Adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in Western Kenya
Adoption of soil carbon practices has the capability of increasing yield, thus improving income and food availability. This paper assessed the adoption of agricultural practices that enhance soil carbon. Data from 334 households were collected in the rural areas of Western Kenya using a multistage s...
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| author | Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley Anyango Jalang'o, Dorcas Girvetz, Evan Hartunian |
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| description | Adoption of soil carbon practices has the capability of increasing yield, thus improving income and food availability. This paper assessed the adoption of agricultural practices that enhance soil carbon. Data from 334 households were collected in the rural areas of Western Kenya using a multistage sampling technique. The multivariate probit model and propensity score matching method were used to analyze the determinants of adoption of soil carbon practices and the impact on output, respectively. Results show that agroforestry, intercropping, terracing, and the use of inorganic fertilizer are the dominant soil carbon practices, which are discretely and diversely affected by socioeconomic, farm-level, institutional, and biophysical characteristics. However, the adoption of maize-bean intercropping alone has a great impact on maize production and increases output by approximately 240 kilograms. The findings from this study suggest that the adoption capacity of farming households can be accelerated by independently making interventions targeting individual practices rather than compounding the practices. Consequently, emphasis should target interventions that encourage the adoption of intercropping since its economic impact has been evidently underlined. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1057102025-11-05T16:18:02Z Adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in Western Kenya Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley Anyango Jalang'o, Dorcas Girvetz, Evan Hartunian soil agroforestry fertilizer households intercropping Adoption of soil carbon practices has the capability of increasing yield, thus improving income and food availability. This paper assessed the adoption of agricultural practices that enhance soil carbon. Data from 334 households were collected in the rural areas of Western Kenya using a multistage sampling technique. The multivariate probit model and propensity score matching method were used to analyze the determinants of adoption of soil carbon practices and the impact on output, respectively. Results show that agroforestry, intercropping, terracing, and the use of inorganic fertilizer are the dominant soil carbon practices, which are discretely and diversely affected by socioeconomic, farm-level, institutional, and biophysical characteristics. However, the adoption of maize-bean intercropping alone has a great impact on maize production and increases output by approximately 240 kilograms. The findings from this study suggest that the adoption capacity of farming households can be accelerated by independently making interventions targeting individual practices rather than compounding the practices. Consequently, emphasis should target interventions that encourage the adoption of intercropping since its economic impact has been evidently underlined. 2019-11 2019-11-12T15:48:47Z 2019-11-12T15:48:47Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105710 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Ng’ang’a SK; Jalang’o DA; Girvetz E. 2019. Adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in Western Kenya. CIAT Publication No. 485. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Kampala, Uganda. 29 p. |
| spellingShingle | soil agroforestry fertilizer households intercropping Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley Anyango Jalang'o, Dorcas Girvetz, Evan Hartunian Adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in Western Kenya |
| title | Adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in Western Kenya |
| title_full | Adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in Western Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in Western Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in Western Kenya |
| title_short | Adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in Western Kenya |
| title_sort | adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in western kenya |
| topic | soil agroforestry fertilizer households intercropping |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105710 |
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