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The business case for resilient agriculture: A financial and risk analysis of maize farming technologies in Kenya

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Title The business case for resilient agriculture: A financial and risk analysis of maize farming technologies in Kenya
 
Creator Nowak, Andreea C.
Steward, Peter
Namoi, Nictor
Kamau, Hannah N.
Lamanna, Christine
Rosenstock, Todd S.
 
Subject resilience
agriculture
economic analysis
enterprises
maize
food security
climate change
 
Description Maize-mixed farming is the most important food production system in East and Southern Africa, stretching over 19% of the cultivated area and engaging approximately 60 million people [1]. In Kenya, maize (Zea mays L.) is the main staple of 96% of the population and is cultivated by more than a third (38%) of the farmers [2]. Roughly 70% of production is small-scale (0.1-2 hectares [ha]) [3]. Maize areas cover approximately 1.8 million ha, from the coast lowlands (1-1250 meters above the sea level [masl]) to high potential highlands (>2100 masl), including eight provinces: Rift Valley (with the largest area under maize), Nyanza, Eastern, Western, Coast, Central, North Eastern, and Nairobi.
 
Date 2020-08-18
2020-08-18T17:04:06Z
2020-08-18T17:04:06Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Nowak A, Steward P, Namoi N, Kamau H, Lamanna C, Rosenstock T. 2020. The business case for resilient agriculture: A financial and risk analysis of maize farming technologies in Kenya. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109031
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Language en
 
Rights Other
Open Access
 
Format 4 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security