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Analyzing the Determinants and Extent of Crop Diversification among Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Kirinyaga Central and East Sub-Counties, Kirinyaga County, Kenya

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  • Micheni Pauline Kananu

    (Department of Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Education and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Chuka University, Chuka, Kenya)

  • Gathungu Geofrey Kingori

    (Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Chuka University, Chuka, Kenya)

  • Muriithi Dennis K.

    (Department of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Chuka University, Chuka, Kenya)

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Crop diversification is a potential strategy that farmers can employ to address household food insecurity and low farm incomes. Smallholder coffee farmers face low and insufficient levels of crop diversification in Kirinyaga East and Central Sub-Counties, Kirinyaga County, Kenya. This study examines those factors that influence household decisions to diversify crops and further attempts to analyze the factors that influence the extent to which diversification takes place among smallholder coffee farmers. The study was guided by utility theory and used a descriptive survey design. Structured questionnaires were used to collect the survey data and a sample size of 408 smallholder farmers was chosen using multistage sampling procedure. The crop diversification index was 0.390 on average. Cragg's double-hurdle model findings at the first stage of the model revealed that there was a positive and significant relationship at p

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Handle: RePEc:vrs:pojard:v:72:y:2024:i:2:p:201-217:n:1001
DOI: 10.17306/j.jard.2024.01744
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