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The Role of Extraneous Incentives and Drivers in Farm Enterprise Diversification: A Study of Passion-Fruit (Passiflora edulis) Uptake in Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya
N. Kibet, G.A. Obare and J.K. Lagat
Corresponding Author: Kibet Noah
Submitted: 2011 March, 03
Accepted: 2011 April, 30
Published: 2011 September, 10 |
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Despite the continued production and overdependence of maize and wheat (traditional crops) as main
source of income in Uasin-Gishu County, poverty among farmers has been increasing. To mitigate the poverty
effects, farmers have tended to substitute land under the traditional crops for high yielding and high value crops,
passion fruit inclusive. However, the uptake of passion fruit has been achieved with partial success. This study
determined the extent of passion fruit adoption, factors affecting the adoption and its extent. Cross-sectional
data from 100 randomly selected farmers were collected and subjected to Heckman two-step regression analysis
to determine factors affecting passion fruit adoption as well as the extent of adoption. The results show that
availability of water for irrigation (marginal effect = 0.481), title deeds (marginal effect = 0.316) and farming
as main occupation (marginal effect = 0.486) significantly and positively affected the adoption of passion fruit
while age (marginal effect = 0.009) was significant with negative effect. Private land ownership and access to
extension services significantly and positively influenced the extent of adoption while age had significant
negative effect. The results mean more incentives and innovative drivers are necessary for crop diversification
and substitution in Kenya and not sufficient for adoption of the new crops. Government and other stakeholders
should formulate and implement effective policies related to promotion of adoption, production and marketing
of new agricultural technologies.
Key words: Adoption, farm enterprise diversifications, high value, high yielding, traditional crops, ,
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N. Kibet, G.A. Obare and J.K. Lagat, . The Role of Extraneous Incentives and Drivers in Farm Enterprise Diversification: A Study of Passion-Fruit (Passiflora edulis) Uptake in Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya. Asian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, (5): 358-365.
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