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Estimating returns to soil and water conservation investments - an application to crop yield in Kenya
(University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics, 2009-11)
Productivity gains from soil and water conservation (SWC) have empirical support in research stations. Previous empirical results from on-farm adoption of SWC are, however, varied. This study investigated the impact of ...
Social Protection and Agricultural Development in Kenya
(2009)
This paper focuses on social protection programs
in Kenya’s agriculture. A case study approach was
used where three cases were examined: (a) emergency
seed distribution in the arid and semi-arid lands
and remote areas ...
Provision and Use of Family Planning in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Kenya
(2004-02)
This report from the POLICY Project documents a study which explored how family planning is being implemented in Kenya in the context of high HIV prevalence. The study involved discussions with providers, family planning ...
Gender Aspects in HIV/AIDS Infection and Prevention in Kenya
(IPAR, 2004)
According to National Aids Control Council, the national prevalence rate stood at 14 per cent in the year 2000, being higher or lower in some areas than others. This fell from 13.1 per cent in 2001 to 10.2 per cent in 2003 ...
Farmers’ Perceptions of Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Yield Response in Kenya
(2008)
To develop soil fertility techniques that respond to farmers’ actual concerns, researchers and agricultural development practitioners in developing countries need to identify how farmers in those regions form perceptions ...
Poverty dynamics in rural Kenya and Madagascar
(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 ...
The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing
(EconWPA, 2009-09)
The returns to education remain a central concern for development policy. In developed countries there is evidence that the returns to education have been rising.Evidence for changes over this period for developing countries ...
African Copyright and Access 2 Knowledge Country Report: Kenya
(Shuttleworth Foundation, Cape Town, 2009)
The two main hypotheses tested by this research were: that the copyright environment in Kenya is not at present
maximising access to learning materials; and that the copyright environment can be changed in order to ...