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Sarah Kariuki

CIMMYT Kenya

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

7

DOWNLOADS

555

TOTAL CITATIONS

2

Scholarly Papers (7)

1.

Improving Access to New Technologies: An Experiment with Kenyan Input Sellers

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 13 Jun 2025
CIMMYT Kenya, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, University of Sussex, CIMMYT Kenya, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
Downloads 141 (534,155)

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Small Firms, Agrodealers, Innovation, Technology Adoption, Varietal Turnover, Africa, Seed

2.

Is Newer Better? The Effect of Varietal Age on Real-world Maize Yield in Kenya

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Jul 2025
CIMMYT Kenya, University of Nairobi, CIMMYT Kenya, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CIMMYT Kenya
Downloads 89 (777,583)

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Varietal Turnover, Entropy Balancing, Smallholder, Maize, Yield Gaps, Newer is Better, Perceptions, Beliefs, Fertilizer Response, Kenya

3.

Effects of Information and Price Promotions on Farmer Experimentation with New Maize Hybrids

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Aug 2025
CIMMYT Kenya, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, CIMMYT Kenya, CIMMYT Kenya and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
Downloads 85 (803,225)

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Agro-Dealer, Price Discounts, Information, Experimentation, Technology Adoption, Agricultural Inputs, Varietal Turnover, Sub-Saharan Africa

4.

Information and Food Quality in Informal Markets: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Oct 2025 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2026
CIMMYT Kenya, Wageningen University, University of Greenwich - Natural Resources Institute (NRI) and University of Nairobi
Downloads 72 (891,180)

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Food Safety, Informal Markets, Aflatoxin, Information, Framing, Quality

5.

Flour Blending Can Mitigate Food Insecurity and Economic Stress

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Oct 2023
SOAS University of London, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, CIMMYT Kenya, CIMMYT Kenya, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
Downloads 72 (867,774)
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flour blending, wheat, food security, global markets, Public Policy, consumer acceptability

6.

Does Better Information Drive Better Seed Choices? Experimental Evidence from Kenya

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Sep 2025
CIMMYT Kenya, CIMMYT Kenya, CIMMYT Kenya, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, CIMMYT Kenya and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
Downloads 56 (1,010,164)

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Varietal Turnover, Product Performance Information, Point of Sale

7.

Leveraging Social Learning for Agricultural Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 08 Jan 2026
CIMMYT Kenya, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, CIMMYT Kenya, University of Sussex, International Maize And Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), CIMMYT Kenya, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
Downloads 40 (1,209,354)

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Technology Adoption, Farmer Experimentation, Social Learning, Learning Spillovers, Agricultural Innovation