highland Kenya using a recently developed system dynamics bio-economic model. This approach permits examination of the complex … characterize persistent poverty and food insecurity among smallholders in rural highland Kenya. We examine the effects of changing …

Kenya. The findings carry important implications for food security interventions by government and operational agencies. We …

plots operated by small farmers in western Kenya, we find a von Liebig-type relationship between soil organic matter (SOM …

relatively parsimonious set of regularly measured variables from communities in Kenya’s arid north, that generates remarkably …

of Kenya is associated by region, land use categories (cash crop, food crop, fodder and pastures), and selected household … were sampled in Embu (eastern Kenya highlands, primarily Andosols) and Madzuu (western Kenya highlands, primarily Ferrasols … poverty dynamics and soil degradation in smallholder agriculture; wealthier households in the eastern Kenya highlands are able …

will generate big gains. Using a unique survey design and soils data from plots operated by small farmers in western Kenya …

transactions-level data from livestock markets in northern Kenya, the statistical results prove quite consistent with qualitative … by pastoralists in the dry lands of northern Kenya. The practical policy implication of these findings is that high … unlikely that one can effectively mitigate the problem of extraordinary livestock producer price risk in northern Kenya without …

households in Kenya significantly reduced liquidity constraints, enabling project participants to pursue more lucrative …