EfD-funded project using laser technology improves rice farming in Vietnam
After three years of implementation, a laser-assisted land leveling project in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam has yielded significant economic and environmental benefits. Initiated and funded by EfD, the
Smallholder farmers’ dissatisfaction with contract farming: a gendered perspective
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Abstract: This study investigates the drivers of farmers’ dissatisfaction with market-specification contracts for finger millet crop in Kenya.
Impact of smallholder banana contract farming on farm productivity and income in Kenya
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Smallholder banana farmers in Kenya grapple with declining farm productivity and low market prices in a fragmented, broker-dominated market. To address these challenges, the Kenya National Banana Development Strategy advocates for the adoption of contract farming. This research utilizes Difference-in-Differences (DID) regression analysis to assess the impacts of smallholder participation in banana contract farming on farm productivity and income.
Adaptive investment with land tenure and weather risk: Behavioral evidence from Tanzania
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Abstract: Two important risks faced by many smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are erratic weather patterns and insecure land tenure. It is likely these risks will increasingly interact as projections of more erratic weather make small-scale farming more difficult and demand for rural land grows.
Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Interventions and Maternal and Child Nutrition Outcomes in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya
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Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the effect of household participation in climate smart nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) interventions on maternal and young child nutrition outcomes in Makueni, Garissa and Tana River counties.
Gendered sweetpotato trait preferences and implications for improved variety acceptance in Uganda
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AbstractThe principal selection objective in crop breeding has for a long time been driven by agronomic gains like yield maximization and climate resilience. Nevertheless, the continued low adoption of new varieties and documented gender technology adoption gap has triggered re‐thinking of this strategy, with end‐user acceptability of released varieties a key strategy in breeding objectives.
Gendered sweetpotato trait preferences and implications for improved variety acceptance in Uganda
EfD Authors:
AbstractThe principal selection objective in crop breeding has for a long time been driven by agronomic gains like yield maximization and climate resilience. Nevertheless, the continued low adoption of new varieties and documented gender technology adoption gap has triggered re‐thinking of this strategy, with end‐user acceptability of released varieties a key strategy in breeding objectives.
Just Resilience in Kenya: Frameworks and Perspectives for Equitable Climate Adaptation
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Abstract: The lived realities of many rural communities, and even the urban poor in Kenya, are characterised by poverty, inequality, high dependence on natural resources, rainfed agriculture, and sociocultural norms that influence their action or inaction. Recurrent droughts, floods, and changing rainfall patterns, largely caused by climate change and climate variability, further reinforce these communities' challenges.