The Impact of Maize Hybrids on Income, Poverty, and Inequality among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya

Mary K. Mathenge, Melinda Smale () and John Olwande

No 146931, Food Security International Development Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: The development and diffusion of hybrid maize seed in Kenya is a widely documented success story. Yet, to our knowledge, a missing link in existing research on maize hybrids in Kenya has been a rigorous analysis of the impacts of seed adoption on farmer welfare. The objective of this study is to initiate that research, using econometric methods applied to a balanced panel of 1,243 maize-growing households surveyed in 2000, 2004, 2007, and 2010. Data were collected by Tegemeo Institute of Egerton University in collaboration with Michigan State University.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42
Date: 2012-11
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.146931

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