Synergies between Different Types of Agricultural Technologies in the Kenyan Small Farm Sector
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20303809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Priscilla Wainaina (0000-0002-8216-1611, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Nairobi, Kenya, corresponding author), Songporne Tongruksawattana (Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) ICIPE – Duduville Campus, Nairobi, Kenya), Matin Qaim (0000-0003-4143-0763, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1974-1990 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Development Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0388 • E-ISSN: 1743-9140 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00220388.2017.1342818 |
| OpenAlex | W2737654008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 48 |
Sustainable intensification of agriculture will have to build on various innovations, but synergies between different types of technologies are not yet sufficiently understood. We use representative data from small farms in Kenya and propensity score matching to compare effects of input-intensive technologies and natural resource management practices on household income. When adopted in combination, positive income effects tend to be larger than when individual technologies are adopted alone. The largest gains occur when improved seeds are adopted together with organic manure and zero tillage. These results point at important synergies between plant breeding technologies and natural resource management practices
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Farm income · Geography · Kenya · Matching (statistics) · Natural resource · Natural resource economics · Natural resource management · Resource (disambiguation) · Statistics · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Agricultural risk and resilience · Computer Science · Ecology · Mathematics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Differential Impacts of Conservation Agriculture Technology Options on Household Income in Sub-Saharan Africa
Climate smart agricultural practices and gender differentiated nutrition outcome
Increasing resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change through multiple adoption of proven climate-smart agriculture innovations. Lessons from Southern Africa
Climate resilience programmes and technical efficiency
Does the use of multiple agricultural technologies affect household welfare? Evidence from Northern Ghana
Impact of integrated soil fertility management on maize yield, yield gap and income in northern Ghana
Integrated soil fertility management and household welfare in Ethiopia
The Role of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Improving Food Security in Rural Zimbabwe in Instances of Weather Information Deprivation
Synergies
Using measures of efficiency for regionally-targeted smallholder policy intervention
Drought tolerant maize for farmer adaptation to drought in sub-Saharan Africa
How Can African Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change? A Counterfactual Analysis from Ethiopia
Structural Equations, Treatment Effects, and Econometric Policy Evaluation1
Agroecology
Soil Fertility and Hunger in Africa
Large Sample Properties of Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects
Sustainable intensification in African agriculture
Assessing the Impact of the Green Revolution, 1960 to 2000
Agricultural Sustainability and Technology Adoption
The role of conservation agriculture in sustainable agriculture
Adoption and Impacts of Sustainable Agricultural Practices on Maize Yields and Incomes
Some Practical Guidance for the Implementation of Propensity Score Matching
The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects
Food Security
Farm-Level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status
Propensity Score-Matching Methods for Nonexperimental Causal Studies
Impacts of natural resource management technologies on agricultural yield and household income
Cropping system diversification, conservation tillage and modern seed adoption in Ethiopia
Agriculture in Africa – Telling myths from facts
Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya
Impact of off-farm income on food security and nutrition in Nigeria
Adoption of improved wheat varieties and impacts on household food security in Ethiopia
The impacts of hybrid maize seed on the welfare of farming households in Kenya
Impact of modern agricultural technologies on smallholder welfare
Agricultural intensification
The Impact of Improved Maize Varieties on Poverty in Mexico
Understanding the adoption of a portfolio of sustainable intensification practices in eastern and southern Africa
Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |