This study sheds light on economic motivations behind farmers’ cultivation in the short rainy season, which is climatically prevalent in East Africa. By cultivating in the short rainy season as well as in the main one, farmers obtain additional food and cash income. This study attempts to...

Crop diversification, or growing multiple crops in farmland, has received attention as a risk-reducing strategy for smallholders. This study attempts to show that poor and non-poor farmers adopt different strategies of crop diversification. We first conceptualize farmers’ heterogeneous...

Crop diversification, or growing multiple crops in farmland, has received attention as a risk-reducing strategy for smallholders. This study attempts to show that poor and non-poor farmers adopt different strategies of crop diversification. We first conceptualize farmers’ heterogeneous...