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Title Prospects and constraints in smallholder farmers' adoption of multiple soil carbon enhancing practices in Western Kenya
Full text https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020300712; http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/109358
Date 2020
Author(s) Kanyenji, George M; Oluoch-Kosura, Willis; Onyango, Cecilia M; Ng'ang'a, Stanley K
Abstract Most smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are adversely affected by low soil fertility, land degradation and climate change-related shocks such as drought. These problems lead to low productivity and low household income. In addition, the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices remains low in Western Kenya. This study analyses the factors that influence the probability and extent of adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices in Western Kenya utilizing plot-level information, socioeconomic characteristics and external supporting factors. Multivariate probit model and generalized ordered logit were utilized to assess the adoption of multiple soil carbon enhancing practices and the extent of adoption respectively. Results indicate that the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices is correlated, suggesting interrelation in farmers' adoption decisions. Both the multivariate probit model and generalized ordered probit results indicate that the probability and extent of adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices are influenced by plot-level characteristics, literacy level, access to agricultural credit, agricultural group membership, participation in the market, and gender of the household.
Subject(s) gricultureEnvironmental scienceEconomicsAgricultural economicsAgricultural policyAgricultural soil scienceAgricultural technologyEnvironmental economicsSoil fertilitySoil organic carbonCarbon sequestrationGeneralized ordered logitMultivariate probit
Language en_US
Publisher Elservier
Type of publication Article
Identifier Kanyenji, G. M., Oluoch-Kosura, W., Onyango, C. M., & Karanja Ng'ang'a, S. (2020). Prospects and constraints in smallholder farmers' adoption of multiple soil carbon enhancing practices in Western Kenya. Heliyon, 6(3), e03226.; 2405-8440
Repository Nairobi - University of Nairobi
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