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Journal Articles

 

  1. Kamau, M., Mburu, J.,  Mills, B., & Kirimi, L. (2025). Farmers’ willingness to pay for agro-weather advisories: Implications for long-term support of weather information in Kenya.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104509
  2. Kirimi, L., Olwande, J., Langat, J., Njagi, T. Kamau, M. & Obare, G. (2023). Agricultural Inputs in Kenya: Demand, Supply, and the Policy Environment, in Breisinger, C., Keenan,M., Mbuthia, J., & Njuki, J. (eds), 2023. Food systems transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the past and policy options for the future. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Pp. 201-230. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294561_08
  3. Kikuchi, M., Mano, Y., Njagi, T. N., Merrey, D. J., & Otsuka, K. (2023). Irrigation in Kenya: Economic Viability of Large-Scale Irrigation Construction, in Osuka, K., Mano, Y., Takahashi, K, (eds), Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 195-221). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/61893/978-981-19-8046-6.pdf?sequence=1#page=203
  4. Vanlauwe, B., Amede, T., Bationo, A., Bindraban, P., Breman, H., Cardinael, R., ... & Groot, R. (2023). Fertilizer and soil health in Africa: The role of fertilizer in building soil health to sustain farming and address climate change.https://hub.ifdc.org/items/77431c74-55ab-4d8c-bb5f-a7a1b04c4e45
  5. Mano, Y., Njagi, T. N., & Otsuka, K. (2023). Rice Milling in Kenya: An Inquiry into the Process of Upgrading Rice Milling Services, in Osuka, K., Mano, Y., Takahashi, K, (eds), Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 245-271). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/61893/978-981-19-8046-6.pdf?sequence=1#page=251
  6. Olson, D., Mason, N. M., Kirimi, L., & Makau, J. (2022). Do changes in maize prices and input prices affect smallholder farmers’ soil fertility management decisions? panel survey evidence from Kenya. Agrekon, 61(2), 167-191. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03031853.2021.2006071
  7. Kamau, M. W., Bagamba, F., Riungu, C., Mukundi, J., & Toel, R. (2018). Early changes in farmers’ adoption and use of an improved maize seed: An assessment of the impact of demos and field days. African Evaluation Journal, 6(1), 1-10.https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.4102/aej.v6i1.278
  8. Mano, Y., Njagi, T., & Otsuka, K. (2022). An inquiry into the process of upgrading rice milling services: the case of the Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya. Food Policy, 106, 102195. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306919221001743
  9. Eichsteller, M., Njagi, T., & Nyukuri, E. (2022). The role of agriculture in poverty escapes in Kenya–developing a capabilities approach in the context of climate change. World Development, 149, 105705.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X2100320X
  10. Ochieng, J., Kirimi, L., Ochieng, D. O., Njagi, T., Mathenge, M., Gitau, R., & Ayieko, M. (2020). Managing climate risk through crop diversification in rural Kenya. Climatic Change, 162, 1107-1125. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-020-02727-0
  11. Ochieng, J., Kirimi, L., & Makau, J. (2017, November). Adapting to climate variability and change in rural K enya: f armer perceptions, strategies and climate trends. In Natural resources forum (Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 195-208). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1477-8947.12111
  12. Makau, J. M., Irungu, P., Nyikal, R. A., & Kirimi, L. W. (2016). An assessment of the effect of a national fertiliser subsidy programme on farmer participation in private fertiliser markets in the North Rift region of Kenya. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 11(311-2016-5666), 292-304. https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/252459/
  13. Ochieng, J., Kirimi, L., & Mathenge, M. (2016). Effects of climate variability and change on agricultural production: The case of small scale farmers in Kenya. NJAS: Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 77(1), 71- 78. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1016/j.njas.2016.03.005
  14. Kimenju, S. C., & Qaim, M. (2016). The nutrition transition and indicators of child malnutrition. Food Security, 8, 571-583. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-016-0566-x
  15. Ochieng, J., Kirimi, L., & Makau, J. (2017, November). Adapting to climate variability and change in rural K enya: f armer perceptions, strategies and climate trends. Natural resources forum, 41(4), 195-208.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12111
  16. Jayne, T. S., Chamberlin, J., Traub, L., Sitko, N., Muyanga, M., Yeboah, F. K., Anseeuw, W., Chapoto, A.,Wineman, A., Nkonde, C., Kadule, R. (2016). Africa's changing farm size distribution patterns: the rise of medium‐scale farms. Agricultural Economics, 47(S1), 197-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12308
  17. Njeru, T. N., Mano, Y., & Otsuka, K. (2015). Role of Access to Credit in Rice Production in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya. Journal of African Economies, 25(2), 300-321.https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejv024
  18. Mathenge, M. K., Smale, M., & Tschirley, D. (2015). Off‐farm Employment and Input Intensification among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Kenya. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 66(2), 519-536. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12093
  19. Muyanga, M., & Jayne, T. S. (2014). Effects of rising rural population density on smallholder agriculture in Kenya. Food Policy, 48, 98-113.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.03.001
  20. Smale, M., & Olwande, J. (2014). Demand for maize hybrids and hybrid change on smallholder farms in Kenya. Agricultural Economics, 45(4), 409-420. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12095
  21. Wineman, A., Njagi, T., Anderson, C. L., Reynolds, T. W., Alia, D. Y., Wainaina, P.,  Njue, E., Biscaye, P.,  & Ayieko, M. W. (2020). A case of mistaken identity? Measuring rates of improved seed adoption in Tanzania using DNA fingerprinting. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 71(3), 719-741.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12368
  22. Smale, M., & Olwande, J. (2014). Demand for maize hybrids and hybrid change on smallholder farms in Kenya. Agricultural economics, 45(4), 409-420. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12095
  23. Timu, A. G., Mulwa, R., Okello, J., & Kamau, M. (2014). The role of varietal attributes on adoption of improved seed varieties: the case of sorghum in Kenya. Agriculture & Food Security, 3(1), 9.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/2048-7010-3-9
  24. Kamau, M., Smale, M., & Mutua, M. (2014). Farmer demand for soil fertility management practices in Kenya’s grain basket. Food Security, 6(6), 793-806. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-014-0398-5