Ephraim Nkonya

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a longitudinal impact evaluation with quasi-experimental methods to provide evidence on economic and production impact of a farmer field school (FFS) project in East Africa.

TL;DR: Land degradation is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and is especially severe on the livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources in low and high income countries.

TL;DR: The role of agricultural advisory services in supporting the use of the agricultural sector as an engine of pro-poor growth and enabling small farmers to meet new challenges, such as accessing export markets, adopting environmentally sustainable production techniques, and coping with HIV/AIDS and other health challenges that affect agriculture as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a bootstrapped simultaneous equation Tobit model was used to analyse data obtained from a survey of 246 farmers in Northern Tanzania in order to quantify the socioeconomic factors that affect adoption of improved maize seed and chemical fertiliser by producers in Tanzania.

TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework for analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services is proposed and the framework suggests an impact chain approach to analyze the performance and impact of advisory services and discusses theoretical and empirical research methods that can be used when applying the framework.