Joseph Macharia
Biographic Data
| ID | 8833949 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Macharia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Macharia |
| SIGNATURE | MACHARIA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queensland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5152-5208 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rural roots, urban branches
Urban professionals and diaspora actors who retain salaried employment while financing, supervising and periodically visiting rural farms are increasingly important but heterogeneous participants in rural transformation. We conceptualise this phenomenon as a spatially stretched form of hybrid entrepreneurship and examine how emotional and instrumental place attachment shape rural venture engagement in Kenya. Drawing on an abductive qualitative mu…
Use of inorganic fertilizer on climate-smart crops improves smallholder farmers' livelihoods
The main challenges facing smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are soil fertility decline and climate change, culminating in increased food insecurity. The double effect of climate change and soil fertility decline could be devastating among the poor rural smallholder farmers, who solely depend on rain-fed agriculture with little investment in adaptive mechanisms. Using inorganic fertilizers and careful selection of climate-resilient …
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Use of inorganic fertilizer on climate-smart crops improves smallholder farmers' livelihoods
The main challenges facing smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are soil fertility decline and climate change, culminating in increased food insecurity. The double effect of climate change and soil fertility decline could be devastating among the poor rural smallholder farmers, who solely depend on rain-fed agriculture with little investment in adaptive mechanisms. Using inorganic fertilizers and careful selection of climate-resilient …
Rural roots, urban branches
Urban professionals and diaspora actors who retain salaried employment while financing, supervising and periodically visiting rural farms are increasingly important but heterogeneous participants in rural transformation. We conceptualise this phenomenon as a spatially stretched form of hybrid entrepreneurship and examine how emotional and instrumental place attachment shape rural venture engagement in Kenya. Drawing on an abductive qualitative mu…
Aging in place (1 work) · Agricultural economics (1 work) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (1 work) · Agricultural productivity (1 work) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work) · Agroforestry (1 work) · Agronomy (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Business (1 work)