Browsing School of Agricultural Sciences by Author "Muange, Elijah"
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Agro-Dealers and the Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology Policy in Kenya
Odame, Hannington; Muange, Elijah (Future Agricultures Consortium, 2011)Public and private actors and their networks are committing substantial resources to support agro-dealers to deliver novel technologies and information in line with the New Green Revolution for Africa. The main point ... -
Can Agro-Dealers Deliver the Green Revolution in Kenya?
Odame, Hannington; Muange, Elijah (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2010)The Government of Kenya, with the backing of development and charitable organisations, has been implementing programmes to increase agricultural productivity and rural incomes and trigger a new Green Revolution (GR). ... -
Determinants of Agricultural Technology Adoption: The Case of Improved Pigeonpea Varieties in Tanzania
Simtowe, Franklin; Kassie, Menale; Diagne, Aliou; Asfaw, Solomon; Shiferaw, Bekele; Silim, Said; Muange, Elijah (2011)If dryland legumes are to meet the expectations of reducing poverty and hunger in the semi-arid tropics, there will be need for a full understanding of their potential for diffusion and the barriers to adoption. We apply ... -
Dryland cereals and Household Food Security in Tanzania: Potential and Constraints of Improved Sorghum Cultivars
Schipmann-Schwarze, C.; Muange, Elijah; Orr, Alastair; Mafuru, January M. (2011)More than one third of the population in Africa is still facing undernourishment and malnutrition. While poor and food-insecure people are most often living in unfavourable agricultural zones, such as semi-arid areas, ... -
Effects of social networks on technical efficiency in smallholder agriculture: The case of cereal producers Tanzania
Muange, Elijah; Gödecke, Theda; Schwarze, Stefan (2015)The use of improved crop varieties is key to increasing food production, but in SubSaharan Africa traditional varieties still dominate smallholder farming. Lack of information is a major constraint to the adoption of ... -
Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enhancement for Sorghum & Millets (HOPE): Baseline Survey, Tanzania
Shipmann, Christin; Orr, Alastair; Muange, Elijah; Mafuru, January (ICRISAT, 2013)The baseline survey was made in Singida Rural and Kondoa districts of Central Tanzania. A random sample of 360 farm households was sampled, divided into treatment, diffusion, and control groups. The survey was conducted ... -
Hedgehog or fox? Theories of change for dryland cereals in Eastern Africa
Orr, Alastair; Muange, Elijah (Journal of International Development, 2021-12-22)International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics' (ICRISAT) research strategy for sorghum and millets is based on market-led development. We analyse the construction of this Theory of Change and its application ... -
Social networks and ex post risk managementamong smallholder farmers in Kenya
Mercy Mbugua; Nzuma, Jonathan; Muange, Elijah (Taylor and Francis Group, 2019)Smallholder farmers in developing countries are vulnerable to idiosyncratic and covariate risks. Therisks affect their welfare through the shocks they impose on income, assets, health and food supply.To cope with these ... -
Social networks and ex post risk managementamong smallholder farmers in Kenya
Mbugua, Mercy; Nzuma, Jonathan; Muange, Elijah (Routeledge Taylor & Francis group, 2019)Smallholder farmers in developing countries are vulnerable to idiosyncratic and covariate risks. The risks affect their welfare through the shocks they impose on income, assets, health and food supply.To cope with these ... -
Social networks and farmer exposure to improved crop varieties in Tanzania
Muange, Elijah; Schwarze, Stefan; Qaim, Matin (2014-09)In Sub-Sahara Africa, adoption rates of improved crop varieties remain relatively low, which is partly due to farmers’ limited access to information. In smallholder settings, information often spreads through informal ... -
Social Networks and Household Dietary Diversity, Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Kenya.
Mbugua, M.; Nzuma, J.; Muange, Elijah; Njuguna, M. (2018)An important driver of household dietary diversity is nutrition knowledge which can be improved through access to nutrition information. However, in many rural areas, formal flow of nutrition information is limited, and ... -
Testing Theories of Change for Dryland Cereals: The HOPE project in central Tanzania 2009-2012
Orr, Alastair; Muange, Elijah (ICRISAT, 2015)The Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enhancement (HOPE) project was based on a market-led Theory of Change in which farmers adopted new technology for sorghum and millets in response to market demand. This Theory ... -
Watershed Improvement Review Board Calendar Year 2006 Annual Report, January 31, 2007
Simtowe, F; Muange, Elijah (2007)The Iowa Watershed Improvement Review Board (WIRB) was created by the Iowa Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in 2005 as Senate File 200. This statute is now codified in Iowa Code Chapter 466A. The fifteen-member ...