Mathenge, M.K. and Smale, M. and Olwande, J. (2013) The impacts of hybrid maize seed on the welfare of farming households in Kenya. Food Policy. pp. 1-10.
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Abstract
This paper explores the impacts of hybrid maize adoption on the welfare of farming households in Kenya. We use a four-year panel dataset to estimate the effects of hybrid seed use on four indicators of household welfare, namely, income, assets, inequality and poverty. Results show that use of hybrid seed not only contributes to higher annual income, but also to raising the value of assets, possibly reflecting longer-term welfare effects. Further, we find that use of hybrid seed reduces the depth of poverty, and that the amount planted reduces inequality. As expected, impacts differ between major and minor maize-growing areas of the country. Maize farmers who do not use hybrid seed are clearly disadvantaged. This calls for continued public and private investments in the infrastructure and policy process that supports a competitive, liberalized seed industry and improved access of smallholder farmers to well-adapted, affordable hybrids.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This study is a product of collaborative research undertaken by Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development of Egerton University and Michigan State University under the Tegemeo Agricultural Policy Research and Analysis (TAPRA) II Program supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Input use; Household welfare; Maize; Kenya |
| Author Affiliation: | Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Egerton University, P.O. Box 20498, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences > Agricultural Economics |
| Divisions: | Maize |
| Depositing User: | Mr Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2013 05:30 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2013 05:30 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.09.013 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12065 |
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