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    Pathways from information to the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Malawi and Tanzania
    (Cambridge University Press, 2023) Marenya, P.P.; Gatua, J.G.; Rahut, D.B.
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    Editorial: Social and institutional innovations for achieving sustainable agricultural transformation in the global south
    (Frontiers Media S.A., 2023) Marenya, P.P.; Aryal, J.P.; Mulema, A.; Rahut, D.B.
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    Climate risks and adaptation strategies of farmers in East Africa and South Asia
    (Nature Publishing Group, 2021) Aryal, J.P.; Sapkota, T.; Rahut, D.B.; Marenya, P.P.; Stirling, C.
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    Impacts of drought-tolerant maize varieties on productivity, risk, and resource use: evidence from Uganda
    (Elsevier, 2019) Simtowe, F.P.; Amondo, E.I.; Marenya, P.P.; Rahut, D.B.; Sonder, K.; Erenstein, O.
    Weather variability is an important source of production risk for rainfed agriculture in developing countries. This paper evaluates the impacts of the adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties on average maize yield, yield stability, risk exposure and resource use in rainfed smallholder maize farming. The study uses cross-sectional farm household-level data, collected from a sample of 840 farm households in Uganda. The adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties increased yield by 15% and reduced the probability of crop failure by 30%. We further show that the adoption of these varieties increased investments in maize production at the extensive margin through maize area increase and to a more limited extent at the intensive margin through mechanization. The findings show promise for further uptake and scaling of drought-tolerant maize varieties for increased productivity, reduced risk, and the transformation of the maize sector.
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    Heterogeneous seed access and information exposure: implications for the adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties in Uganda
    (Springer, 2019) Simtowe, F.P.; Marenya, P.P.; Amondo, E.I.; Regasa, M.W.; Rahut, D.B.; Erenstein, O.
    Frequent droughts in sub-Saharan Africa imply water stress for rainfed agriculture and, ultimately, food insecurity, underlining the region’s vulnerability to climate change. Yet, in the maize-growing areas, farmers have been given new drought coping options following the release and availability of drought-tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs). These varieties are being disseminated through the National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems in collaboration with seed companies; however, their adoption still appears somewhat modest, and empirical studies on their adoption potential and associated drivers are scarce. We use empirical data from Uganda to estimate the actual and potential adoption rates and the adoption determinants of DTMVs under information and seed access constraints. Adoption rates for DTMVs could have been up to 22% in 2015 instead of the observed sample adoption rate of 14% if the whole population had been exposed to them. The adoption rate could increase to 30% if seed were availed to the farming population and to 47% if seed were sold at a more affordable price to farmers. The observed adoption rate of 14% implies gaps in the potential adoption rates of 8%, 16%, and 33% because of a lack of awareness, a lack of seed access, and high seed prices, respectively. The findings underscore the role of both market and non-market-based approaches and the potential to further scale the cultivation of DTMVs in Uganda.
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    Lead farmers: enhancing agricultural resilience and sustainability in Eastern and Southern Africa
    (CIMMYT, 2019) Marenya, P.P.; Rahut, D.B.
    In the following pages you will read inspiring and moving accounts by men and women farmers across eastern and southern Africa who have bravely embraced change to improve their farming methods and hence the lives and livelihoods of their families. These men and women have been associated to one extent or another with the Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume Cropping Systems for Food Security in Eastern and outhern Africa (SIMLESA) program. The SIMLESA program was mplemented for 9 years between 2010 and 2019 in 7 African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique Tanzania and from 2014, Rwanda and Uganda).
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    Input subsidies or extension: which policy should take precedence when supporting farmers?
    (CIMMYT, [2017?]) Marenya, P.P.; Kassie, M.; Debello, M.J.; Erenstein, O.; Rahut, D.B.
    The Sustainable intensification of maize legume systems in eastern and southern Africa (SIMLESA) R4D project in conjunction with the adjunct Adoption Pathways project were designed to test the agronomic, economic and institutional requirements for CA-based sustainable agricultural intensification practices (CA-SAIPs) in five countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. One of the research efforts towards understanding some of the micro-level and policy enablers of CA-SAIPs looked at key household and farm-specific and macro (country specific) factors as predictors of adoption of two critical components of CA-SAIPs: minimum tillage and mulching. The study was done in four SIMLESA and Adoption Pathways project countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi. Many studies in the agricultural development literature that look at the adoption of agricultural technologies often study factors observed at the farm level and policy variables are often discussed as part of the broad interpretation of these results. In this brief we report on results from a study that is based both on adoption and policy simulations models.
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    Predicting minimum tillage adoption among smallholder farmers using microlevel and policy variables
    (SpringerOpen, 2017) Marenya, P.P.; Kassie, M.; Debello, M.J.; Rahut, D.B.; Erenstein, O.
    Minimum tillage combined with mulching (MTM) is critical to conservation agriculture, yet its use by smallholder farmers raises challenging questions regarding adoption, diffusion and scaling at farm level. In this paper, we used probit regression and post-estimation simulations to identify the key micro (farm specific) and macro (country specific) factors as predictors of MTM adoption in four countries spanning a north-south gradient in eastern and southern Africa (ESA): Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. We found that farmers’ access to markets and social capital empirically predicted MTM adoption. Policies that increased fertilizer subsidies and extension-staff-to-farmer ratios had similar effects, even if only modestly. Conceivably, subsidies specifically targeted at MTM could also be considered based on their potential environmental and social benefits. We conclude that adoption of MTM still faces the same micro- and macro-level hurdles common to all agricultural technologies. Long-term investments in agricultural extension and reductions in the costs of complementary inputs are critical for the diffusion of MTM.
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