Adoption and Intensity of Integrated Agriculture Aquaculture among Smallholder Fish Farmers in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorFonda, Jane Awuor
dc.contributor.authorMacharia, Ibrahim Ndegwa
dc.contributor.authorMulwa, Richard Mbithi
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-06T09:37:31Z
dc.date.available2023-10-06T09:37:31Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper examined the adoption and intensity of using integrated agriculture aquaculture (IAA) among smallholder fish farming households in Kenya. The analysis was based on crossectional farm-level data collected from four counties in Kenya: Nyeri, Kakamega, Siaya, and Busia. Results showed that risk plays a central role in farmers’ decisions through the direct effect of the sample moments of the profit distribution. Specifically, the first moment (mean profit) had a highly significant positive effect on the adoption and intensity of IAA. Profit variability, as reflected by the second moment, negatively impacted adoption and the intensity of IAA. Other factors that were important in IAA adoption included the proportion of economically active members, full-time land ownership, awareness of IAA, accessibility to irrigation, and flat farm topography, all of which were statistically significant in influencing IAA adoption positively. Other factors which were found to influence the intensity of IAA positively and significantly were: age, education level, number of economically active members, full-time land ownership, awareness of IAA, flat farm topography, and clay soil type. Thus, IAA should be promoted alongside farmers’ education, farm size, access to affordable and accessible credit, number of farm enterprises, and IAA awareness as a mechanism for enhancing smallholder IAA adoption and intensity of use.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP)en_US
dc.identifier.citationAwuor, F. J., Macharia, I., & Mulwa, R. Adoption and intensity of integrated agriculture aquaculture among smallholder fish farmers in Kenya. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7, 1181502.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1181502
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/27020
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsen_US
dc.subjectIAA adoptionen_US
dc.subjectIV2SLS estimationen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectpolicyen_US
dc.titleAdoption and Intensity of Integrated Agriculture Aquaculture among Smallholder Fish Farmers in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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