Back cover blurb Rising agricultural productivity has driven improvements in living standards
for millennia. Today, redoubling that effort in developing countries is critical to reducing …

Improving the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa offers the best chance
to reduce poverty among this generation of rural poor by building on the few resources …

This paper assessed the effects of transactions costs—relative to price and non-price factors—
on smallholder marketed surplus and input use in Kenya. A selectivity model was used that …

Sustainable intensification of smallholder farming is a serious option for satisfying 2050
global cereal requirements and alleviating persistent poverty. That option seems far off for …

The paper provides fresh empirical evidence on the adaptation process in Niger rural
communities using original longitudinal socio-economic panel data merged with granular …

Inorganic fertilizer use across Sub-Saharan Africa is generally considered to be low. Yet, the
notion that fertilizer use is too low is predicated on the assumption that it is profitable to use …

This article intends to provide pragmatic guidance for avoiding the more severe problems of
food price instability in east and southern Africa. I first summarize the empirical record of …

It is widely perceived that African farmers are under-utilizing inorganic fertilizer. However,
very little long-term evidence from farmers' fields, accounting for variations in agro …

We utilized data from cereal, legume, and vegetable growers in Kenya and Uganda to
assess their knowledge and management practices of common pests and willingness to pay …

Value chains in the agrifood sector are undergoing a rapid process of modernization,
characterized by the emergence of private standards and different systems of vertical value …