Arbeitspapier
Tradeoffs and complementarities in the adoption of improved seeds, fertilizer, and natural resource management technologies in Kenya
There is widespread consensus that agricultural technology has an important role to play for poverty reduction and sustainable development. There is less consensus, however, about the types of technologies that are best suited for smallholder farmers in Africa. While some consider natural resource management (NRM) technologies as most appropriate, others propagate input intensification with a stronger role of the private sector. In the public debate, the two strategies are often perceived as incompatible. Most existing adoption studies focus on individual technologies, so that comparisons across technologies in the same context are not easily possible. We use representative data from maize-producing households in Kenya and a multivariate probit model to analyze the adoption of different types of technologies simultaneously. Results indicate that NRM technologies and strategies that build on external inputs are not incompatible. Interesting complementarities exist, which are not yet sufficiently exploited, because many organizations promote either one type of technology or the other, but rarely a combination of both.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: GlobalFood Discussion Papers ; No. 51
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
Agricultural R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
- Subject
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technology adoption
maize
small farms
sustainable agriculture
Africa
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Wainaina, Priscilla
Tongruksawattana, Songporne
Qaim, Matin
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Research Training Group (RTG) 1666 - GlobalFood
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Göttingen
- (when)
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2014
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
Data provider
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Wainaina, Priscilla
- Tongruksawattana, Songporne
- Qaim, Matin
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Research Training Group (RTG) 1666 - GlobalFood
Time of origin
- 2014
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