The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in western Kenya.

A set of studies on the impact of agricultural research on poverty led by IFPRI, analyzes the adoption and impact of agroforestry techniques for soil fertility enhancement in one of the poorest regions of the world- the western Kenyan highlands. It further examines the role that government and nongovernmental organizations and their different dissemination methods play in reaching potental users and helping them understand and use this knowledge-intensive technology. In this study, researchers have used qualitative and quantitative research methods to make discoveries and develop insights that neither method alone could accomplish