Browsing Faculty of Agriculture by Author "Barret, Christopher B"

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    • The Interplay Between Smallholder Farmers and Fragile Tropical Agroecosystems in the Kenyan Highlands 

      Barret, Christopher B; Pell, Alice; Mbugua, David; Verchot, Lou; Blume, Lawrence E; Gamara, Javier; Kinyangi, James; Lehmann, Johannes; Odenyo, Alice; Ngoze, Solomon; Okumu, Ben; Pfeffer, Max; Marenya, Paswel; Riha, Susan; Wangila, Justine (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 01-11-04)
      That farmers rely on the land for their livelihoods is obvious. The converse, that ecosystem services depend on farmers' behaviors, must also be recognized if agricultural productivity is to be improved. In sub Saharan ...

    • Poverty dynamics in rural Kenya and Madagascar 

      Barret, Christopher B; Marenya, Paswell P; McPeak, John; Minten, Bart; Muriithi, Festus; Oluoch-Kosura, Willis; Place, Frank; Randrianarisoa, Jean C; Rasambainarivo, Jhon; Wangila, Justine (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2004-10)
      DESPITE TWO DECADES OF MARKET-ORIENTED REFORMS throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, poverty rates increased, and the sense has spread that the “Washington Consensus” approach of getting macroeconomic policy and prices ...