Milu Muyanga|Thomas S. Jayne
Effects of rising rural population density on smallholder agriculture in Kenya
Michigan State University|Michigan State University
study measures kenyan farmers farming systems responded changes population density associated land pressures kenya relatively densely populated area 40 rural people residing 5 rural land develop structural model estimating impact population density input output prices farm size ultimately smallholder behavior agricultural intensification evidence derived fiveround panel survey 1997 2010 find negative relationship localized population density farm size positive relationship population density measures land intensification roughly 500 personskm2 beyond threshold rising population density associated increases land intensification measures intensification actually show alarming decline beyond population density threshold also find relatively weak relationship population density offfarm income overall total household income per adult equivalent found decline significantly population density rises findings raise serious policy questions feasible pathways rural poverty reduction context increasingly landconstrained farming systems