Does the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices translate to increased farm yields? A case of maize yield from Western Kenya
Improving agricultural productivity to improve food security and feed the future generation is needed. One of the ways to achieve this is by adopting low-cost solutions such as soil carbon enhancing practices (SCEPs). Given the complexity of adoption decisions, technologies are either adopted as sub...
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| author | Magambo Kanyenji, George Oluoch-Kosura, Willis Moraa Onyango, Cecilia Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley |
| author_browse | Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley Magambo Kanyenji, George Moraa Onyango, Cecilia Oluoch-Kosura, Willis |
| author_facet | Magambo Kanyenji, George Oluoch-Kosura, Willis Moraa Onyango, Cecilia Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley |
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| description | Improving agricultural productivity to improve food security and feed the future generation is needed. One of the ways to achieve this is by adopting low-cost solutions such as soil carbon enhancing practices (SCEPs). Given the complexity of adoption decisions, technologies are either adopted as substitutes or complements. A structured survey was utilized to collect data from 334 households in Western Kenya to estimate the impact of adopting SCEPs in combination and identify challenges hindering the adoption of the technologies. Two models, namely a multinomial endogenous treatment effect model and a multi-valued treatment effect model under conditional independence, were utilized to assess the impact of adoption on maize yield. Key variables established to influence adoption were literacy level, tenure security, and market participation. It was further revealed that adopting farmyard manure, intercropping, and a combination of intercropping and farmyard manure had a significant and positive impact on maize yield. This creates a need to promote the adoption of low-cost SCEPs to increase productivity and food security. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1198082025-11-11T17:42:14Z Does the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices translate to increased farm yields? A case of maize yield from Western Kenya Magambo Kanyenji, George Oluoch-Kosura, Willis Moraa Onyango, Cecilia Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley yields productivity soil carbon parcels erosion Improving agricultural productivity to improve food security and feed the future generation is needed. One of the ways to achieve this is by adopting low-cost solutions such as soil carbon enhancing practices (SCEPs). Given the complexity of adoption decisions, technologies are either adopted as substitutes or complements. A structured survey was utilized to collect data from 334 households in Western Kenya to estimate the impact of adopting SCEPs in combination and identify challenges hindering the adoption of the technologies. Two models, namely a multinomial endogenous treatment effect model and a multi-valued treatment effect model under conditional independence, were utilized to assess the impact of adoption on maize yield. Key variables established to influence adoption were literacy level, tenure security, and market participation. It was further revealed that adopting farmyard manure, intercropping, and a combination of intercropping and farmyard manure had a significant and positive impact on maize yield. This creates a need to promote the adoption of low-cost SCEPs to increase productivity and food security. 2022-05 2022-06-10T12:49:54Z 2022-06-10T12:49:54Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119808 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Magambo Kanyenji, G.; Oluoch-Kosura, W.; Moraa Onyango, C.; Karanja, S.N. (2022) Does the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices translate to increased farm yields? A case of maize yield from Western Kenya. Heliyon 8(5): E09500. 9 p. ISSN: 2405-8440 |
| spellingShingle | yields productivity soil carbon parcels erosion Magambo Kanyenji, George Oluoch-Kosura, Willis Moraa Onyango, Cecilia Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley Does the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices translate to increased farm yields? A case of maize yield from Western Kenya |
| title | Does the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices translate to increased farm yields? A case of maize yield from Western Kenya |
| title_full | Does the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices translate to increased farm yields? A case of maize yield from Western Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Does the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices translate to increased farm yields? A case of maize yield from Western Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices translate to increased farm yields? A case of maize yield from Western Kenya |
| title_short | Does the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices translate to increased farm yields? A case of maize yield from Western Kenya |
| title_sort | does the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices translate to increased farm yields a case of maize yield from western kenya |
| topic | yields productivity soil carbon parcels erosion |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119808 |
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