期刊名称：Development Studies Research: An Open Access Journal
电子版ISSN：2166-5095
出版年度：2019
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：1-8
DOI：10.1080/21665095.2019.1580596
出版社：Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要：An understanding of the determinants of farm diversity is important in dealing with food and
nutrition security concerns. Access to extension is a key determinant of farm diversity through
technology adoption. However, limited empirical evidence exists on the effects of different types
of extension services on farm diversity. A truncated Poisson regression was used on data
collected from 744 households that were selected using a multi-stage sampling technique.
Results show that access to government and private extension services increased farm diversity
by 81 and 95 percentage points, respectively. The policy implications are that first, government
extension services should be focused on farmers who may not afford private extension services
given that the least diversified farms are significantly different from the most diversified farms.
Second, policies should incentivize the private sector to invest more resources in the
development and dissemination of extension services as a complement to government
extension and lastly, there is need for policies that guide privatization of extension services
especially in the current devolved system of governance in Kenya.
