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The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya:

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Place, Frank
Adato, Michelle
Hebinck, Paul
Omosa, Mary

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"Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good. In the study described here, researchers looked specifially at soil fertility replenishment (SFR) systems...Focused on two specific systems the tree-based "improved fallow" system and the biomass transfer system the study compared rates of adoption in poor and nonpoor communities and evaluated the extent to which their adoption reduced poverty." From Authors' Summary

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Paper provided by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in its series Research reports with number 142.

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Keywords: Agroforestry Kenya; Soil fertility Kenya; Poor Africa; Agroforestry Extension; Agroforestry projects; Gender; Natural resource management; Agricultural technology; Agricultural growth;

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  1. Place, Frank & Adato, Michelle & Hebinck, Paul & Mary Omosa, 2003. "The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya," FCND briefs 160, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
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  2. Swinkels, R.A. & Franzel, S. & Shepherd, K.D. & Ohlsson, E. & Ndufa, J.K., 1997. "The economics of short rotation improved fallows: evidence from areas of high population density in Western Kenya," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 55(1), pages 99-121, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Hans-Peter Kohler & Jere R. Behrman & Susan Cotts Watkins, 1999. "The structure of social networks and fertility decisions: evidence from S. Nyanza District, Kenya," MPIDR Working Papers WP-1999-005, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  4. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela & Adato, Michelle & Haddad, Lawrence James & Hazell, P.B.R., 2004. "Science and poverty," Food policy reports 16, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
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  1. Adato, Michelle & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela, 2002. "Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework," FCND discussion papers 128, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
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  2. Place, Frank & Franzel, Steve & Noordin, Qureish & Jama, Bashir, 2004. "Improved fallows in Kenya: history, farmer practice, and impacts," EPTD discussion papers 115, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
  3. Place, Frank & Adato, Michelle & Hebinck, Paul & Mary Omosa, 2003. "The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya," FCND discussion papers 160, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
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