Geoffrey Muricho

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Geoffrey Muricho is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Geoffrey Muricho has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11 papers in Plant Science and 10 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Geoffrey Muricho's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (27 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (10 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (8 papers). Geoffrey Muricho is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (27 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (10 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (8 papers). Geoffrey Muricho collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, India and Tanzania. Geoffrey Muricho's co-authors include Bekele Shiferaw, Menale Kassie, Hans‐Joachim Braun, Matthew Reynolds, Mélinda Smale, E. Duveiller, Gracious Diiro, Jon Hellin, Beatrice Muriithi and Gideon A. Obare and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, World Development and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

Geoffrey Muricho

35 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Crops that feed the world 10. Past successes and future challenges to the role played by wheat in global food security

2013 880 citations Bekele Shiferaw, Mélinda Smale et al. Food Security profile →
Agricultural Technology, Crop Income, and Poverty Alleviation in Uganda

2011 384 citations Menale Kassie, Bekele Shiferaw et al. World Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Geoffrey Muricho Kenya	14	892	767	427	342	310	36	2.1k
Aliou Diagne Ivory Coast	24	815 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	635 1.5×	611 1.8×	94 0.3×	85	2.4k
Tesfamicheal Wossen Kenya	25	524 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	637 1.5×	631 1.8×	120 0.4×	55	2.3k
Hermann Waibel Germany	27	544 0.6×	687 0.9×	378 0.9×	376 1.1×	101 0.3×	120	2.1k
George W. Norton United States	28	629 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	372 0.9×	542 1.6×	109 0.4×	134	2.2k
M.R. Bellon Mexico	34	1.9k 2.2×	1.7k 2.3×	407 1.0×	338 1.0×	417 1.3×	73	3.7k
Matty Demont Philippines	33	1.8k 2.1×	959 1.3×	314 0.7×	667 2.0×	126 0.4×	126	3.2k
Franklin Simtowe Kenya	19	315 0.4×	1.2k 1.6×	569 1.3×	462 1.4×	145 0.5×	56	1.7k
Steven Franzel Kenya	28	517 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	312 0.7×	291 0.9×	314 1.0×	84	2.6k
Nelson Mango Zimbabwe	16	288 0.3×	864 1.1×	509 1.2×	250 0.7×	100 0.3×	42	1.6k
P. K. Joshi United States	26	290 0.3×	1.0k 1.3×	631 1.5×	524 1.5×	122 0.4×	107	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Geoffrey Muricho

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Geoffrey Muricho

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Geoffrey Muricho. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Geoffrey Muricho based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Geoffrey Muricho. Geoffrey Muricho is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Muricho, Geoffrey, et al.. (2025). Navigating Formal, Informal, and Integrated Seed Systems: Drivers of Choice by Sorghum Grain Producers in Tanzania and Implications for Seed Access. Food and Energy Security. 14(6).

Yila, Jummai, et al.. (2023). Exploring gender differences in trait preferences among groundnut value chain actors in northern Ghana. Agriculture & Food Security. 12(1). 1 indexed citations

Melesse, Mequanint B., et al.. (2023). Adoption and impact of improved groundnut varieties on household food security in Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. 14. 100817–100817. 1 indexed citations

Lokossou, Jourdain, Hippolyte Affognon, S. A. Ogunbayo, et al.. (2022). Welfare impacts of improved groundnut varieties adoption and food security implications in the semi-arid areas of West Africa. Food Security. 14(3). 709–728. 10 indexed citations

Akpo, Essègbémon, et al.. (2022). Mapping out market drivers of improved variety seed use: the case of sorghum in Tanzania. Heliyon. 8(1). e08715–e08715. 9 indexed citations

Kumar, Shalander, Michael Hauser, Geoffrey Muricho, et al.. (2022). Estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in Ethiopia. Food Security. 14(5). 1241–1258. 7 indexed citations

Akpo, Essègbémon, Chris O. Ojiewo, Ronnie Vernooy, et al.. (2021). Delineating investment opportunities for stakeholders in sorghum seed systems: a logit model perspective. Agriculture & Food Security. 10(1). 6 indexed citations

Akpo, Essègbémon, Chris O. Ojiewo, Ronnie Vernooy, et al.. (2020). A probit Analysis of Determinants of Adoption of Improved Sorghum Technologies Among Farmers in Tanzania. Journal of Agricultural Science. 13(1). 73–73. 9 indexed citations

Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, et al.. (2019). Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of Kenya. Cogent Food & Agriculture. 5(1). 1694755–1694755. 44 indexed citations

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Diiro, Gracious, Greg Seymour, Menale Kassie, Geoffrey Muricho, & Beatrice Muriithi. (2018). Women’s empowerment in agriculture and agricultural productivity: Evidence from rural maize farmer households in western Kenya. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0197995–e0197995. 138 indexed citations

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Kassie, Menale, Jesper Stage, Gracious Diiro, et al.. (2018). Push–pull farming system in Kenya: Implications for economic and social welfare. Land Use Policy. 77. 186–198. 66 indexed citations

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Muricho, Geoffrey, et al.. (2018). Impact Assessment of Agricultural Commercialization on Food Security Among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya: An Application of Correlated Random Effects. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1 indexed citations

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Muricho, Geoffrey, Menale Kassie, & Gideon A. Obare. (2015). Determinants of Market Participation Regimes among Smallholder Maize Producers in Kenya. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 8 indexed citations

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Shiferaw, Bekele, Mélinda Smale, Hans‐Joachim Braun, et al.. (2013). Crops that feed the world 10. Past successes and future challenges to the role played by wheat in global food security. Food Security. 5(3). 291–317. 880 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kassie, Menale, Bekele Shiferaw, & Geoffrey Muricho. (2011). Agricultural Technology, Crop Income, and Poverty Alleviation in Uganda. World Development. 39(10). 1784–1795. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simtowe, Franklin, Solomon Asfaw, Bekele Shiferaw, et al.. (2010). Socioeconomic Assessment of Pigeonpea and Groundnut Production Conditions – Farmer Technology Choice, Market Linkages, Institutions and Poverty in Rural Malawi. Market Institution and Policy Research Report no.6. Open Access Repository of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics). 2 indexed citations

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Shiferaw, Bekele, et al.. (2008). Unlocking the Potential of High-Value Legumes in the Semi-Arid Regions: Analyses of the Pigeonpea Value Chains in Kenya.. 12 indexed citations

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Shiferaw, Bekele, Gideon A. Obare, & Geoffrey Muricho. (2008). Rural market imperfections and the role of institutions in collective action to improve markets for the poor. Natural Resources Forum. 32(1). 25–38. 74 indexed citations

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Shiferaw, Bekele, et al.. (2007). Unlocking the Potential of High-Value Legumes in the Semi-Arid Regions: Analyses of the Pigeonpea Value Chains in Kenya.Report No.1 Institution, Markets, Policy and Impacts Research. 8 indexed citations

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Obare, Gideon A., Bekele Shiferaw, & Geoffrey Muricho. (2006). Leveraging Rural Institutions for Collective Action to Improve Markets for the Poor: Lessons and Policy Options. Open Access Repository of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics). 5 indexed citations

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