O. L. E. Mbatia

Evaluation of the Elasticity of Farm Output among Smallholder Farmers in Selected Agro-Ecological Zones of Embu County, Kenya

Samuel Njiri Ndirangu, Stephen G. Mbogoh & O. L. E. Mbatia · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2018

Aims: Low and declining levels of crop and livestock productivities in the Kenyan agriculture have been attributed to the low application of the key farm inputs.  Measures to encourage application of farm inputs with the highest effect on farm output in a given agro-ecological zo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAEES/2018/43048

Effects of Land Fragmentation on Food Security in Three Agro-ecological Zones of Embu County in Kenya

Samuel Njiri Ndirangu, Stephen G. Mbogoh & O. L. E. Mbatia · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2017

Land fragmentation is a common agricultural phenomenon in many countries where a single large farm is subdivided into a large number of separate small land plots. This paper is based on a study that was carried out to evaluate the impact of land fragmentation on food security in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAEES/2017/34321