John Recha

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

John Recha is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, John Recha has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 19 papers in Soil Science and 18 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in John Recha's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (18 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (18 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (15 papers). John Recha is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (18 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (18 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (15 papers). John Recha collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, Ethiopia and United States. John Recha's co-authors include Abrham Belay, Teshale Woldeamanuel, John Morton, Maren Radeny, Dawit Solomon, James Kinyangi, Johannes Lehmann, Louis Verchot, Alice N. Pell and Dawit Solomon and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Climatic Change and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

John Recha

63 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Smallholder farmers’ adaptation to climate change and determinants of their adaptation decisions in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

2017 373 citations Abrham Belay, John Recha et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Recha Kenya	22	684	676	527	339	272	64	1.8k
Pradeep Kurukulasuriya United States	22	917 1.3×	673 1.0×	411 0.8×	307 0.9×	159 0.6×	40	1.7k
Harald Kächele Germany	28	537 0.8×	494 0.7×	416 0.8×	547 1.6×	145 0.5×	51	1.9k
Ian Nuberg Australia	23	632 0.9×	391 0.6×	592 1.1×	549 1.6×	236 0.9×	84	1.9k
Jeetendra Prakash Aryal Mexico	26	860 1.3×	754 1.1×	769 1.5×	197 0.6×	138 0.5×	46	2.3k
Leigh Winowiecki Kenya	26	443 0.6×	741 1.1×	390 0.7×	606 1.8×	381 1.4×	75	2.4k
T.S. Amjath-Babu Germany	22	394 0.6×	383 0.6×	363 0.7×	362 1.1×	90 0.3×	54	1.5k
Arun Khatri‐Chhetri India	20	760 1.1×	538 0.8×	604 1.1×	211 0.6×	89 0.3×	41	1.8k
Samuel T. Partey Mali	23	638 0.9×	451 0.7×	491 0.9×	187 0.6×	121 0.4×	49	1.6k
Marzieh Keshavarz Iran	21	634 0.9×	356 0.5×	216 0.4×	452 1.3×	255 0.9×	50	1.7k
Felix K. Ngetich Kenya	23	507 0.7×	708 1.0×	480 0.9×	264 0.8×	194 0.7×	85	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Recha, John, et al.. (2024). Status and determinants of multi-dimensional poverty in Wolaita Sodo Town, southern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. 19. 101562–101562.

Asseldonk, Marcel van, Remco Oostendorp, John Recha, et al.. (2024). Distributional impact of climate-smart villages on access to savings and credit and adoption of improved climate-smart agricultural practices in the Nyando Basin, Kenya. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 29(4). 1 indexed citations

Belay, Abrham, et al.. (2023). Impact of credit on household food security: The case of Omo microfinance institution in southern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. 14. 100903–100903. 4 indexed citations

Belay, Abrham, Alisher Mirzabaev, John Recha, et al.. (2023). Does climate-smart agriculture improve household income and food security? Evidence from Southern Ethiopia. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(7). 16711–16738. 36 indexed citations

Ojango, Julie M.K., et al.. (2023). Integration and adoption of climate resilient management practices for enhanced productivity of sheep and goats in pastoral communities of Northern Kenya. Pastoralism Research Policy and Practice. 13(1). 3 indexed citations

Tesfaye, Abonesh, J. O. S. Hammond, Maren Radeny, et al.. (2023). The role of climate smart agricultural practices on household income and food security: A propensity score matching approach. Cogent Social Sciences. 9(2). 3 indexed citations

Belay, Abrham, John Recha, Ermias Aynekulu, et al.. (2023). Determinants of maize farmers market participation in Southern Ethiopia: Emphasis on demographic, socioeconomic and institutional factors. Cogent Food & Agriculture. 9(1). 5 indexed citations

Belay, Abrham, Christopher Oludhe, Alisher Mirzabaev, et al.. (2022). Knowledge of climate change and adaptation by smallholder farmers: evidence from southern Ethiopia. Heliyon. 8(12). e12089–e12089. 46 indexed citations

Simane, Belay, Wuletawu Abera, Lulseged Tamene, et al.. (2021). The Effect of Climate-Smart Agriculture on Soil Fertility, Crop Yield, and Soil Carbon in Southern Ethiopia. Sustainability. 13(8). 4515–4515. 38 indexed citations

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Gachuiri, C.K., et al.. (2021). Adaptation and Returns from Improved Indigenous Small Ruminants in Climatically Challenged Smallholder Systems of Kenya. Sustainability. 13(17). 9629–9629. 4 indexed citations

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Belay, Abrham, Teferi Demissie, John Recha, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Climate Variability and Trends in Southern Ethiopia. Climate. 9(6). 96–96. 104 indexed citations

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Recha, John, et al.. (2021). Ensemble Modeling on Near-Infrared Spectra as Rapid Tool for Assessment of Soil Health Indicators for Sustainable Food Production Systems. Soil Systems. 5(4). 69–69. 6 indexed citations

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Tamene, Lulseged, Solomon Gebreyohannis Gebrehiwot, Solomon S. Demissie, et al.. (2020). Assessing the impacts of different land uses and soil and water conservation interventions on runoff and sediment yield at different scales in the central highlands of Ethiopia. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 37(S1). S73–S87. 43 indexed citations

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Ogada, Maurice Juma, E.J.O. Rao, Maren Radeny, John Recha, & Dawit Solomon. (2020). Climate-smart agriculture, household income and asset accumulation among smallholder farmers in the Nyando basin of Kenya. World Development Perspectives. 18. 100203–100203. 72 indexed citations

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Recha, John, et al.. (2020). State of index-based crop insurance services in East Africa: Findings from a scoping study to establish the state of index-based crop insurance services in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 3 indexed citations

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Recha, John, et al.. (2020). Climate resilient farmer field schools handbook. 2 indexed citations

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Ojango, Julie M.K., et al.. (2018). Innovative use of sheep and goats by women in climate smart villages in Kenya. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 985. 1 indexed citations

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Ojango, Julie M.K., James Audho, Maren Radeny, et al.. (2018). Assessing actors in rural markets of sheep and goats in the Nyando Basin of Western Kenya: a key to improving productivity from smallholder farms. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 50(8). 1871–1879. 6 indexed citations

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Recha, John, et al.. (2017). Stories of Success: Climate-Smart Villages in East Africa. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 11 indexed citations

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Ayal, Desalegn Yayeh, Solomon Desta, Getachew Gebru, et al.. (2015). Opportunities and challenges of indigenous biotic weather forecasting among the Borena herders of southern Ethiopia. SpringerPlus. 4(1). 617–617. 37 indexed citations

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