@article{Muraoka:212033,
      recid = {212033},
      author = {Muraoka, Rie and Matsumoto, Tomoya and Jin, Songqing and  Otsuka, Keijiro},
      title = {On the Possibility of a Maize Green Revolution in the  Highlands of Kenya: An Assessment of Emerging Intensive  Farming Systems},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-79996},
      pages = {34},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {As population pressure on land grows rapidly in Kenya,  rural farmers have started to intensify land use, which has  lef to the emergence of a new maize farming system.  The  new system is characterized by the adoption of  high-yielding maize varieties, the application of chemical  fertilizer and manure produced by stall-fed improved dairy  cows, and intercropping, especially the combination of  maize and legumes.  This study aims to explore the  determinants of the new maize farming system and its impact  on land productivity.  We examine not only the impacts of  new technologies and production practices but also the  impact of the entire new maize farming system by generating  an agricultural intensification index based on a principal  component analysis.  The estimation results show that a  decrease in the land-labor ratio accelerates farming  intensification, and that the adoption of each new  technology and production practice has positive and  significant impacts on land productivity.  These findings  are further supported by the significantly positive impacts  of the agriculture intensification index on land  productivity.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/212033},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.212033},
}