchers have lamented that earlier gains in maize productivity have not lived up to their potential. Claims of stagnating yields and stagnating adoption are offset here, at least in part, by longitudinal survey data showing rising yields and adoption rates on farms. Tegemeo survey data confirm that Kenya has reached its adoption ceiling years ago in the major maize producing zones of the country, and is near to doing so in other zones. Data show adoption rates topping 80% of farmers. |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Maize; Kenya; Africa; Household farms; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118474 |
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| Smale, Melinda; Mathenge, Mary K.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Magalhaes, Eduardo Castelo; Olwande, John; Kirimi, Lilian; Kamau, Mercy W.; Githuku, James. |
| Since 2002, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has funded programs to promote maize, dairy, and horticulture enterprises among smallholder farmers in Kenya under the Strategic Objective 7 of Increased Rural Household Incomes. On behalf of USAID, Tegemeo Institute has conducted household surveys to help track key indicators that monitor progress in the implementation of these programs. The first survey was conducted in 2004. Subsequent surveys were conducted every two years (i.e., 2006, 2008, and 2010). The sample comprises households participating and those not participating in the programs. The programs monitored include the Kenya Maize Development Program (KMDP), the Kenya Horticulture Development Project (KHDP), and the Kenya... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Kenya; Income; Poverty; Household surveys; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121864 |
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