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Job Lagat
Researcher at Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Publications - 50
Citations - 462
Job Lagat is an academic researcher from Agricultural & Applied Economics Association. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agriculture & Food security. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 49 publications receiving 352 citations. Previous affiliations of Job Lagat include Egerton University.
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Effect of Certified Organic Production Systems on Poverty among Smallholder Farmers: Empirical Evidence from Kenya
Oscar Ingasia Ayuya,Oscar Ingasia Ayuya,Eric O. Gido,Hillary K. Bett,Job Lagat,Alexander K. Kahi,Siegfried Bauer +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effect of certified organic production on poverty in smallholder production systems and found that certified producers were less likely to be multidimensional poor compared to their counterfactual case of not participating in organic certification schemes.
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Effect of climate-smart agricultural practices on household food security in smallholder production systems: micro-level evidence from Kenya
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors empirically find the determinants of choice and the effect of climate-smart agricultural practices on household food security among smallholder farmers in Kenya, and they find that the greatest effect of CSA adoption by small-holder farmers on food security is when they use a larger package that contains all the four categories of practices.
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Estimating farmers’ stated willingness to accept pay for ecosystem services: case of Lake Naivasha watershed Payment for Ecosystem Services scheme-Kenya
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the willingness to accept pay (WTA) as proxy economic measure of environmental service (ES) value and determined socio-economic factors influencing farmers WTA for watershed conservation.
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Determining the Economic Value of Irrigation Water in Kerio Valley Basin (Kenya) by Residual Value Method
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an application of the residual value technique to determine the disaggregated economic value of irrigation water used across crops at the basin level for the Kerio valley basin Kenya.
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Structure and properties of urban household food demand in Nairobi, Kenya: implications for urban food security
TL;DR: In this article, the elasticities of food demand were estimated through the Linear Approximated Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS) and inferences about access to food were drawn.